Romans 8:24

New Century Version

We were saved, and we have this hope. If we see what we are waiting for, that is not really hope. People do not hope for something they already have.

Cross References

Psalm 146:5

Happy are those who are helped by the God of Jacob. Their hope is in the Lord their God.

Psalm 33:18

But the Lord looks after those who fear him, those who put their hope in his love.

Psalm 33:22

Lord, show your love to us as we put our hope in you.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are ruined by their own evil, but those who do right are protected even in death.

Jeremiah 17:7

“But the person who trusts in the Lord will be blessed. The Lord will show him that he can be trusted.

Zechariah 9:12

You prisoners who have hope, return to your place of safety. Today I am telling you that I will give you back twice as much as before.

Romans 12:12

Be joyful because you have hope. Be patient when trouble comes, and pray at all times.

Romans 15:13

I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you with much joy and peace while you trust in him. Then your hope will overflow by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:4

Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us. The Scriptures give us patience and encouragement so that we can have hope.

Romans 4:18

There was no hope that Abraham would have children. But Abraham believed God and continued hoping, and so he became the father of many nations. As God told him, “Your descendants also will be too many to count.”

Romans 5:2

who through our faith has brought us into that blessing of God’s grace that we now enjoy. And we are happy because of the hope we have of sharing God’s glory.

Romans 8:20

Everything God made was changed to become useless, not by its own wish but because God wanted it and because all along there was this hope:

1 Corinthians 13:13

So these three things continue forever: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.

2 Corinthians 4:18

We set our eyes not on what we see but on what we cannot see. What we see will last only a short time, but what we cannot see will last forever.

2 Corinthians 5:7

We live by what we believe, not by what we can see.

Galatians 5:5

But we have the true hope that comes from being made right with God, and by the Spirit we wait eagerly for this hope.

Colossians 1:23

This will happen if you continue strong and sure in your faith. You must not be moved away from the hope brought to you by the Good News that you heard. That same Good News has been told to everyone in the world, and I, Paul, help in preaching that Good News.

Colossians 1:27

God decided to let his people know this rich and glorious secret which he has for all people. This secret is Christ himself, who is in you. He is our only hope for glory.

Colossians 1:5

You have this faith and love because of your hope, and what you hope for is kept safe for you in heaven. You learned about this hope when you heard the message about the truth, the Good News

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But we belong to the day, so we should control ourselves. We should wear faith and love to protect us, and the hope of salvation should be our helmet.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father encourage you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say. God loved us, and through his grace he gave us a good hope and encouragement that continues forever.

Titus 3:7

Being made right with God by his grace, we could have the hope of receiving the life that never ends.

Hebrews 11:1

Faith means being sure of the things we hope for and knowing that something is real even if we do not see it.

1 Peter 1:21

Through Christ you believe in God, who raised Christ from the dead and gave him glory. So your faith and your hope are in God.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In God’s great mercy he has caused us to be born again into a living hope, because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

1 John 3:3

Christ is pure, and all who have this hope in Christ keep themselves pure like Christ.