Romans 8:25

WEB

²⁵But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

KJV

²⁵But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

BSB

²⁵But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.

FBV

²⁵Since we're hoping for what we haven't yet seen, we wait for it patiently.

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Extra References

Romans 12:12

¹²rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer,

Hebrews 10:36

³⁶For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Psalms 27:14

¹⁴Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.

Lamentations 3:25-26

²⁵The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. ²⁶It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

³remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

¹Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us, ²looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

³For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.

James 5:7-11

⁷Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain. ⁸You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

⁹Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door. ¹⁰Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Luke 21:19

¹⁹“By your endurance you will win your lives.

Psalms 130:5-7

⁵I wait for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word. ⁶My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. ⁷Israel, hope in the LORD, for there is loving kindness with the LORD. Abundant redemption is with him.

Colossians 1:11

¹¹strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,