24 For in this hope we were saved.(A) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.(B) Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.(C)

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24 We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope[a] for it. 25 But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:24 Some manuscripts read wait.

24 For (A)in hope we have been saved, but (B)hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? 25 But (C)if we hope for what we do not see, through perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

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