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What does Romans 8:25 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
(25) If salvation were something that could be seen, something that could be grasped by sight, then there would be no room for hope. As it is we do not see it; we do hope for it; and, therefore, we patiently endure the sufferings that lie upon the road to it.
1 Ιαν 2021 · From The Grace New Testament Commentary (Revised Edition) 8:1. The statement of this verse succinctly expresses the core of Christian victory. In referring to the issue of servitude to sin (katakrima), Paul has reference to the problem discussed in the previous chapter and in 5:12-21.
Romans 8:25. But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it. (a) What we do not see. Our flesh relies on our natural senses, including sight, but our spirit sees with the eyes of hope. Hope is knowing and relying on the word and character of God. (b) With perseverance. Hope gives us strength and helps us endure.
It is acknowledged that one of the principal graces of a Christian is hope (1 Co. 13:13), which necessarily implies a good thing to come, which is the object of that hope. Faith respects the promise, hope the thing promised.
“O woman, great is thy faith”; “I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel”; “Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace”—these are among the gracious and encouraging words which we are accustomed to consider as among the most vital and characteristic sayings of Jesus.
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