For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
Parallel translations
- KJV For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
- BSB But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
- NKJV For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
- NASB For we, through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
- NLT But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us.
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- Ps 130:5I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
- 1 Th 1:10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead — Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
- Rom 8:23–25Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
- Ps 62:5My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
- 2 Tim 4:8From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
- Phil 3:9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
- Titus 2:13looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;
- Gen 49:18I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
- Rom 5:21that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Hos 12:6Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
- Ps 25:5Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
- 2 Th 3:5May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love, and into the perseverance of Christ.
- Lam 3:25–26Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
- Eph 2:18For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
- Ps 25:3Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
- John 16:8–15When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
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