Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
- BSB Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- NKJV Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- NASB Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- NLT I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Quick answer
Paul prays that the God of hope would fill the believers with all joy and peace in believing, so that they may abound in hope by the Spirit's power. Hope, joy, and peace are God's gifts through faith and the Holy Spirit.
Overview
This benediction caps the doctrinal body of Romans. The 'God of hope' fills believers with joy and peace as they trust Him, leading to overflowing hope. Notably, this abounding hope comes 'in the power of the Holy Spirit,' not human effort. The verse gathers the gospel's fruit, joy, peace, and hope, and roots them in faith and the Spirit, fitting the letter's themes.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- 2 Th 2:16–17Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
- Rom 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
- 2 Cor 9:8And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
- Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
- Rom 14:17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
- John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
- Rom 15:5Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
- John 14:27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
- Isa 55:12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
- 1 Pet 1:8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
- Heb 6:11And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
- Rom 5:4–5And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
- 1 Tim 1:1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
- Joel 3:16The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
- 1 Th 1:5For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
- Jer 14:8O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
- Eph 1:2Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Cor 2:4And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
- Eph 5:18–19And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
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