Romans 8:25

Christian hope is for what we cannot yet see, so it expresses itself in patient, persevering waiting. This trains believers to trust God's promises over present circumstances.

Cross-references · 26

• Rom 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
• Heb 10:36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
• Ps 27:14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
• Lam 3:25–26The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
• 1 Th 1:3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
• Jas 5:7–11Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
• Heb 12:1–3Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
• Luke 21:19In your patience possess ye your souls.
• Ps 130:5–7I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
• Col 1:11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
• Gen 49:18I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
• Ps 37:7–9Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
• Isa 25:9And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
• 2 Th 3:5And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
• Ps 62:5–6My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
• Rom 8:23And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
• Rom 2:7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
• Heb 6:12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
• Ps 62:1Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
• Luke 8:15But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
• Rev 1:9I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
• Isa 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
• Jas 1:3–4Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
• Rev 14:12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
• Rev 13:10He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
• Heb 6:15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

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