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; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
• Heb 10:36For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
• Ps 27:14Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
• Lam 3:25–26Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
• 1 Th 1:3remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
• Jas 5:7–11Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
• Heb 12:1–3Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
• Luke 21:19“By your endurance you will win your lives.
• Ps 130:5–7I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
• Col 1:11strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;
• Gen 49:18I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
• Ps 37:7–9Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
• Isa 25:9It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”
• 2 Th 3:5May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love, and into the perseverance of Christ.
• Ps 62:5–6My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
• Rom 8:23Not 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.
• Rom 2:7to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
• Heb 6:12that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
• Ps 62:1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
• Luke 8:15That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produces fruit with patience.
• Rev 1:9I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
• Isa 26:8Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
• Jas 1:3–4knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
• Rev 14:12Here is the perseverance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”
• Rev 13:10If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
• Heb 6:15Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

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