Romans 8:24
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
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For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
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Paul writes about creation's groaning, the Spirit's help, and believers waiting for the fullness of adoption. This hope faces what is still unseen and learns patience rather than demanding certainty about God's timetable.
Continue with the surrounding chapter, then bring its words before God without turning this one verse into a promise it does not make.
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