Romans 8:24-25 ESV

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:18-25

The redemption of the creation "If so be that we suffer with him." Then we do suffer? Yes, even as he did. For ours is a redemptive history, and redemption is not without pain. But the future—oh, how the glory eclipses all the momentary trial! So was it with himself. "For the joy that was set before him," he "endured the cross, despising the shame" ( Hebrews 12:2 ). And so shall it be with us. We may well join the apostle in his triumphant outburst of hope, "For I reckon," etc. Ours is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:18-30

Salvation in spite of suffering. "Paradise regained" in this life is not a sorrowless and painless condition. The sons of God are chastened. They know what suffering is. And there is here the great religious evidence. When the world sees men and women composed and even cheerful amid untold tribulation, then it sees a reality in religion. Job, for instance, was an evidence for the reality of religion that, even Satan himself could not gainsay or deny. How is it that the Christian spirit can... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

For by (or, in ) hope we were saved ; not are saved, as in the Authorized Version. The aorist ἐσώθημεν , like ἐλάβετε in Romans 8:15 , points to the time of conversion. The dative ἐλπίδι , which has no preposition before it, seems here, to have a modal rather than medial sense; for faith, not hope, is that whereby we are ever said to be saved. The meaning is that when the state of salvation was entered upon, hope was an essential element in its appropriation. A... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

When we entered on our state of salvation as Christians, it was in hope; our essential condition became then one of hope, which is incompatible with present attainment of our hope; we must, therefore, needs endure and waif, bearing these present trials. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

"Saved by hope." Hope is an emotion compounded of expectation and desire. We may expect what we dread, we may desire what we are sure is beyond our reach; in either case hope is impossible. Faith is in the unseen present; hope is of the unseen future. As a feeling, and consequently as a motive power, hope is taken up, heightened, and hallowed by religion. In the New Testament, great stress is laid upon, and great virtue is attributed to, hope; it ranks with faith and love. I. THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

Hopeful patience. The Christian, like the rest of the creation, waifs for full redemption, but consciously and aspiringly. He is an heir who has not yet entered into the possession of his inheritance. He is saved from the guilt of sin, and is being released from its power. His sun is veiled under morning clouds, and he shall soon rejoice in cloudless splendour. A state of hope is the condition in which and the instrument by which he works out his complete salvation. I. HOPE IS ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 8:24

For we are saved by hope - It cannot be said that hope is the instrument or condition of salvation. Most commentators have understood this as meaning that we have as yet attained salvation only in hope; that we have arrived only to a condition in which we hope for future glory; and that we are in an attitude of waiting for the future state of adoption. But perhaps the word “saved” may mean here simply, we are kept, preserved, sustained in our trials, by hope. Our trials are so great that... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 8:25

But if we hope ... - The effect here stated is one which exists everywhere. Where there is a strong desire for an object, and a corresponding expectation of obtaining it - which constitutes true hope - then we can wait for it with patience. Where there is a strong desire without a corresponding expectation of obtaining it, there is impatience. As the Christian has a strong desire of future glory, and as he has an expectation of obtaining it just in proportion to that desire, it follows that he... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 8:24-25

Romans 8:24-25. For we are saved by hope That is, our salvation is now only in hope; we do not yet possess the full salvation; but hope that is seen is not hope Hope here, by a usual metonymy, is put for the object of hope; and in Scripture, to see, often signifies to enjoy, and sometimes to suffer. The meaning here is, the thing hoped for, when actually enjoyed, is no longer the object of hope. But if, or since, we hope for that we see not That is, which we do not enjoy; then do... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 8:18-39

Christian confidence (8:18-39)Whatever sufferings believers may experience, they are of little significance when compared with the glory to be revealed on the day of final victory (18). On that day the physical creation, which from the time of Adam has suffered because of human sin (cf. Genesis 1:28-30; Genesis 3:17-18), will enter its full glory along with redeemed human life (19-22). All the effects of sin will be removed, and believers will be raised from the dead in imperishable spiritual... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:18-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:18-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 8:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 8:25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 8:24-25

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 8:18-39

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