Romans 8:25
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But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
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But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it--that is, then, patient waiting for it is our fitting attitude.
Open source ↗The apostle, having fully explained the doctrine of justification, and pressed the necessity of sanctification, in this chapter applies himself to the consolation of the Lord's people. Ministers are helpers of the joy of the saints. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people," so runs our commission, Isa 40:1. It is the will of God that his people should be a comforted people. And we have here such a draught of the gospel charter, such a display of the unspeakable privileges of true believers, as may furnish us with abundant matter for joy and peace in believing, that by all these immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation. Many of the people of God have, accordingly, found this chapter a well-spring of comfort to their souls, living and dying, and have sucked and been satisfied from these breasts of consolation, and with joy drawn water out of these wells of salvation. There are three things in this chapter: I. The particular instances of Christians' privileges (v. 1-28). II. The ground thereof laid in predestination (Rom 8:29, Rom 8:30). III. The apostle's triumph herein, in the name of all the saints (Rom 8:31 to the end).
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Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.
being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
I await Your salvation, O LORD.
And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.