Romans 8:25

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But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.

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  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 We remember your work produced by faith, your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by the hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father.
  • Rom 12:12 : 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.
  • Col 1:11 : 11 being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father,
  • Heb 10:36 : 36 You need endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.
  • Luke 21:19 : 19 By your endurance, you will gain your lives.
  • 2 Thess 3:5 : 5 Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ.
  • Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord.
  • Ps 130:5-7 : 5 I wait for the LORD; my soul waits, and I put my hope in His word. 6 My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. 7 Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is steadfast love, and with Him is abundant redemption.
  • Isa 25:9 : 9 In that day it will be said: ‘Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD; we trusted in him. Let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.’
  • Isa 26:8 : 8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of Your judgments, we wait for You; Your name and Your renown are the desire of our soul.
  • Lam 3:25-26 : 25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. 26 It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
  • Luke 8:15 : 15 But the seed on good soil represents those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and produce a harvest through perseverance.
  • Ps 37:7-9 : 7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out wicked schemes. 8 Cease from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil. 9 For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD will inherit the land.
  • Ps 62:1 : 1 For the director of music, according to Jeduthun, a psalm of David.
  • Ps 62:5-6 : 5 Surely they intend to topple him from his lofty place; they delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. Selah. 6 Truly my soul, be still before God, for my hope comes from Him.
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 Then you will not become sluggish, but will imitate those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.
  • Heb 6:15 : 15 And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise.
  • Rom 2:7 : 7 To those who seek glory, honor, and immortality by persistence in doing good, He will give eternal life.
  • Rom 8:23 : 23 And not only that, but we ourselves who have the firstfruits of the Spirit—we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
  • Heb 12:1-3 : 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set before us. 2 Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising its shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
  • Jas 1:3-4 : 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance complete its work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.
  • Jas 5:7-9 : 7 Therefore, be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and late rains. 8 You too must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door. 10 Take, my brothers and sisters, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering and patience. 11 See, we consider those who have endured to be blessed. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen the Lord's outcome—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
  • Rev 1:9 : 9 I, John, your brother and companion in the tribulation, kingdom, and perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
  • Rev 13:10 : 10 If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed. This calls for the endurance and faith of the saints.
  • Rev 14:12 : 12 Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and hold fast to faith in Jesus.
  • Gen 49:18 : 18 I wait for your salvation, Lord.

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  • Rom 8:22-24
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    22For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now.

    23And not only that, but we ourselves who have the firstfruits of the Spirit—we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

    24For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already see?

  • Rom 5:2-5
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    2Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

    3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance.

    4And endurance produces character, and character produces hope.

    5And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

  • Gal 5:5
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    5For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

  • 2 Cor 4:17-18
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    17For our momentary and light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

    18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

  • Heb 10:36-37
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    36You need endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

    37For yet in a very little while, the One who is coming will come and will not delay.

  • Rom 8:18-19
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    18I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.

    19For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for the revelation of the children of God.

  • Rom 15:4
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    4For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

  • 2 Cor 5:7
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    7(For we live by faith, not by sight.)

  • Ps 130:5
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    5I wait for the LORD; my soul waits, and I put my hope in His word.

  • Lam 3:25-26
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    25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

    26It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

  • Heb 11:1
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    1Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

  • Rom 12:12
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    12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.

  • Rom 8:26
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    26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses. For we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with unspeakable groanings.

  • Hab 2:3
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    3For the vision is yet for an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it may delay, wait for it, for it will surely come and will not be late.

  • Jas 5:7-8
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    7Therefore, be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.

    8You too must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near.

  • Heb 6:11-12
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    11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that your hope may be fully realized.

    12Then you will not become sluggish, but will imitate those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.

  • Ps 39:7
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    7Surely, man goes about as a shadow; surely, they make an uproar over nothing; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will gather it.

  • 2 Cor 3:12
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    12Since we have such a hope, we act with great boldness,

  • Rom 4:18
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    18Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, 'So shall your offspring be.'

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    18So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

    19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

  • 1 Pet 1:8
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    8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. Though not seeing Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

  • 1 Cor 15:19
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    19If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.

  • Rom 15:13
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    13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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    3because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

    4Let perseverance complete its work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

  • Gal 6:9
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    9Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  • Heb 10:23
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    23Let us hold firmly to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

  • 2 Pet 3:13
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    13But according to His promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

  • 2 Thess 3:5
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    5Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ.

  • Jas 5:11
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    11See, we consider those who have endured to be blessed. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen the Lord's outcome—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

  • Prov 13:12
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    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

  • 1 Cor 9:10
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    10Or does He say this entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake because the plowman ought to plow in hope and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the harvest.

  • Titus 2:13
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    13while we await the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

  • Heb 6:9
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    9But we are confident of better things concerning you, dear friends—things that accompany salvation—even though we speak in this way.

  • 1 Thess 5:8
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    8But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.

  • Isa 8:17
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    17I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.

  • Phil 3:20
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    20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Lam 3:21
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    21Yet this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: