Romans 8:25

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect `it'.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ δὲ ὃ οὐ βλέπομεν ἐλπίζομεν, διʼ ὑπομονῆς ἀπεκδεχόμεθα.

Transliteration

Ei de ho ou blepomen elpizomen, di' hypomonēs apekdechometha.

Grammar Details

• *Ei*: conditional particle - if
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *ho*: relative pronoun accusative neuter singular - what
• *ou*: negative particle - not
• *blepomen*: present active indicative 1st person plural - we see
• *elpizomen*: present active indicative 1st person plural - we hope for
• *di'*: preposition with genitive - through
• *hypomonēs*: genitive feminine singular - patience/endurance
• *apekdechometha*: present middle indicative 1st person plural - we eagerly await

Word Meanings

• *blepomen*: we see/perceive/observe
• *elpizomen*: we hope for/expect/look forward to
• *hypomonēs*: patience/endurance/steadfastness/perseverance
• *apekdechometha*: we eagerly await/wait expectantly for/look forward to

Referenced Verses

• 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,
• Rom 12:12 : 12 in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;
• Col 1:11 : 11 in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.
• Heb 10:36 : 36 for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,
• Luke 21:19 : 19 in your patience possess ye your souls.
• 2 Thess 3:5 : 5 and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.
• Ps 27:14 : 14 Look unto Jehovah -- be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!
• Ps 130:5-7 : 5 I hoped `for' Jehovah -- hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited. 6 My soul `is' for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for morning! 7 Israel doth wait on Jehovah, For with Jehovah `is' kindness, And abundant with Him `is' redemption.
• Isa 25:9 : 9 And `one' hath said in that day, `Lo, this `is' our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This `is' Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.'
• Isa 26:8 : 8 Also, `in' the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited `for' Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance `Is' the desire of the soul.
• Lam 3:25-26 : 25 Good `is' Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul `that' seeketh Him. 26 Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.
• Luke 8:15 : 15 `And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain `it', and bear fruit in continuance.
• Ps 37:7-9 : 7 Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices. 8 Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil. 9 For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.
• Ps 62:1 : 1 To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. Only -- toward God `is' my soul silent, From Him `is' my salvation.
• Ps 62:5-6 : 5 Only -- for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him `is' my hope. 6 Only -- He `is' my rock and my salvation, My tower, I am not moved.
• Heb 6:12 : 12 that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.
• Heb 6:15 : 15 and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;
• Rom 2:7 : 7 to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during;
• Rom 8:23 : 23 And not only `so', but also we ourselves, having the first-fruit of the Spirit, we also ourselves in ourselves do groan, adoption expecting -- the redemption of our body;
• Heb 12:1-3 : 1 Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us, 2 looking to the author and perfecter of faith -- Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him -- did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down; 3 for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.
• Jas 1:3-4 : 3 knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance, 4 and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire -- in nothing lacking;
• Jas 5:7-9 : 7 Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain -- early and latter; 8 be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh; 9 murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood. 10 An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord; 11 lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.
• Rev 1:9 : 9 I, John, who also `am' your brother, and fellow-partner in the tribulation, and in the reign and endurance, of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ;
• Rev 13:10 : 10 if any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
• Rev 14:12 : 12 Here is endurance of the saints: here `are' those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.'
• Gen 49:18 : 18 For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!