Key Verse Spotlight
Romans 8:25 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“But if we hope for that we see not, {then} do we with patience wait for {it}.”
Romans 8:25
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And not only {they}, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, {to wit}, the redemption of our body.
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?
But if we hope for that we see not, {then} do we with patience wait for {it}.
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what {is} the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to {the will of} God. {because: or, that}
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