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Romans 8:24Rom.8.24

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?

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Car c'est en espérance que nous sommes sauvés. Or, l'espérance qu'on voit n'est plus espérance: ce qu'on voit, peut-on l'espérer encore?

KJV

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?

Patristic reading

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  • Origen

    Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)

    eo. et venerunt obviam ei et adoraverunt eum in terraw. 1 IV. Regn. 2, 13ff — 6 IV. Regn. 2, 15 - 21 Rom. 8, 16 - 24 I. Kor, 2, 11 - 32 Vgl. IV. Regn. 2, 11 - 35 Vgl. IV. Regn. 2, 15 27 εἶδεν H w. e. seh. 30 περὶ Μ 32 εἰς s. 1. Mcr. 3 et2 < G L 5 et < y Hoc diximiis. ut intellega…
  • Origen

    Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)

    χε τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ, ὡς οὐ μόνον ἐπαναπαύσασθαι τῷ Ἐλισ- 1 IV. Regn. 2, 13ff — 6 IV. Regn. 2, 15 - 21 Rom. 8, 16 - 24 I. Kor, 2, 11 - 32 Vgl. IV. Regn. 2, 11 - 35 Vgl. IV. Regn. 2, 15 27 εἶδεν H w. e. seh. 30 περὶ Μ 32 εἰς s. 1. Mcr. 3 et2 < G L 5 et < y σαίῳ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ Ἰωάννῃ σ…
  • Eucherius of Lyon

    Letter of Exhortation to Valerian

    in which we enjoy what we see. For hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what they see? (Romans 8:24). Therefore, whatever hope mixes with human affairs must be sought in the future; otherwise, it cannot even be called hope if it is not hoped for. And so, we follow a…

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