25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-25)In these words the apostle describes a fourth illustrious branch of the happiness of believers, namely, a title to the future glory. This is fitly annexed to our sonship; for as the adoption of sons entitles us to that glory, so the disposition of sons fits and prepares us for it. If children, then heirs , Rom. 8:17. In earthly inheritances this rule does not hold, only the first-born are heirs; b…
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