From 340b1497babb859de57c0721d3be5194cf67ac7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 22:51:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] tN 1811 Hope --- rom/08/25.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/rom/08/25.md b/rom/08/25.md index 039d858cea..3a9198252b 100644 --- a/rom/08/25.md +++ b/rom/08/25.md @@ -2,3 +2,14 @@ Paul finishes reminding the believers in Rome that sometime in the future, God will change their bodies in a glorious way. +# if we hope for what we do not see + +Here the word "hope" means confidently expect that what one desires will happen. The person who hopes in this way believes that what he desires will happen. Alternate translation: "If we confidently expect to receive what we do not see" or "if we trust God for what we do not see" + +# what we do not see + +Not seeing what we hope for represents not yet having it or experiencing it. Alternate translation: "what we do not yet have" or "what has not yet happened" + +# we wait for it with patience + +"we wait for it patiently"