Romans 8:25

A Two-Stage Healing

²⁴ It is *in hope* that we have been saved. But an object of hope is such no longer when it is present to view; for when a man has a thing before his eyes, how can he be said to hope for it? ²⁵ But if we hope for something which we do not see, then we eagerly and patiently wait for it. ²⁶ In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness; for we do not know what prayers to offer nor in what way to offer them. But the Spirit Himself pleads for us in yearnings that can find no words,

Hope that is Seen

1 Thessalonians 1:3

For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father;

Luke 8:15

But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.

Luke 21:19

By your patient endurance you will purchase your lives.

Romans 2:7

to those on the one hand who, by lives of persistent right-doing, are striving for glory, honour and immortality, the Life of the Ages;

Romans 8:23

And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a foretaste and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as we wait and long for open recognition as sons through the deliverance of our bodies.

Romans 12:12

full of joyful hope, patient under persecution, earnest and persistent in prayer.

Colossians 1:11

Since His power is so glorious, may you be strengthened with strength of every kind, and be prepared for cheerfully enduring all things with patience and long-suffering;

2 Thessalonians 3:5

And may the Lord guide your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not become half-hearted, but be imitators of those who through faith and patient endurance are now heirs to the promises.

Hebrews 6:15

And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather obtained what God had promised.

Hebrews 10:36

For you stand in need of patient endurance, so that, as the result of having done the will of God, you may receive the promised blessing.

Hebrews 12:1-3

Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses, let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our feet. And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,

James 1:3-4

Be assured that the testing of your faith leads to power of endurance.

James 5:7-11

Be patient therefore, brethren, until the Coming of the Lord. Notice how eagerly a farmer waits for a valuable crop! He is patient over it till it has received the early and the later rain.

Revelation 1:9

I John, your brother, and a sharer with you in the sorrows and Kingship and patient endurance of Jesus, found myself in the island of Patmos, on account of the Word of God and the truth told us by Jesus.

Revelation 13:10

If any one is eager to lead others into captivity, he must himself go into captivity. If any one is bent on killing with the sword, he must himself be killed by the sword. Here is an opportunity for endurance, and for the exercise of faith, on the part of God's people.

Revelation 14:12

Here is an opportunity for endurance on the part of God's people, who carefully keep His commandments and the faith of Jesus!"