ASV
KJV
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?

ESV
24. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

ERVEN
24. We were saved to have this hope. If we can see what we are waiting for, that is not really hope. People don't hope for something they already have.

NLT
24. We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don't need to hope for it.

WEB
24. For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

NET
24. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?

NLV
24. We were saved with this hope ahead of us. Now hope means we are waiting for something we do not have. How can a man hope for something he already has?

HCSB
24. Now in this hope we were saved, yet hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?

YLT
24. for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for [it]?

LITV
24. for we were saved by hope, but hope being seen is not hope; for what anyone sees, why does he also hope?

RV
24. For by hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?

NCV
24. We were saved, and we have this hope. If we see what we are waiting for, that is not really hope. People do not hope for something they already have.

MKJV
24. For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen is not hope; for what anyone sees, why does he also hope for it?

AKJV
24. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for?

LXXEN



KJV
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?

AMP
24. For in [this] hope we were saved. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For how can one hope for what he already sees?

KJVP
24. For G1063 CONJ we are saved G4982 V-API-1P by hope G1680 N-DSF : but G1161 CONJ hope G1680 N-NSF that is seen G991 V-PPP-NSF is G2076 V-PXI-3S not G3756 PRT-N hope G1680 N-NSF : for G1063 CONJ what G3739 R-ASN a man G5100 X-NSM seeth G991 V-PAI-3S , why G5101 I-ASN doth he yet G2532 CONJ hope for G1679 V-PAI-3S ?

YLT
24. for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for [it]?

ASV
24. For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?

WEB
24. For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

NASB
24. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that sees for itself is not hope. For who hopes for what one sees?

ESV
24. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

RV
24. For by hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?

RSV
24. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

NKJV
24. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?

MKJV
24. For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen is not hope; for what anyone sees, why does he also hope for it?

AKJV
24. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for?

NRSV
24. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen?

NIV
24. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?

NIRV
24. That's the hope we had when we were saved. But hope that can be seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?

NLT
24. We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don't need to hope for it.

MSG
24. That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don't see what is enlarging us.

GNB
24. For it was by hope that we were saved; but if we see what we hope for, then it is not really hope. For who of us hopes for something we see?

NET
24. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?

ERVEN
24. We were saved to have this hope. If we can see what we are waiting for, that is not really hope. People don't hope for something they already have.