GOD'S WORD® Translation
We were saved with this hope in mind. If we hope for something we already see, it's not really hope. Who hopes for what can be seen?

American Standard Version
For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?

Berean Study Bible
For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?

Douay-Rheims Bible
For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen, is not hope. For what a man seeth, why doth he hope for?

English Revised Version
For by hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?

King James Bible
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?

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

Young's Literal Translation
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?

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