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Romans 8:21–26

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Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
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?
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
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From verse 21

  1. Revelation 22:3–5Rank 1 from verse 21
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    3And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

    4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

    5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

  2. Acts 3:21Rank 2 from verse 21
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    21Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

  3. 2 Peter 3:13Rank 3 from verse 21
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    13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

  4. Revelation 21:1Rank 4 from verse 21
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    1AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

  5. Romans 8:19Rank 5 from verse 21
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    19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

From verse 22

  1. Jeremiah 12:4Rank 1 from verse 22
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    4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

  2. Jeremiah 12:11Rank 2 from verse 22
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    11They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

  3. John 16:21Rank 3 from verse 22
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    21A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

  4. Colossians 1:23Rank 4 from verse 22
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    23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

  5. Romans 8:20Rank 5 from verse 22
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    20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

  6. Mark 16:15Rank 6 from verse 22
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    15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

  7. Psalms 48:6Rank 7 from verse 22
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    6Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

  8. Revelation 12:2Rank 8 from verse 22
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    2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

From verse 23

  1. Philippians 3:20–21Rank 1 from verse 23
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    20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

    21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

  2. 2 Corinthians 5:2–5Rank 2 from verse 23
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    2For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

    3If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

    4For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

    5Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

  3. Hebrews 9:28Rank 3 from verse 23
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    28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

  4. Titus 2:13Rank 4 from verse 23
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    13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

  5. Ephesians 1:14Rank 5 from verse 23
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    14Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

  6. Ephesians 4:30Rank 6 from verse 23
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    30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

  7. Galatians 5:5Rank 7 from verse 23
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    5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

  8. Romans 7:24Rank 8 from verse 23
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    24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

  9. 1 John 3:2Rank 9 from verse 23
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    2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

  10. Luke 20:36Rank 10 from verse 23
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    36Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

  11. Romans 8:19Rank 11 from verse 23
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    19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

  12. Philippians 1:21–23Rank 12 from verse 23
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    21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

    22But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

    23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

  13. Galatians 5:22–23Rank 13 from verse 23
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

    23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

  14. Luke 21:28Rank 14 from verse 23
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    28And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

  15. Romans 8:15–16Rank 15 from verse 23
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    15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

    16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

  16. Romans 8:25–26Rank 16 from verse 23
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    25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

    26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

  17. 1 Peter 1:7Rank 17 from verse 23
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    7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

  18. Ephesians 5:9Rank 18 from verse 23
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    9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

  19. 2 Timothy 4:8Rank 19 from verse 23
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    8Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

  20. Romans 5:5Rank 20 from verse 23
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    5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

  21. 2 Corinthians 7:5Rank 21 from verse 23
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    5For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

From verse 24

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:7Rank 1 from verse 24
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    7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

  2. Hebrews 11:1Rank 2 from verse 24
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    1NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

  3. 2 Corinthians 4:18Rank 3 from verse 24
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    18While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

  4. 1 Peter 1:21Rank 4 from verse 24
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    21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

  5. 1 Thessalonians 5:8Rank 5 from verse 24
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    8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

  6. Romans 12:12Rank 6 from verse 24
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    12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

  7. Romans 15:13Rank 7 from verse 24
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    13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

  8. Romans 5:2Rank 8 from verse 24
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    2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

  9. 1 Peter 1:3Rank 9 from verse 24
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    3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  10. Hebrews 6:18–19Rank 10 from verse 24
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    18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

    19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

  11. Colossians 1:27Rank 11 from verse 24
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    27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  12. Psalms 146:5Rank 12 from verse 24
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    5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

  13. Romans 15:4Rank 13 from verse 24
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    4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

  14. Galatians 5:5Rank 14 from verse 24
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    5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

  15. Psalms 33:18Rank 15 from verse 24
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    18Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

  16. 1 Corinthians 13:13Rank 16 from verse 24
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    13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

  17. 1 John 3:3Rank 17 from verse 24
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    3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

  18. 2 Thessalonians 2:16Rank 18 from verse 24
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    16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

  19. Colossians 1:23Rank 19 from verse 24
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    23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

  20. Colossians 1:5Rank 20 from verse 24
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    5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

  21. Jeremiah 17:7Rank 21 from verse 24
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    7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

  22. Psalms 33:22Rank 22 from verse 24
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    22Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

  23. Zechariah 9:12Rank 23 from verse 24
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    12¶ Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

  24. Titus 2:11–13Rank 24 from verse 24
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    11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

    12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

    13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

  25. 1 Peter 1:10–11Rank 25 from verse 24
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    10Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

    11Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

  26. Proverbs 14:32Rank 26 from verse 24
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    32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

From verse 25

  1. Romans 12:12Rank 1 from verse 25
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    12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

  2. Hebrews 10:36Rank 2 from verse 25
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    36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

  3. Psalms 27:14Rank 3 from verse 25
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    14Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

  4. Lamentations 3:25–26Rank 4 from verse 25
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    25The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

    26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

  5. James 5:7–11Rank 5 from verse 25
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    7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

    8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

    9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

    10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

    11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

  6. 1 Thessalonians 1:3Rank 6 from verse 25
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    3Remembering 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;

  7. Hebrews 12:1–3Rank 7 from verse 25
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    1WHEREFORE seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

    2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

    3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

  8. Psalms 130:5–7Rank 8 from verse 25
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    5I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

    6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

    7Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

  9. Colossians 1:11Rank 9 from verse 25
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    11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

  10. Luke 21:19Rank 10 from verse 25
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    19In your patience possess ye your souls.

  11. Genesis 49:18Rank 11 from verse 25
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    18I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

  12. 2 Thessalonians 3:5Rank 12 from verse 25
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    5And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

  13. Isaiah 25:9Rank 13 from verse 25
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    9¶ And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

  14. Psalms 37:7–9Rank 14 from verse 25
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    7Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

    8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

    9For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

  15. Psalms 62:5–6Rank 15 from verse 25
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    5My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

    6He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

  16. Romans 8:23Rank 16 from verse 25
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    23And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

  17. Hebrews 6:12Rank 17 from verse 25
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    12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

  18. Isaiah 26:8Rank 18 from verse 25
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    8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

  19. Luke 8:15Rank 19 from verse 25
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    15But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

  20. Psalms 62:1Rank 20 from verse 25
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    1TRULY my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

  21. Revelation 1:9Rank 21 from verse 25
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    9I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

  22. Romans 2:7Rank 22 from verse 25
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    7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

  23. James 1:3–4Rank 23 from verse 25
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    3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

    4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

  24. Revelation 14:12Rank 24 from verse 25
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    12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

  25. Hebrews 6:15Rank 25 from verse 25
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    15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

  26. Revelation 13:10Rank 26 from verse 25
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    10He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

From verse 26

  1. Matthew 10:20Rank 1 from verse 26
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    20For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

  2. Ephesians 6:18Rank 2 from verse 26
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    18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

  3. Galatians 4:6Rank 3 from verse 26
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    6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

  4. John 14:16Rank 4 from verse 26
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    16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

  5. Jude 1:20–21Rank 5 from verse 26
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    20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

    21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

  6. Ephesians 2:18Rank 6 from verse 26
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    18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

  7. Romans 8:15Rank 7 from verse 26
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    15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

  8. Psalms 6:9Rank 8 from verse 26
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    9The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.

  9. Hebrews 4:15Rank 9 from verse 26
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    15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

  10. James 4:3Rank 10 from verse 26
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    3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

  11. 2 Corinthians 12:5–10Rank 11 from verse 26
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    5Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.

    6For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

    7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

    8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

    9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

    10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

  12. Romans 15:1Rank 12 from verse 26
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    1WE then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

  13. Luke 22:44Rank 13 from verse 26
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    44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

  14. Psalms 10:17Rank 14 from verse 26
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    17Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

  15. Zechariah 12:10Rank 15 from verse 26
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    10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

  16. 2 Corinthians 5:4Rank 16 from verse 26
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    4For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

  17. Psalms 119:81–82Rank 17 from verse 26
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    81My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

    82Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

  18. Psalms 143:4–7Rank 18 from verse 26
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    4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

    5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

    6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

    7Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

  19. Psalms 55:1–2Rank 19 from verse 26
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    1GIVE ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

    2Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

  20. Psalms 77:1–3Rank 20 from verse 26
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    1I CRIED unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.

    2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

    3I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

  21. Psalms 88:1–3Rank 21 from verse 26
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    1O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

    2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

    3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

  22. 2 Corinthians 5:2Rank 22 from verse 26
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    2For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

  23. Psalms 42:1–5Rank 23 from verse 26
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    1AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

    2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

    3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

    4When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

    5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

  24. Luke 11:1–13Rank 24 from verse 26
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    1AND it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

    2And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

    3Give us day by day our daily bread.

    4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

    5And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

    6For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

    7And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

    8I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

    9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

    10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

    11If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

    12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

    13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

  25. Matthew 20:22Rank 25 from verse 26
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    22But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

  26. Psalms 102:5Rank 26 from verse 26
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    5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

  27. Psalms 6:3Rank 27 from verse 26
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    3My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?

  28. Hebrews 5:2Rank 28 from verse 26
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    2Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

  29. Psalms 69:3Rank 29 from verse 26
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    3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

  30. Romans 7:24Rank 30 from verse 26
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    24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

  31. Psalms 102:20Rank 31 from verse 26
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    20To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Romans 8:21

COMBINED MEANING

creature

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Sense 1: A being or thing made or created. Sense 2: Created beings or the created order collectively. Sense 3: In the phrase 'new creature,' a person or state made new in Christ.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

delivered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of deliver. Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

corruption

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Sense 1: Decay, rottenness, spoilage, defect, ruin, or dissolution. Sense 2: Moral depravity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 8:22

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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creation

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Sense 1: The act of causing to exist or bringing the world or another created thing into being. Sense 2: The created order or that which has been made.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

pain

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Sense 1: Suffering, distress, or bodily torment. Sense 2: As a verb, to cause distress.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 8:23

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

groan

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To utter or inwardly bear a deep sound or expression of pain, oppression, burden, sorrow, or earnest longing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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waiting

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Remaining or attending in expectation, readiness, or service.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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wit

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Sense 1: To know. Sense 2: In the expression to wit, that is to say or namely.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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redemption

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Sense 1: The act or right of buying back, recovering, or releasing a person or possession, commonly by a price. Sense 2: Deliverance from bondage, sin, transgression, death, or another stated evil; in Christ, through his blood and by means of death.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

body

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Sense 1: The material frame of a person or creature. Sense 2: A visible form, mass, or main substance. Sense 3: A unified whole or company composed of members. Sense 4: Substantial reality distinguished from a shadow.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 8:24

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

saved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of save, meaning to rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hope

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1. Expectation, trust, reliance, or the good expected. 2. The person or ground on which expectation rests. 3. To expect, look for, trust, or rely upon.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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seeth

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1. Perceives with the eyes. 2. Observes or considers. 3. Understands. 4. Experiences or takes heed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 8:25

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hope

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1. Expectation, trust, reliance, or the good expected. 2. The person or ground on which expectation rests. 3. To expect, look for, trust, or rely upon.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wait

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Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve. Sense 3: As a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 8:26

COMBINED MEANING

likewise

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Sense 1: In the same, similar, or corresponding manner. Sense 2: In a matching case.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

helpeth

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Third-person singular present form of help, meaning to aid, assist, or support.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

pray

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Sense 1: To ask, beseech, request, or entreat. Sense 2: To make requests or supplications to God, or address him in worship.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

maketh

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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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uttered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of utter, meaning to speak, declare, or make known.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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8:12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

8:13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

8:14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

8:15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

8:16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

8:17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

8:18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

8:19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

8:20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

8:21Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

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8:22For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

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8:23And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

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8:24For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

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8:25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

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8:26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

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8:27And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

8:29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

8:30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

8:32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

8:33Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.

8:34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

8:36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

8:37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

8:38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

8:39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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