²⁴ We were saved, ·and we have this hope [or …by this hope; ^Lin hope]. If we see what we are waiting for, that is not really hope. ·People do not hope [^LFor who hopes…?] for something they already have. ²⁵ But we are hoping for something we do not have yet, and we are waiting for it ·patiently [with perseverance].

²⁶ ·Also [or In the same way], the Spirit helps us ·with [or in] our weakness. We do not know ·how to pray as we should [or what we ought to pray for]. But the Spirit himself ·speaks to God for us [intercedes] with ·deep feelings [^Lgroanings] ·that words cannot explain [or that are inexpressible; or that are unspoken; or too deep for words].