Galatians 5:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.

New Living Translation
But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us.

English Standard Version
For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

Berean Study Bible
But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.

New American Standard Bible
For we, through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

NASB 1995
For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

NASB 1977
For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

Amplified Bible
For we [not relying on the Law but] through the [strength and power of the Holy] Spirit, by faith, are waiting [confidently] for the hope of righteousness [the completion of our salvation].

Christian Standard Bible
For we eagerly await through the Spirit, by faith, the hope of righteousness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

Contemporary English Version
But the Spirit makes us sure God will accept us because of our faith in Christ.

Good News Translation
As for us, our hope is that God will put us right with him; and this is what we wait for by the power of God's Spirit working through our faith.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
However, in our spiritual nature, faith causes us to wait eagerly for the confidence that comes with God's approval.

International Standard Version
Through the Spirit by faith we confidently await the fulfillment of our righteous hope,

NET Bible
For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

New King James Version
For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

King James 2000 Bible
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

New Heart English Bible
For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

World English Bible
For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

American King James Version
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

American Standard Version
For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

A Faithful Version
For we through the Spirit are waiting for the hope of righteousness by faith;

Darby Bible Translation
For we, by [the] Spirit, on the principle of faith, await the hope of righteousness.

English Revised Version
For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

Webster's Bible Translation
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For we through the Spirit waite for the hope of righteousnes through faith.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For we through the spirite, wayte for the hope of ryghteousnes by fayth.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But we wayte in the sprete off hope, to be made righteous by faith.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
We loke for and hope in the sprite to be iustified thorow fayth.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
for we by the Spirit, by faith, wait for a hope of righteousness,

Berean Literal Bible
For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly await the hope of righteousness.

Young's Literal Translation
for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,

Smith's Literal Translation
For we in spirit by faith expect the hope of justice.

Literal Emphasis Translation
For we through the Spirit from out of faith, eagerly await the hope of righteousness.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For we in spirit, by faith, wait for the hope of justice.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For in spirit, by faith, we await the hope of justice.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For we wait for the hope of righteousness by The Spirit who is of the faith.

Lamsa Bible
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For we, through the Spirit which we obtain by faith, wait for the hope of righteousness.

Godbey New Testament
For we through the Spirit do await the hope of righteousness through faith.

Haweis New Testament
For we in spirit by faith expect the hope of righteousness.

Mace New Testament
but as for us, our minds are possessed with the hopes of justification by faith.

Weymouth New Testament
*We* have not, for through the Spirit we wait with longing hope for an acceptance with God which is to come through faith.

Worrell New Testament
for we, in the Spirit, wait, by faith, for the hope of righteousness.

Worsley New Testament
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
















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