Romans 8:24

“For we are saved by hope, etc..] We who have received the firstfruits, who were in a lost perishing condition, and by nature no better than others, than the Gentiles, are saved by sin and wrath to come by Christ, with a spiritual and everlasting salvation. They were already saved in the preparations and purposes of God; in the covenant of grace; in the arms and hands of Christ, through his purchase; and as considered in him; and with respect to the inchoation and application of salvation, in effectual calling, and their right unto it by the righteousness of Christ; and with regard to the certainty of it, in faith and hope: the manner in which they are said to be saved, is “by”, or “in hope”;…”

“For we are saved by hope--rather, "For in hope we are saved"; that is, it is more a salvation in hope than as yet in actual possession. but hope that is seen is not hope--for the very meaning of hope is, the expectation that something now future will become present. for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?--the latter ending when the other comes.”

“For we are saved by hope - It cannot be said that hope is the instrument or condition of salvation. Most commentators have understood this as meaning that we have as yet attained salvation only in hope; that we have arrived only to a condition in which we hope for future glory; and that we are in an attitude of waiting for the future state of adoption. But perhaps the word “saved” may mean here simply, we are kept, preserved, sustained in our trials, by hope. Our trials are so great that nothing but the prospect of future deliverance would uphold us; and the prospect is sufficient to enable us to bear them with patience. This is the proper meaning of the word “save”; and it is often thus…”

“For we are saved by hope - Our salvation is now only in hope. We do not yet possess this full salvation. Romans 8:26”

“saved: Rom 5:2, Rom 12:12, Rom 15:4, Rom 15:13; Psa 33:18, Psa 33:22, Psa 146:5; Pro 14:32; Jer 17:7; Zac 9:12; Co1 13:13; Gal 5:5; Col 1:5, Col 1:23, Col 1:27; Th1 5:8; Th2 2:16; Tit 2:11-13; Heb 6:18, Heb 6:19; Pe1 1:3, Pe1 1:21; Jo1 3:3 but hope: Co2 4:18, Co2 5:7; Heb 11:1; Pe1 1:10, Pe1 1:11 Romans 8:25”