Romans 5:4

and patience, experience; and experience, hope:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

In Context

3And not only so, but we also rejoice in afflictions; because we know that affliction perfecteth in us patience;

5and hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God is diffused in our hearts, by the Holy Spirit who is given to us.

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Cross References

Romans 15:4For every thing written of old, was written for our instruction; that we, by patience and by the consolation of the scriptures, might possess hope.

2 Corinthians 4:8And in every thing we are oppressed, but not suffocated; we are corrected, but not condemned;

2 Timothy 4:16At my first defence, no one was with me, but they all forsook me. Let not this be reckoned to them.

Matthew Henry on Romans 5:2-6

Justification and Its Effects. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto… Read the whole commentary →

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