Romans 5:3
And not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do, that suffering produces fortitude;
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
In Context
4fortitude, ripeness of character; and ripeness of character, hope;
Cross References
Matthew 5:10"Blessed are those who have borne persecution in the cause of Righteousness, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens.
Luke 21:19By your patient endurance you will purchase your lives.
Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from Christ's love? Shall affliction or distress, persecution or hunger, nakedness or danger or the sword?
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as if I were out of my mind.) Much more am I His servant; serving Him more thoroughly than they by my labours, and more thoroughly also by my imprisonments, by excessively cruel floggings, and with risk of life many a time.
Ephesians 3:13Therefore I entreat you not to lose heart in the midst of my sufferings on your behalf, for they bring you honour.
Philippians 2:17Nay, even if my life is to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I rejoice, and I congratulate you all.
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 →