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Christian Standard Bible ®

Romans 5:4

endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Graces;   Holy Spirit;   Hope;   Patience;   Probation;   Resignation;   Righteousness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christian Graces;   Fruit, Spiritual;   Fruitfulness-Unfruitfulness;   Graces, Christian;   The Topic Concordance - Experience;   Hope;   Patience;   Tribulation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Spirit, the Comforter, the;   Hope;   Patience;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Adam;   Justificiation;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Endurance;   Hope;   Joy;   Patience;   Persecution;   Perseverance;   Suffering;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Discipline;   Hope;   Perseverance;   Reconciliation;   Temptation, Test;   Thankfulness, Thanksgiving;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Imputation;   Intercession of Christ;   Joy;   Judgment, Last;   Law;   Man;   Pardon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Justification;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Providence;   Romans, the Epistle to the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hope;   Joy;   Patience;   Romans, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Comfort;   Experience;   Grace;   Hope;   James, Epistle of;   Joy;   Person of Christ;   Romans, Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abstinence;   Ethics;   Hope ;   Love;   Patience;   Paul (2);   Peace (2);   Perseverance;   Romans Epistle to the;   Sin (2);   Temptation, Trial;   Trust;   Unity;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Covenant, the New;   Exodus, Book of;   33 Patience Long-Suffering Forbearance;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Experience;   Galatians, Epistle to the;   Hope;   Patience;   Propitiation;   Reconcile;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - James, General Epistle of;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for September 25;   Every Day Light - Devotion for November 28;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
And this patience is proof that we are strong. And this proof gives us hope.
Revised Standard Version
and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
pacience bringeth experience experience bringeth hope.
Hebrew Names Version
and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope:
International Standard Version
endurance produces character, and character produces hope.James 1:12;">[xr]
New American Standard Bible
and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;
New Century Version
And patience produces character, and character produces hope.
Update Bible Version
and steadfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope:
Webster's Bible Translation
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
English Standard Version
and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
World English Bible
and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope:
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
knowing that tribulation worketh patience, And patience experience, and experience hope;
Weymouth's New Testament
fortitude, ripeness of character; and ripeness of character, hope;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and pacience preuyng, and preuyng hope.
English Revised Version
and patience, probation; and probation, hope:
Berean Standard Bible
perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Contemporary English Version
And endurance builds character, which gives us a hope
Amplified Bible
and endurance, proven character (spiritual maturity); and proven character, hope and confident assurance [of eternal salvation].
American Standard Version
and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope:
Bible in Basic English
And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:
Complete Jewish Bible
endurance produces character, and character produces hope;
Darby Translation
and endurance, experience; and experience, hope;
Etheridge Translation
and patience experience, [fn] and experience hope:
Murdock Translation
and patience, experience; and experience, hope:
King James Version (1611)
And patience, experience: and experience, hope:
New Living Translation
And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.
New Life Bible
When we have learned not to give up, it shows we have stood the test. When we have stood the test, it gives us hope.
New Revised Standard
and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And patience experience, and experience hope,
George Lamsa Translation
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, our endurance, a testing, and, our testing, hope,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And patience trial; and trial hope;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Pacience profe, profe hope:
Good News Translation
endurance brings God's approval, and his approval creates hope.
King James Version
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Lexham English Bible
and patient endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope,
Literal Translation
and patience works out proven character; and proven character, hope.
Young's Literal Translation
and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
paciece bryngeth experiece, experiece bryngeth hope:
Mace New Testament (1729)
and probation, hope:
New English Translation
and endurance, character, and character, hope.
New King James Version
and perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Endurance gives us an authentic cowboy character, and this character gives us the strength to trust in the hope of salvation.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;
Legacy Standard Bible
and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;

Contextual Overview

1Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2We have also obtained access through him by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance, 4endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope. 5This hope will not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

patience: Romans 15:4, 2 Corinthians 1:4-6, 2 Corinthians 4:8-12, 2 Corinthians 6:9, 2 Corinthians 6:10, James 1:12, 1 Peter 1:6, 1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 5:10

and experience: Joshua 10:24, Joshua 10:25, 1 Samuel 17:34-37, Psalms 27:2, Psalms 27:3, Psalms 42:4, Psalms 42:5, Psalms 71:14, Psalms 71:18-24, 2 Corinthians 4:8-10, 2 Timothy 4:16-18

Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 7:3 - by Romans 8:28 - we know Romans 12:12 - patient Romans 15:13 - abound 1 Corinthians 13:13 - hope 2 Corinthians 6:4 - in much Ephesians 1:18 - is 2 Timothy 1:12 - I am Titus 1:2 - hope Hebrews 10:36 - ye have James 1:3 - that 1 Peter 1:3 - unto 2 Peter 1:6 - patience 1 John 3:3 - every Revelation 1:9 - in the Revelation 2:3 - hast patience

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”
Genesis 5:1
This is the document containing the family records of Adam. On the day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God;
Genesis 5:3
Adam was 130 years old when he fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
Genesis 5:7
Seth lived 807 years after he fathered Enosh, and he fathered other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:10
Enosh lived 815 years after he fathered Kenan, and he fathered other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:13
Kenan lived 840 years after he fathered Mahalalel, and he fathered other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:19
Jared lived 800 years after he fathered Enoch, and he fathered other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:22
And after he fathered Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and fathered other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:26
Methuselah lived 782 years after he fathered Lamech, and he fathered other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:30
Lamech lived 595 years after he fathered Noah, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And patience experience,.... As tribulations tend to exercise and increase patience, so patience being exercised and increased, enlarges the saints' stock and fund of experience; of the love and grace of God communicated to them at such seasons; of his faithfulness in fulfilling his promises; of his power in supporting them; and of their own frailty and weakness; and so are taught humility, thankfulness, and resignation to the will of God:

and experience, hope; hope is a gift of God's grace, and is implanted in regeneration, but abounds, increases, and becomes more strong and lively by experience of the love, grace, mercy, power, and faithfulness of God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And patience, experience - Patient endurance of trial produces experience. The word rendered “experience” (δοκιμήν dokimēn) means trial, testing, or that thorough examination by which we ascertain the quality or nature of a thing, as when we test a metal by fire, or in any other way, to ascertain that it is genuine. It also means approbations, or the result of such a trial; the being approved, and accepted as the effect of a trying process. The meaning is, that long afflictions borne patiently show a Christian what he is; they test his religion, and prove that it is genuine. Afflictions are often sent for this purpose, and patience in the midst of them shows that the religion which can sustain them is from God.

And experience, hope - The result of such long trial is to produce hope. They show that religion is genuine; that it is from God; and not only so, but they direct the mind onward to another world; and sustain the soul by the prospect of a glorious immortality there. The various steps and stages of the benefits of afflictions are thus beautifully delineated by the apostle in a manner which accords with the experience of all the children of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 5:4. And patience, experience — δοκιμεν, Full proof, by trial, of the truth of our religion, the solidity of our Christian state, and the faithfulness of our God. In such cases we have the opportunity of putting our religion to the test; and, by every such test, it receives the deeper sterling stamp. The apostle uses here also a metaphor taken from the purifying, refining, and testing of silver and gold.

Experience, hope — For we thus calculate, that he who has supported us in the past will support us in those which may yet come; and as we have received so much spiritual profiting by means of the sufferings through which we have already passed, we may profit equally by those which are yet to come: and this hope prevents us from dreading coming trials; we receive them as means of grace, and find that all things work together for good to them that love God.


 
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