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Romans 5:3
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And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance,
And not onely so, but we glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience:
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
And not only this, but we also celebrate in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;
We also have joy with our troubles, because we know that these troubles produce patience.
And not only this, but [with joy] let us exult in our sufferings and rejoice in our hardships, knowing that hardship (distress, pressure, trouble) produces patient endurance;
And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;
And not only this, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction brings about perseverance;
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
But that's not all! We gladly suffer, because we know that suffering helps us to endure.
But not only that, let us also boast in our troubles; because we know that trouble produces endurance,
And not only [that], but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation works endurance;
And we are also happy with the troubles we have. Why are we happy with troubles? Because we know that these troubles make us more patient.
Neither that onely, but also we reioyce in tribulations, knowing that tribulation bringeth forth patience,
And not only so, but we also glory in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation perfects patience in us;
We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance,
And not only this, but we also boast in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces patient endurance,
And not only so, but we glory also in afflictions, knowing that affliction works out patience,
And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness;
And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;
Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;
Not only that, but we also boastlet us also boast">[fn] in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,Matthew 5:11-12; Acts 5:41; 2 Corinthians 12:10; Philippians 2:17; James 1:2-3,12; 1 Peter 3:14;">[xr]
And not thus only, but also in afflictions we exult; for we know that affliction perfecteth patience in us,
And not only so, but we also rejoice in afflictions; because we know that affliction perfecteth in us patience;
Not that only: but also we reioyce in tribulations, knowyng that tribulation worketh pacience:
And not only so, but let us also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also,
And not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do, that suffering produces fortitude;
And not this oneli, but also we glorien in tribulaciouns, witynge that tribulacioun worchith pacience,
And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation works steadfastness;
And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;
We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.
We are glad for our troubles also. We know that troubles help us learn not to give up.
And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
And, not only so, but let us boast also in our tribulations; knowing that, our tribulation, worketh out endurance.
And not only so: but we glory also in tribulation, knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
Nether do we so only: but also we reioyce in tribulacion. For we know that tribulacion bringeth pacience
And not only [so], but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;
Not onely yt, but we reioyse also i troubles, for so moch as we knowe, yt trouble bryngeth paciece,
and not only so, but we triumph in tribulation also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, probation;
We don't shy away from wrecks. We know getting through them gives us endurance.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
but we: Romans 8:35-37, Matthew 5:10-12, Luke 6:22, Luke 6:23, Acts 5:41, 2 Corinthians 11:23-30, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:10, Ephesians 3:13, Philippians 1:29, Philippians 2:17, Philippians 2:18, James 1:2, James 1:3, James 1:12, 1 Peter 3:14, 1 Peter 4:16, 1 Peter 4:17
knowing: 2 Corinthians 4:17, Hebrews 12:10, Hebrews 12:11
Reciprocal: Judges 14:14 - Out of the eater Job 11:18 - because Psalms 57:7 - I will Psalms 84:6 - Who Psalms 119:50 - This Proverbs 15:15 - but Proverbs 18:14 - spirit Proverbs 29:6 - but Ecclesiastes 7:3 - by Isaiah 25:9 - we will Habakkuk 3:18 - I will rejoice Matthew 5:12 - Rejoice Mark 10:30 - with persecutions Luke 21:19 - General John 15:2 - and John 16:20 - your Acts 13:52 - were Acts 16:25 - sang Romans 8:28 - we know Romans 9:10 - not only Romans 12:12 - Rejoicing Romans 15:4 - that 2 Corinthians 1:6 - effectual 2 Corinthians 4:8 - yet 2 Corinthians 6:4 - in much 2 Corinthians 6:10 - sorrowful 2 Corinthians 7:4 - I am filled Philippians 3:1 - rejoice Philippians 4:4 - alway Colossians 1:11 - unto Colossians 1:24 - rejoice 1 Thessalonians 1:3 - and patience 1 Thessalonians 1:6 - with joy 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - moved 2 Thessalonians 1:4 - your patience 1 Timothy 6:6 - godliness Hebrews 10:36 - ye have Hebrews 11:25 - Choosing James 1:9 - rejoice 1 Peter 1:7 - the trial 1 Peter 4:13 - rejoice 2 Peter 1:6 - patience Revelation 1:9 - in the Revelation 2:3 - hast patience Revelation 2:9 - tribulation Revelation 7:14 - came
Cross-References
Adam slept with his wife again. She had a son whom she named Seth. She said, "God has given me another child in place of Abel whom Cain killed." And then Seth had a son whom he named Enosh. That's when men and women began praying and worshiping in the name of God .
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was just like him, his very spirit and image, and named him Seth. After the birth of Seth, Adam lived another 800 years, having more sons and daughters. Adam lived a total of 930 years. And he died.
The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Highest hover over you; Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy, Son of God.
You know the story of how Adam landed us in the dilemma we're in—first sin, then death, and no one exempt from either sin or death. That sin disturbed relations with God in everything and everyone, but the extent of the disturbance was not clear until God spelled it out in detail to Moses. So death, this huge abyss separating us from God, dominated the landscape from Adam to Moses. Even those who didn't sin precisely as Adam did by disobeying a specific command of God still had to experience this termination of life, this separation from God. But Adam, who got us into this, also points ahead to the One who will get us out of it.
You will notice that the variety of bodies is stunning. Just as there are different kinds of seeds, there are different kinds of bodies—humans, animals, birds, fish—each unprecedented in its form. You get a hint at the diversity of resurrection glory by looking at the diversity of bodies not only on earth but in the skies—sun, moon, stars—all these varieties of beauty and brightness. And we're only looking at pre-resurrection "seeds"—who can imagine what the resurrection "plants" will be like!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also,.... The tribulations of the saints are many and various, through the hatred of the world, the temptations of Satan, their own corruptions; and are the will of their heavenly Father; what Christ has foretold, and they expect; and here particularly design such as are for Christ's sake, which being supported under, and carried through, they glory in: not that these are desirable in themselves, and to the flesh; but they glory in them as they are for Christ's sake, and in a good cause; as they are trials of grace, and of use for the exercise of it: and as they are in the exercise of grace, amidst these tribulations, and are comforted under them, and are helped to have regard to the heavenly glory. The ground of which glorying is, that these afflictions are the means of promoting patience, experience, and hope:
knowing this, that tribulation worketh patience; patience is a grace, of which God is the author; it is one of the fruits of the Spirit; the word of God is the means of its being first implanted; and afflictions are the means of promoting it, when they are sanctified; otherwise they produce impatience, murmurings, and repinings; there is great need of patience under them; and, by divine grace, they are the matter and occasion of exercising, and so of increasing it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And not only so - We not only rejoice in times of prosperity, and of health. Paul proceeds to show that this plan is not less adapted to produce support in trials.
But we glory - The word used here is the same that is in Romans 5:2, translated, “we rejoice” καυχώμεθα kauchōmetha. It should have been so rendered here. The meaning is, that we rejoice not only in hope; not only in the direct results of justification, in the immediate effect which religion itself produces; but we carry our joy and triumph even into the midst of trials. In accordance with this, our Saviour directed his followers to rejoice in persecutions, Matthew 5:11-12. Compare James 1:2, James 1:12.
In tribulations - In afflictions. The word used here refers to all kinds of trials which people are called to endure; though it is possible that Paul referred particularly to the various persecutions and trials which they were called to endure as Christians.
Knowing - Being assured of this. Paul’s assurance might have arisen from reasoning on the nature of religion, and its tendency to produce comfort; or it is more probable that he was speaking here the language of his own experience. He had found it to be so. This was written near the close of his life, and it states the personal experience of a man who endured, perhaps, as much as anyone ever did, in attempting to spread the gospel; and far more than commonly falls to the lot of mankind. Yet he, like all other Christians, could leave his deliberate testimony to the fact that Christianity was sufficient to sustain the soul in its severest trials; see 2 Corinthians 1:3-6; 2Co 11:24-29; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.
Worketh - Produces; the effect of afflictions on the minds of Christians is to make them patient. Sinners are irritated and troubled by them; they complain, and become more and more obstinate and rebellious. They have no sources of consolation; they deem God a hard master; and they become fretful and rebellions just in proportion to the depth and continuance of their trials. But in the mind of a Christian, who regards his Father’s hand in it; who sees that he deserves no mercy; who has confidence in the wisdom and goodness of God; who feels that it is necessary for his own good to be afflicted; and who experiences its happy, subduing, and mild effect in restraining his sinful passions, and in weaning him from the world the effect is to produce patience. Accordingly, it will usually be found that those Christians who are longest and most severely afflicted are the most patient. Year after year of suffering produces increased peace and calmness of soul; and at the end of his course the Christian is more willing to be afflicted, and bears his afflictions more calmly, than at the beginning. He who on earth was most afflicted was the most patient of all sufferers; and not less patient when he was “led as a lamb to the slaughter,” than when he experienced the first trial in his great work.
Patience - “A calm temper, which suffers evils without murmuring or discontent” (Webster).
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Romans 5:3. And not only so — We are not only happy from being in this state of communion with our God, and the prospect of being eternally with him;
But we glory in tribulations also — All the sufferings we endure for the testimony of our Lord are so sanctified to us by his grace, that they become powerful instruments of increasing our happiness.
Tribulation worketh patience — υπομονην, Endurance under trials, without sustaining loss or deterioration. It is a metaphor taken from refining metals. We do not speak thus from any sudden raptures, or extraordinary sensations we may have of spiritual joy: for we find that the tribulations through which we pass are the means of exercising and increasing our patience, our meek forbearance of injuries received, or persecutions experienced, on account of the Gospel.
