![]() A right sense of God's love to us, will make us not ashamed, either of our hope, or of our sufferings for him. It is the gracious work of the blessed Spirit to shed abroad the love of God in the hearts of all the saints. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces. This hope will not disappoint, because it is sealed with the Holy Spirit as a Spirit of love. It works needful experience of ourselves. Patient sufferers have most of the Divine consolations, which abound as afflictions abound. Romans 5:3-4 - NLT And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope. Tribulation worketh patience, not in and of itself, but the powerful grace of God working in and with the tribulation. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And those who have hope for the glory of God hereafter, have enough to rejoice in now. Therein we stand, a posture that denotes perseverance we stand firm and safe, upheld by the power of the enemy. ![]() ![]() 4 If you let that patience work in you, the end result. We could not have got into it of ourselves, but we are led into it, as pardoned offenders. James 1:2-4 Trusting God Daily Devotional Bible Verses Consider it pure joy. Into this grace we are brought, which teaches that we were not born in this state. The saints' happy state is a state of grace. This is through our Lord Jesus Christ through him as the great Peace-maker, the Mediator between God and man. Justification takes away the guilt, and so makes way for peace. The holy, righteous God, cannot be at peace with a sinner, while under the guilt of sin. Being justified by faith he has peace with God. Matthew Henry's Commentary on Romans 5:3-4 Commentary on Romans 5:1-5Ī blessed change takes place in the sinner's state, when he becomes a true believer, whatever he has been. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. New Living Translationģ We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. New King James Versionģ And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance 4 and perseverance, character and character, hope. Other Translations of Romans 5:3-4 King James Versionģ And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience 4 And patience, experience and experience, hope: English Standard Versionģ More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, The Messageģ There's more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we're hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, 4 and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next.
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