Romans 5:3
New International Version
Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

New Living Translation
We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.

English Standard Version
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Berean Standard Bible
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

Berean Literal Bible
And not only so, but also we glory in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;

King James Bible
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

New King James Version
And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;

New American Standard Bible
And not only this, but we also celebrate in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;

NASB 1995
And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;

NASB 1977
And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;

Legacy Standard Bible
And not only this, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction brings about perseverance;

Amplified Bible
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;

Christian Standard Bible
And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance,

American Standard Version
And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And not only in this way, but we boast also in afflictions, for we know that affliction perfects patience in us,

Contemporary English Version
But that's not all! We gladly suffer, because we know that suffering helps us to endure.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And not only so; but we glory also in tribulations, knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

English Revised Version
And not only so, but let us also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But that's not all. We also brag when we are suffering. We know that suffering creates endurance,

Good News Translation
We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance,

International Standard Version
Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Literal Standard Version
And not only [so], but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation works endurance;

Majority Standard Bible
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

New American Bible
Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance,

NET Bible
Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

New Revised Standard Version
And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

New Heart English Bible
Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;

Webster's Bible Translation
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

Weymouth New Testament
And not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do, that suffering produces fortitude;

World English Bible
Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

Young's Literal Translation
And not only so, but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Triumph of Faith
2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope.…

Cross References
Habakkuk 3:18
yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.

Luke 21:19
By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.

Romans 5:11
Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Romans 8:23
Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

Romans 9:10
Not only that, but Rebecca's children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

2 Corinthians 8:19
More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the offering--the gracious gift we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.


Treasury of Scripture

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation works patience;

but we.

Romans 8:35-37
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? …

Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven…

Luke 6:22,23
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake…

knowing.

2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

Hebrews 12:10,11
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness…

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Romans 5
1. Being justified by faith, we have peace with God;
2. and joy in our hope;
8. that since we were reconciled by his blood, when we were enemies;
10. we shall much more be saved, being reconciled.
12. As sin and death came by Adam;
17. so much more righteousness and life by Jesus Christ.
20. Where sin abounded, grace did superabound.














(3) But much more than this. The Christian's glorying is not confined to the future; it embraces the present as well. It extends even to what would naturally be supposed to be the very opposite of a ground for glorying--to the persecutions that we have to undergo as Christians. (Comp. especially Matthew 5:10; Matthew 5:12, "Blessed are the persecuted;" 2Corinthians 11:30; 2Corinthians 12:9-10, "glorying in infirmities;" Acts 5:41, "rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame;" 1Peter 4:12-13; "think not the fiery trial strange, but rejoice.") Attention has here been called to Bacon's aphorism, "Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity of the New." This is a very profound side of the Christian revelation. . . . Verses 3-5. - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations (or, our tribulations) also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Ghost which is given to us. The peace, the joy, the hope, that come of faith might be supposed unable to stand against the facts of this present life, in which, to those first believers, only peculiar tribulations might seem to follow from their faith. Not so, says the apostle; nay, their very tribulations tend to confirm our hope, and so even in them we also glory. For we perceive how they serve for our probation now: they test our endurance; and proved endurance increases hope. And this hope does not shame us in the end, as being baseless and without fulfilment; for our inward experience of the love of God assures us of the contrary, and keeps it ever alive. The word δοκιμὴ ("experience," Authorized Version) means properly "proof," and is so translated elsewhere. The idea is that tribulations test, and endurance under them proves, the genuineness of faith; and approved faithfulness strengthens hope (cf. Matthew 24:13; Mark 13:13, "He that endureth (ὑπομείνας, corresponding to ὑπομονὴν here) to the end, the same shall be saved "). By "the love of God" is meant rather God's love to us than ours to God. What follows in explanation requires this sense. Of course, it kindles answering love in ourselves (cf. "We love God, because he first loved us"); but the idea here is that of God's own love, the sense of which we experience, flooding our hearts with itself through the gift of the Holy Spirit. It may be observed that, though assurance of the fulfilment of our hope is here made to rest on inward feeling, yet this is legitimately convincing to those who do so feel. As in many other matters, so especially in religion, it is internal consciousness that carries the strongest conviction with it, and induces certitude. The verses that come next set forth the grounds of our sense of God's exceeding love to us.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Not
Οὐ (Ou)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

only
μόνον (monon)
Adverb
Strong's 3440: Alone, but, only. Neuter of monos as adverb; merely.

[that],
δέ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

but
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

we also rejoice
καυχώμεθα (kauchōmetha)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 2744: To boast; I glory (exult) proudly. From some base akin to that of aucheo and euchomai; to vaunt.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[our]
ταῖς (tais)
Article - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sufferings,
θλίψεσιν (thlipsesin)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's 2347: Persecution, affliction, distress, tribulation. From thlibo; pressure.

because we know
εἰδότες (eidotes)
Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1492: To know, remember, appreciate.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

suffering
θλῖψις (thlipsis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2347: Persecution, affliction, distress, tribulation. From thlibo; pressure.

produces
κατεργάζεται (katergazetai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2716: From kata and ergazomai; to work fully, i.e. Accomplish; by implication, to finish, fashion.

perseverance;
ὑπομονὴν (hypomonēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5281: Endurance, steadfastness, patient waiting for. From hupomeno; cheerful endurance, constancy.


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