Romans 5:3 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

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

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

DBY:

And not only that, but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation works endurance;

ERV:

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

WEY:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

And not only so, but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

Romans 5:3 Cross References

XREF:

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

Luke 21:19 "By your endurance you will gain your lives.

Romans 5:11 And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Romans 8:23 And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.

Romans 9:10 And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac;

2 Corinthians 8:19 and not only this, but he has also been appointed by the churches to travel with us in this gracious work, which is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself, and to show our readiness,

James 1:2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:3 {4} And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: {5} knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
(4) Tribulation itself gives us different and various occasions to rejoice, and more than this it does not make us miserable.
(5) Afflictions make us use to being patient, and patience assures us of the goodness of God, and this experience confirms and fosters our hope, which never deceives us.

PNT:

5:3 We glory in tribulations also. The peace of Christ is so sweet, and the hope of the saint so glorious, that the Christian can even exult in present sufferings, since he has assurance that even these minister to his eternal joy.
Knowing that tribulation worketh patience. Various steps of progress are named here in order. Affliction works out patience, and patience secures approval. Such is probably the meaning of the word rendered in the Common Version experience (Ro 5:4). So Macknight and Schaff render it. Patient endurance of affliction secures the divine approval.

WES:

5:3 We glory in tribulations also - Which we are so far from esteeming a mark of God's displeasure, that we receive them as tokens of his fatherly love, whereby we are prepared for a more exalted happiness. The Jews objected to the persecuted state of the Christians as inconsistent with the people of the Messiah. It is therefore with great propriety that the apostle so often mentions the blessings arising from this very thing.

MHC:

5:1-5 A blessed change takes place in the sinner's state, when he becomes a true believer, whatever he has been. Being justified by faith he has peace with God. The holy, righteous God, cannot be at peace with a sinner, while under the guilt of sin. Justification takes away the guilt, and so makes way for peace. This is through our Lord Jesus Christ; through him as the great Peace-maker, the Mediator between God and man. The saints' happy state is a state of grace. Into this grace we are brought, which teaches that we were not born in this state. We could not have got into it of ourselves, but we are led into it, as pardoned offenders. Therein we stand, a posture that denotes perseverance; we stand firm and safe, upheld by the power of the enemy. And those who have hope for the glory of God hereafter, have enough to rejoice in now. Tribulation worketh patience, not in and of itself, but the powerful grace of God working in and with the tribulation. Patient sufferers have most of the Divine consolations, which abound as afflictions abound. It works needful experience of ourselves. This hope will not disappoint, because it is sealed with the Holy Spirit as a Spirit of love. It is the gracious work of the blessed Spirit to shed abroad the love of God in the hearts of all the saints. A right sense of God's love to us, will make us not ashamed, either of our hope, or of our sufferings for him.

CONC:

Boast Brings Endurance Exult Fortitude Gives Glory Joy Patience Perseverance Power Produces Rejoice Stedfastness Suffering Sufferings Tribulation Tribulations Trouble Troubles Waiting Worketh Works

Endurance Exult Fortitude Gives Glory Joy Patience Perseverance Power Produces Rejoice Stedfastness Suffering Sufferings Tribulation Tribulations Trouble Troubles Work Worketh Works

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