Romans 5:3
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
अध्ययन टिप्पणी
Study Note
Paul's counterintuitive affirmation — 'we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope' — presents tribulation not as an obstacle to spiritual maturity but as its productive pathway. The chain (tribulation → endurance → character → hope → love poured out, verse 5) maps a transformative sequence that moves from external pressure to internal formation to eschatological confidence to experienced divine love. The verb 'rejoice' (kauchometha — boast/glory) is deliberately provocative: Paul deploys the language of boasting that appears throughout 2 Corinthians and Galatians for competitive social achievement, redirecting it toward suffering as a ground of confidence. The verse grounds Christian hope in the tested, proven character that only sustained endurance through difficulty can produce.
अन्य अनुवाद
And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness;
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And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;
क्रॉस संदर्भ
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