Romans 5:3

KJV

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

— Romans 5:3, King James Version
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Romans 5:3, King James Version.

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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.

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ASV

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

YLT

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BBE

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

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