Romans 5:3

Romans 5:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
• New International Version (NIV)Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
• English Standard Version (ESV)Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;

Context of Romans 5:3

1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 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. Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

Romans 5:3 word by word

οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ καυχώμεθα ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσιν εἰδότες ὅτι ἡ θλῖψις ὑπομονὴν κατεργάζεται,Read the interlinear

• Notοὐou · noG3756
• onlyμόνονmonon · onlyG3440
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• we also rejoiceκαίkai · andG2532
• we also rejoiceκαυχάομαιkauchaomai · to boastG2744
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• sufferingsθλῖψιςthlipsis · pressureG2347
• because we knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• producesκατεργάζομαιkatergazomai · to workout/produceG2716
• perseveranceὑπομονήhupomonē · perseveranceG5281

Cross-references for Romans 5:3

• Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
• Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Luke 6:22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
• Acts 5:41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
• 2 Corinthians 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
• Ephesians 3:13So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
• Philippians 1:29For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,
• Philippians 2:17But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
• James 1:2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
• 1 Peter 3:14But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
• 1 Peter 4:16But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.
• 2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
• Hebrews 12:10Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

Commentaries on Romans 5:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3And not only so - We are not only happy from being in this state of communion with our God, and the prospect of being eternally with him; But we glory in tribulations also - All the sufferings we endure for the testimony of our Lord are so sanctified to us by his grace, that they become powerful instruments of increasing our happiness. Tribulation worketh patience - ̔, Endurance under trials, without sustaining loss or deterioration. It is a metaphor…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And not only so - We not only rejoice in times of prosperity, and of health. Paul proceeds to show that this plan is not less adapted to produce support in trials. But we glory - The word used here is the same that is in Romans 5:2, translated, “we rejoice” ́ kauchōmethaIt should have been so rendered here. The meaning is, that we rejoice not only in hope; not only in the direct results of justification, in the immediate effect which religion itself…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4See also James 1:2–4; 1 Peter 1:6–7. The similarities in these passages indicate early Christian teaching common to all three of these writers.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. we glory in tribulation also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience--Patience is the quiet endurance of what we cannot but wish removed, whether it be the withholding of promised good (Ro 8:25), or the continued experience of positive ill (as here). There is indeed a patience of unrenewed nature, which has something noble in it, though in many cases the offspring of pride, if not of something lower. Men have been known to endure every form of…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 5:3

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Graces
• Holy Spirit
• Hope
• Patience
• Resignation
• Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Abound
• Access
• Atonement
• Blood
• Condemnation
• Die
• Disobedience
• Faith
• Figure
• Grace

Commentaries on Romans 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings