Romans 5:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”
Romans 5:3 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Romans 5:315 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Romans 5:3
“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also.” Now, consider how great the things to come are, when even at things that seem to be distressful we can be elated; so great is God's gift, and such a nothing any distastefulness in them! For in the case of external goods, the struggle for them brings trouble and pain and irksomeness along with it; and it is the crowns and rewards that carry the pleasure with them. But in this case it is not so, for the wrestlings have to…
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