📜WEB · Romans 5:3
What does Romans 5:3 mean?
"Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;"
— Romans 5:3 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope:
and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
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