Charles Spurgeon Commentary Romans 5:4

"and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope:" — Romans 5:4 (ASV)

And patience, experience;

If you bear the trial patiently, it leaves the mark of its engraving tool upon your spirit, and you thus become fashioned into an experienced Christian.

And experience, hope:

What God has once done, he may do again; and as he has shown us so much favor, we may reasonably hope that he will show us more, and that he who has given us grace will give us glory.

And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

Again I cannot help observing how we seem to go through one door just to pass through another. We get into a silver chamber that we may go into a golden one; and before we can take stock of all the gold, we are ushered into a gorgeous palace of pearls and rubies and diamonds of priceless value.

And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

The longer we wait, the brighter our eyes get. Our very trials, when they have passed over us, leave us stronger and happier than we were before.

Our experience works hope in us.

And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

You cannot make an experienced Christian without trouble. You cannot make an old sailor on shore, nor make a good soldier without fighting. Here is that window of hope again, standing at the back of our experience, we look out of the window, and what God has done for us is a token of what God will do for us.