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The Chain of Spiritual Growth
Commentators describe a "linked chain" of spiritual development: suffering produces perseverance, which in turn forges proven character, and that character strengthens our hope. Charles Spurgeon likens this to being promoted to an "upper class in God's school." This process shows that trials are not random but are used by God to produce specific virtues, culminating in a more robust hope.
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Albert Barnes
On Romans 5:4
18th Century
Theologian
And patience, experience. Patient endurance of trial produces experience. The word rendered experience (dokimēn) means trial<…
AT Robertson
On Romans 5:4
Knowing (ειδοτες). Second perfect participle of ειδον (οιδα), giving the reason for the previous exhortation to glory in tribulati…
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 5:4
19th Century
Bishop
Experience. This is “Approvedness,” the quality of being tried and approved. The result of patient endurance is to test, confirm, …
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Charles Spurgeon
On Romans 5:3–5
19th Century
Preacher
But we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh n…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 5:4
The word “rejoice,” used to characterize the hope of the Christian for participating in the glory yet to be revealed (v.2), now carries over to ano…
John Calvin
On Romans 5:4
16th Century
Theologian
Patience, probation, etc. James, adopting a similar gradation, seems to follow a different order, for he says that patience proce…
John Gill
On Romans 5:4
17th Century
Pastor
And patience experience
As tribulations tend to exercise and increase patience, so patience being exercised and incr…
Matthew Henry
On Romans 5:1–5
17th Century
Minister
A blessed change takes place in the sinner's state when he becomes a true believer, whatever he has been. Being justified by faith, he has peace wi…