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Romans 5:4

Romans 5:4
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And patience experience,.... As tribulations tend to exercise and increase patience, so patience being exercised and…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

And patience, experience - Patient endurance of trial produces experience. The word rendered “experience” (δοκιμήν…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

And patience, experience - Δὀκιμεν, Full proof, by trial, of the truth of our religion, the solidity of our Christian…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Romans 5:1-5

The precious benefits and privileges which flow from justification are such as should quicken us all to give diligence…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

experience The Gr. properly means "a proof, a test." So usually in N. T.: e.g. 2Co 8:2 (where E. V. "trial"), Rom 13:3…