SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:3
Y no slo esto , ms an nos gloriamos en las tribulaciones, sabiendo que la tribulacin produce paciencia;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Romans 5:3
Verse 3. And not only so] We are not only happy from being in this state of communion with our God, and the prospect of being eternally with him; But we glory in tribulations also] All the sufferings we endure for the testimony of our Lord are so sanctified to us by his grace, that they become powerful instruments of increasing our happiness. Tribulation worketh patience] upomonhn, Endurance under trials, without sustaining loss or deterioration. It is a metaphor taken from refining metals. We do not speak thus from any sudden raptures, or extraordinary sensations we may have of spiritual joy: for we find that the tribulations through which we pass are the means of exercising and increasing our patience, our meek forbearance of injuries received, or persecutions experienced, on account of the Gospel.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 3. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also , etc..] The tribulations of the saints are many and various, through the hatred of the world, the temptations of Satan, their own corruptions; and are the will of their heavenly Father; what Christ has foretold, and they expect; and here particularly design such as are for Christ's sake, which being supported under, and carried through, they glory in: not that these are desirable in themselves, and to the flesh; but they glory in them as they are for Christ's sake, and in a good cause; as they are trials of grace, and of use for the exercise of it: and as they are in the exercise of grace, amidst these tribulations, and are comforted under them, and are helped to have regard to the heavenly glory. The ground of which glorying is, that these afflictions are the means of promoting patience, experience, and hope: knowing this, that tribulation worketh patience ; patience is a grace, of which God is the author; it is one of the fruits of the Spirit; the word of God is the means of its being first implanted; and afflictions are the means of promoting it, when they are sanctified; otherwise they produce impatience, murmurings, and repinings; there is great need of patience under them; and, by divine grace, they are the matter and occasion of exercising, and so of increasing it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-5 - A blessed change takes place in the sinner's state, when he becomes true believer, whatever he has been. Being justified by faith he ha peace with God. The holy, righteous God, cannot be at peace with sinner, while under the guilt of sin. Justification takes away the guilt, and so makes way for peace. This is through our Lord Jesu Christ; through him as the great Peace-maker, the Mediator between God and man. The saints' happy state is a state of grace. Into this grac we are brought, which teaches that we were not born in this state. We could not have got into it of ourselves, but we are led into it, a pardoned offenders. Therein we stand, a posture that denote perseverance; we stand firm and safe, upheld by the power of the enemy And those who have hope for the glory of God hereafter, have enough to rejoice in now. Tribulation worketh patience, not in and of itself, but the powerful grace of God working in and with the tribulation. Patien sufferers have most of the Divine consolations, which abound a afflictions abound. It works needful experience of ourselves. This hop will not disappoint, because it is sealed with the Holy Spirit as Spirit of love. It is the gracious work of the blessed Spirit to she abroad the love of God in the hearts of all the saints. A right sens of God's love to us, will make us not ashamed, either of our hope, or of our sufferings for him.
Greek Textus Receptus
ου 3756 PRT-N μονον 3440 ADV δε 1161 CONJ αλλα 235 CONJ και 2532 CONJ καυχωμεθα 2744 5736 V-PNI-1P εν 1722 PREP ταις 3588 T-DPF θλιψεσιν 2347 N-DPF ειδοτες 1492 5761 V-RAP-NPM οτι 3754 CONJ η 3588 T-NSF θλιψις 2347 N-NSF υπομονην 5281 N-ASF κατεργαζεται 2716 5736 V-PNI-3S
Vincent's NT Word Studies
3. Tribulations. Sharp contrast of glory and tribulation. Tribulations has the article; the tribulations attaching to the condition of believers. Rev., our tribulations.Patience (upomonhn). See on 2 Pet. i. 6; Jas. v. 7.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
5:3 {But let us also rejoice in our tribulations} (alla kai kaucwmeqa en tais qliyesin). Present middle subjunctive of same verb as in verse #2. Kauch"mai is more than "rejoice," rather "glory,"exult." These three volitive subjunctives (ecwmen, kauch"metha, twice) hold up the high ideal for the Christian after, and because of, his being set right with God. It is one thing to submit to or endure tribulations without complaint, but it is another to find ground of glorying in the midst of them as Paul exhorts here.
