[a]Neither that only, but also we (A)rejoice in tribulations, [b]knowing that tribulation bringeth forth patience.

And patience experience, and experience hope.

[c]And hope maketh not ashamed, because the [d]love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the holy Ghost, which is given unto us.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 5:3 Tribulation itself giveth us divers and sundry ways occasion to rejoice, much less doth it make us miserable.
  2. Romans 5:3 Afflictions accustom us to patience, and patience assureth us of the goodness of God, and this experience confirmeth, and fostereth our hope, which never deceiveth us.
  3. Romans 5:5 The ground of hope is an assured testimony of the conscience, by the gift of the holy Ghost, that we are beloved of God, and this is nothing else but that which we call faith: whereof it followeth, that through faith our consciences are quieted.
  4. Romans 5:5 Wherewith he loveth us.

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