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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 5:3 - 5:3
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3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Ver. 3. We glory in tribulations] As an old soldier doth in his scars of honour. See Gal_6:17; 2Co_7:4. Feri, Domine, feri; nam a peccatis absolutus sum, saith Luther: Strike, Lord, and spare not, since I am acquitted by thee from my sins. Seca ambas, Cut of both, cried out that good bishop, when his hand was threatened to be cut off. A man that hath got his pardon is not troubled though he lose his glove or handkerchief, nor though it should prove a rainy day.