Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Romans 5:4

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Romans 5:4 - 5:4

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Romans 5:4 - 5:4

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4. δοκιμὴ. (1) The process of testing, 2Co 8:2; (2) the result—the temper given to the steel, Php 2:22; 2Co 2:9; 2Co 9:13; 2Co 13:3 : here the latter; cf. 1Pe 1:6 ff.; Jam 1:2; Jam 1:12. θλίψις produces in the Christian endurance or resistance, and this Christian endurance tempers character; the tempered character, as evidence of GOD’S working so far, itself produces hope; and this hope, so grounded and won, cannot disappoint him who has it.