Romans 12:12

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Romans 12:12

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Summary

Romans 12:12

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Rejoicing

Patient

Continuing

General references

1 Samuel 8:20

Bible References

Rejoicing

through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will dwell securely.

You who have shown me many troubles and distresses
Will revive me again,
And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

With Your counsel You will guide me,
And afterward receive me to glory.

The hope of the righteous is gladness,
But the expectation of the wicked perishes.

The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.

“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I have hope in Him.”

Though the fig tree should not blossom
And there be no fruit on the vines,
Though the yield of the olive should fail
And the fields produce no food,
Though the flock should be cut off from the fold
And there be no cattle in the stalls,

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”

But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,

looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of

our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,

so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end.

In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.

See

how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

Patient

to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;

And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;

But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him;

Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,

Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
I waited patiently for the Lord;
And He inclined to me and heard my cry.

But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.

By your endurance you will gain your lives.

strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously

constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and

steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

therefore, we ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.

May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.

But flee from these things, you man of God, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness.

Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance,

so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

knowing that the testing of your faith produces

endurance.

Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains.

For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly.

and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness,

If anyone is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.

Continuing

Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

As for me, I shall call upon God,
And the Lord will save me.

Trust in Him at all times, O people;

Pour out your heart before Him;

God is a refuge for us. Selah.

In return for my love they act as my accusers;
But I am in prayer.

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not

presenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion.

Then He said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;

These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and

to prayer.

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.

Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me.

With all prayer and petition

pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view,

be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;

pray without ceasing;

In the days of His flesh,

He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.

and the prayer offered in faith will

restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.

The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.

This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

General references

that we also may be like all the nations, that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”