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, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.

Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.

The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.

For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:

Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.

Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.

But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

For the rest, my brothers, be glad in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.

Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.

To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.

But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.

So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,

But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.

See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

Patient

To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.

Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;

Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;

And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.

But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.

And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,

If any man sends others into prison, into prison he will go: if any man puts to death with the sword, with the sword will he be put to death. Here is the quiet strength and the faith of the saints.

Continuing

Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.

For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?

As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.

Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)

For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.

And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.

O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies.

And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;

And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.

So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me.

With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;

Keep on with your prayers.

Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.

And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.

But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;

And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:

General references

So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.