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

We have access to grace (God's favor) by faith through him. This is where we stand. We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

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

That is why my heart is glad and I rejoice. My body rests securely.

You who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward you give me honor (glory).

The hope of the righteous is joy. The prospect for the wicked is bleak.

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.

I said to myself, Jehovah is my heritage. For this reason I will hope in him.

The fig tree will not flourish. There will be no fruit on the vines. The labor of the olive will fail and the fields will yield no food! The flock will be cut off from the fold and there will be no herd in the stalls.

Rejoice, and be filled with joy, for great is your reward in heaven. The prophets, who came before you, were also persecuted.

Do not rejoice about this that the spirits are subject to you. Rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.

Faith, hope and love remain. These three! The greatest of these is love!

Finally my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not a bother, but for you it is a safeguard.

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

It was God's will to make known his secret to the people of the nations, this rich and glorious secret that he has for people. The secret is that Christ is in union with you, which means that you will share in his glory.

Let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love; and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

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

Look for the blessed hope and appearance of the glory of the great God. And look for our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Being justified by his grace (loving kindness), we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Christ was faithful as a Son over God's house. We are His house if we hold on to our courage (confidence) and rejoice (speak boldly) about our hope until the end.

When God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he confirmed it with an oath.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy he gave us a new birth to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

As much as you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.

Observe the love the Father gave to us that we should be called the children of God. That is what we are! For this reason the world does not know us. This is because it did not know him.

Patient

[He offers] everlasting life for those who search for incorruptible glory and honor by enduring in good works.

Not only that, but we also rejoice in our tribulations knowing that tribulation produces endurance.

If we hope for what we do not see, do we have patience to wait for it?

The things written in earlier times were written for our instruction, that we through endurance and the encouragement from the Scriptures might have hope.

Surrender to Jehovah and wait patiently for him. Do not be preoccupied with an evildoer who succeeds in his way when he carries out his schemes.

([Psalm of David]) I waited patiently for Jehovah and he bent down to me and heard my cry.

The good ground represents the honest and good-hearted people. They hear the word, hold fast to it and produce forth fruit with patience.

You will gain your lives because of your endurance.

God will strengthen you with all power, according to the might of his glory, to all patience and longsuffering with joy.

We continually remember your work of faith, labor of love, and patience, and your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

That is why we boast (rejoice) (have glory) about you in the congregations of God. We boast (rejoice) (have glory) about the way you continue to endure and believe through all the persecutions and sufferings you experience.

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

But you, O man of God, run from these things. Pursue (set your heart on) righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience and meekness.

You carefully follow my teaching in conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, and patience,

We desire that you are not lazy, but follow those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

You need to persevere in order to do the will of God and receive what he promises.

A great cloud of witnesses surround us. Therefore let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that easily entangles us. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

Know that the testing of your faith produces patience (endurance).

Be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and late rains.

For this is to your credit to suffer wrongfully and endure grief because of your conscience toward God.

Include self-control with your knowledge. Supply patience to your self-control. Your patience should be helped by godliness.

He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity. He who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. This requires the patience and the faith of the holy ones.

Continuing

Then Jacob was by himself. A man was fighting with him till dawn.

What hope doe the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

But I call on God, and Jehovah saves me.

Trust him at all times, you people. Pour out your hearts in his presence. God is our refuge.

In return for my love, they accuse me, but I pray for them.

Then you will call to me. You will come and pray to me and I will hear you.

O my God, incline your ear, and hear! Open your eyes, and behold our desolations and the city that is called by your name. We do not present our supplications before you because of our righteous merits, but according to your many mercies.

He also said: Which of you have a friend you would approach at midnight and say lend me three loaves.

They all continued united in earnest prayer. The women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers were also there.

They continued devoting themselves to doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

We will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.

Peter was kept in prison. Prayer was made without ceasing by the congregation to God for him.

Three times I prayed to God about this and asked him to take it away.

With prayer and supplication pray at all times in the Spirit. Watch with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones.

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

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being vigilant with thanksgiving.

Pray without ceasing.

In the days of his life on earth, when he [Christ] offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to the one who was able to save him out of death, and was heard because of his godly reverence. (Galatians 1:1) (Psalm 69:13)

The prayer of faith will save the sick person. God will raise him up; and if he committed sins, it will be forgiven him.

The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.

This is the confidence that we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

General references

We want to be like other nations, with our own king to rule us and to lead us out to war and to fight our battles.