Romans 5:3

5:3 Not ¹  only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Romans 12:12

12:12 Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

Romans 2:9

2:9 There will be ²  affliction and distress on everyone ³  who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek, ⁴ 

Romans 8:35

8:35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? ⁵ 

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn No verb is expressed in this verse, but the verb “to be” is implied by the Greek construction. Literally “suffering and distress on everyone…”

³ tn Grk “every soul of man.”

⁴ sn Paul uses the term Greek here and in v. 10 to refer to non-Jews, i.e., Gentiles.

³ tn Here “sword” is a metonymy that includes both threats of violence and acts of violence, even including death (although death is not necessarily the only thing in view here).