1-18-26//PERSEVERING IN TRIBULATION

Rom 12:9-13 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; 11 not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, 13 contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.

 PERSEVERANCE

hupomeno (hoop-om-en'-o); to stay under (behind), i.e. remain; figuratively, to undergo, i.e. bear (trials), have fortitude, persevere:

1.     to remain

a.     to tarry behind

2.     to remain i.e. abide, not recede or flee

a.     to preserve: under misfortunes and trials to hold fast to one's faith in Christ

b.     to endure, bear bravely and calmly: ill treatments

to stay behind; to stand firm, endure, persevere

KJV - abide, endure, (take) patient (-ly), suffer, tarry behind.

TRIBULATION:

thlipsis (thlip'-sis); pressure (literally or figuratively):

1.     a pressing, pressing together, pressure

2.     metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation, distress, straits

trouble, distress, oppression, tribulation

KJV - afflicted (-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble.

Matt 5:11-12 "Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.  12 "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Rom 5:1-5 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 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. 3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

1 Cor 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

TEMPTATION:

peirasmos (pi-ras-mos'); a putting to proof (by experiment [of good], experience [of evil], solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity:

    an experiment, attempt, trial, proving

        trial, proving: the trial made of you by my bodily condition, since condition served as to test the love of the Galatians toward Paul (Gal. 4:

        the trial of man's fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy

            an enticement to sin, temptation, whether arising from the desires or from the outward circumstances

            an internal temptation to sin

        of the temptation by which the devil sought to divert Jesus the Messiah from his divine errand

            of the condition of things, or a mental state, by which we are enticed to sin, or to a lapse from the faith and holiness

            adversity, affliction, trouble: sent by God and serving to test or prove one's character, faith, holiness

        temptation (i.e. trial) of God by men

            rebellion against God, by which his power and justice are, as it were, put to the proof and challenged to show themselves

KJV - temptation,  try.