Romans 15:4

World English Bible (2000)

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 10:11 : 11 Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
  • 2 Tim 3:16-17 : 16 Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
  • Rom 4:23-24 : 23 Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone, 24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,
  • 2 Pet 1:20-21 : 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation. 21 For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 9:9-9 : 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it for the oxen that God cares, 10 or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.

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  • Rom 15:5
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    5Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,

  • Rom 5:2-5
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    2through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

    3Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;

    4and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope:

    5and hope doesn't disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

  • 2 Cor 1:4-7
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    4who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

    5For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.

    6But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

    7Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.

  • Rom 15:13
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    13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

  • Rom 15:1-3
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    1Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

    2Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.

    3For even Christ didn't please himself. But, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."

  • Rom 8:24-25
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    24For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

    25But if we hope for that which we don't see, we wait for it with patience.

  • 2 Thess 1:4-5
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    4so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

    5This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.

  • 1 Cor 9:10
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    10or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.

  • 2 Cor 4:15
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    15For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

  • 1 Cor 10:11
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    11Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

  • Heb 10:36
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    36For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

  • 1 Thess 4:18
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    18Therefore comfort one another with these words.

  • 2 Tim 3:15-17
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    15From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

    16Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

    17that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

  • 2 Pet 3:15
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    15Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

  • Heb 6:11-12
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    11We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

    12that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.

  • 2 Thess 2:16-17
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    16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

    17comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7for this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.

  • Rom 12:12
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    12rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

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    3knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

    4Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

  • 1 Thess 5:14
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    14We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.

  • 2 Thess 3:5
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    5May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

  • Rom 1:12
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    12that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

  • 2 Cor 4:17-18
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    17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

    18while we don't look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

  • 2 Cor 7:13
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    13Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

  • Gal 5:5
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    5For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

  • 1 Cor 15:19
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    19If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

  • 2 Cor 3:4
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    4Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;

  • 1 Pet 1:13
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    13Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ--

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,

  • 1 Cor 14:31
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    31For you all can prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted.

  • 2 Cor 2:9
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    9For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

  • 1 Cor 15:3
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    3For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,