Romans 12:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Rejoice and exult in hope; be steadfast and patient in suffering and tribulation; be constant in prayer.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

Common English Bible

¹² Be happy in your hope, stand your ground when you’re in trouble, and devote yourselves to prayer.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² in hope, rejoicing; in tribulation, enduring; in prayer, ever-willing;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribulation. Instant in prayer.

Romans 12:12 Cross References

Psalm 109:4

In return for my love they accuse me, even as I make prayer for them.

Psalm 37:7

Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over him who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

Psalm 40:1

I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.

Psalm 62:8

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to naught.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is overthrown through his evil-doing, but the righteous finds refuge through his integrity.

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Luke 10:20

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Luke 21:19

By your endurance you will gain your lives.

Luke 8:15

And as for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience.

Acts 1:14

All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

Acts 12:5

So Peter was kept in prison; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.

Acts 2:42

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Acts 6:4

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

Romans 15:13

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

Romans 15:4

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

Romans 2:7

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

1 Corinthians 13:13

So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

2 Corinthians 12:8

Three times I besought the Lord about this, that it should leave me;

Philippians 3:1

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not irksome to me, and is safe for you.

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.

Colossians 1:11

May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,

Colossians 1:27

To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always remembering you earnestly in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

Colossians 4:2

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving;

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But, since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

2 Thessalonians 1:4

Therefore we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you are enduring.

2 Thessalonians 3:5

May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.

1 Timothy 6:11

But as for you, man of God, shun all this; aim at righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

2 Timothy 3:10

Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,

Titus 2:13

awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Titus 3:7

so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.

Hebrews 10:32

But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,

Hebrews 10:36

For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

Hebrews 3:6

but Christ was faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if we hold fast our confidence and pride in our hope.

Hebrews 5:7

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard for his godly fear.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Hebrews 6:15

And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise.

James 5:7

Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it until it receives the early and the late rain.

1 Peter 4:13

But rejoice in so far as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is at hand; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers.

2 Peter 1:6

and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,

Revelation 13:10

If any one is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if any one slays with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.