If suffering was supposed to make us stronger where was my strength, even supposing it is the spiritual inner strength for the spiritual inner suffering? I saw a response to a youngish mother's blog about being weary in dealing with elementary age and there was a comment encouraging her that after this she would be a strong (and possibly shiny, no that must have been shining) woman in the next "season". I had that expectation once. It was all an ever upward spiritual journey and my wisdom and peace would be be pretty much blinding by the end. Even some years ago I expressed doubt (some might say cynicism) that one actually could see evidence of all this renewal and spiritual growth in actual people who were, you know, older and therefore should be at least glowing by now.
Greek: e de hupomone dokimen, e de dokime elpida;
Amplified: And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of] joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation. (Amplified Bible - Lockman)
Barclay: and fortitude produces character; and character produces hope (Westminster Press)
Newell: and endurance a sense of approvedness by God; and the sense of approvedness works out a state 'of hope-
Phillips: Taken in the right spirit these very things will give us patient endurance; this in turn will develop a mature (Phillips: Touchstone)
NLT: And endurance develops strength of character in us, and character strengthens our confident expectation of salvation. (NLT - Tyndale House)
Strong's:
dokimé: (the process or result of) trial, proving, approval
Original Word: δοκιμή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: dokimé
Phonetic Spelling: (dok-ee-may')
Short Definition: a trial, proof; tried, approved character
Definition: a trial, proof; tried, approved character.
Cognate: 1382 dokimḗ (a feminine noun derived from 1384 /dókimos) – proof of genuineness ("approval, through testing"), a brand of what is "tested and true." See 1381 (dokimazō).
Englishman's Concordance
Strong's Greek 13828 Occurrences
δοκιμασίᾳ — 1 Occ.
δοκιμὴ — 2 Occ.
δοκιμήν — 4 Occ.
δοκιμῆς — 1 Occ.
Romans 5:4 N-AFS
GRK: δὲ ὑπομονὴ δοκιμήν ἡ δὲ
NAS: and perseverance, proven character; and proven character,
KJV: patience, experience; and
INT: and endurance character and`
2 Corinthians 2:9 N-AFS
GRK: γνῶ τὴν δοκιμὴν ὑμῶν εἰ
NAS: that I might put you to the test, whether
KJV: I might know the proof of you,
INT: I might know the proof of you if
2 Corinthians 13:3 N-AFS
GRK: ἐπεὶ δοκιμὴν ζητεῖτε τοῦ
NAS: you are seeking for proof of the Christ
KJV: ye seek a proof of Christ
INT: Since a proof you seek
Philippians 2:22 N-AFS
GRK: τὴν δὲ δοκιμὴν αὐτοῦ γινώσκετε
NAS: But you know of his proven worth, that he served
KJV: But ye know the proof of him, that,
INT: but [the] proof of him you know
δοκιμή, δοκιμῆς, ἡ (dokimos];);
1. in an active sense, a proving, trial: θλίψεως, through affliction, 2 Corinthians 8:2.
2. approvedness, tried character: Romans 5:4; 2 Corinthians 2:9; Philippians 2:22; τῆς διακονίας, exhibited in the contribution, 2 Corinthians 9:13.
3. "a proof (objectively], a specimen of (Dioscorides (
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
experience, proof, trial. From the same as dokimos; test (abstractly or concretely); by implication, trustiness -- experience(-riment), proof, trial
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