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Continuing in faith through hardship — a hallmark of genuine Christian discipleship
Romans 5:3-4 traces the chain — "suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, character produces hope." Hebrews 12:1-2 pictures the Christian life as a long race won by looking to Jesus. The doctrine of "perseverance of the saints" affirms that those whom God truly saves He keeps to the end.