The Greek in Romans 5:4 that is translated as «character» (or «experience») in English is translated in the following ways:
- Pitjantjatjara: «we become with strength and don’t fall, and God seeing us is pleased» (source: Carl Gross)
- Hopi: «maturity»
- Isthmus Zapotec: «standing firm»
- Central Tarahumara: «being called as doers of good»
- Miahuatlán Zapotec: «showing people we really believe in Christ»
- Central Mazahua as «knowing that we passed well» (source for this and four above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
- Bariai «God is happy with us because we overcome/surpass various kinds of testings» (source: Bariai Back Translation)
See also complete verse (Romans 5:4).
