Andilopsis..
We glory in tribulations knowing that tribulations worketh patience and patience, experience and experience, hope and hope maketh man not ashamed (Romans 5:3). God promises a crown of life to those who overcome. The struggles in life are real and you may wonder why does God allow Saints to go through hardship and struggle. Here Paul, as one not exempt from the struggle of life and ministry shares the secret of "Andilopis." It is the "andilopis" the repetition of the last word in the first clause that becomes the the first word for the next clause. The style is catchy, memorable, especially when the reader finds it hard to get the principle meaning of what the writer is trying to convey. For example, the reason for tribulation is used to show us that trouble can bring hope. Now, you may well think that hope is the last thing trouble can bring right now in fact your trouble seems as if the Lord is ending a lot of things for you. Or is it? Just maybe the trouble