Long Suffering

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance; — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? --not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

and Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: `Jehovah, Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth,

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

For it was becoming to Him, because of whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and through whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, many sons to glory bringing, the author of their salvation through sufferings to make perfect,

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding <FI>you<Fi> , — read the full passage →

And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle <FI>you<Fi> ;

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose; — read the full passage →

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but <FI>one<Fi> tempted in all things in like manner--apart from sin;

A man there hath been in the land of Uz--Job his name--and that man hath been perfect and upright--both fearing God, and turning aside from evil. — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him--'

Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'

And Thou, O Lord, <FI>art<Fi> God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.

and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul--according to the wisdom given to him--did write to you,

and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not. — read the full passage →

And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful <FI>is<Fi> He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.

because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort, — read the full passage →

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah--an ark being preparing--in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on a fourth; --

in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

but because of this I found kindness, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern of those about to believe on him to life age-during:

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us--

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord; — read the full passage →

Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain--early and latter; — read the full passage →

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

And thou--thou hast followed after my teaching, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, endurance,

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, `I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was in mine own land--therefore I was beforehand to flee to Tarshish--that I have known that Thou <FI>art<Fi> a God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil?

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

in your patience possess ye your souls.

but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy <FI>are ye<Fi> ! and of their fear be not afraid, nor be troubled,

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

whom God did set forth a mercy seat, through the faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forbearance of God--

they, indeed, then, departed from the presence of the sanhedrim, rejoicing that for his name they were counted worthy to suffer dishonour,

and if indeed it may bear fruit--;and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'

Thou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know--I have borne for Thee reproach.

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

`Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake--because theirs is the reign of the heavens. — read the full passage →

Merciful and gracious <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin,

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

to know him, and the power of his rising again, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.

Because sentence hath not been done <FI>on<Fi> an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain--early and latter;

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

`And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come, — read the full passage →

Many <FI>are<Fi> the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

if we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk;

and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.

And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;'

God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.

And Jehovah cometh down in a cloud, and stationeth Himself with him there, and calleth in the Name of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And Mine eye hath pity on them--against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness.

in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials, — read the full passage →