Patience

rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.

Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:

For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain. — read the full passage →

But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness; — read the full passage →

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.

Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.

And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness;

In your patience ye shall win your souls.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;

And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

And the Lord’s servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,

so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.

through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. — read the full passage →

knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name’s sake, and hast not grown weary.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope. — read the full passage →

For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth? — read the full passage →

Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, by signs and wonders and mighty works.

to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure; — read the full passage →

And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

I know thy works, and thy love and faith and ministry and patience, and that thy last works are more than the first.