Patient

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

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

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

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

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 in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect <FI>it<Fi> .

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

Whoso is slow to anger <FI>is<Fi> of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

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:

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

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

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Look unto Jehovah--be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

Better <FI>is<Fi> the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

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

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 →

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

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.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry,

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

Better <FI>is<Fi> the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better <FI>is<Fi> the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.

For--a moment <FI>is<Fi> in His anger, Life <FI>is<Fi> in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

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

`Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

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.

By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.

Jehovah, <FI>at<Fi> morning Thou hearest my voice, <FI>At<Fi> morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.

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

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

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

And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices. — read the full passage →

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;

For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

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 he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

for this <FI>is<Fi> gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously; — 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;

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.

so that we ourselves do glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye bear;

unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

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

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 →

for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged,

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.

and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope;

through whom also we have the access by the faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory of God. — read the full passage →

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!

in your patience possess ye your souls.

`And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain <FI>it<Fi> , and bear fruit in continuance.

Good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul <FI>that<Fi> seeketh Him. — read the full passage →

The hope of the righteous <FI>is<Fi> joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

Only--He <FI>is<Fi> my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved.

and ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.'

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

Here is endurance of the saints: here <FI>are<Fi> those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.'

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

His fellow-servant then, having fallen down at his feet, was calling on him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all; — read the full passage →

For yet the vision <FI>is<Fi> for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.

and the death and the hades were cast to the lake of the fire--this <FI>is<Fi> the second death; — read the full passage →

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance, — read the full passage →

and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;

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 →

The signs, indeed, of the apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds,

for other foundation no one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ; — 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. — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for <FI>it<Fi> ? — read the full passage →

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

Good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul <FI>that<Fi> seeketh Him. — read the full passage →

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.

Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down. — read the full passage →

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother. — read the full passage →

For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown. — read the full passage →

And to the messenger of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he who is having the Seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I have known thy works, and that thou hast the name that thou dost live, and thou art dead; — read the full passage →