Waiting On God

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 →

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.

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

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.

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

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

and, being assembled together with them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said he, ye heard from me:

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.

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

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

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

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.

For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently: — 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.

so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole?

For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

there came Joseph of Arimathæa, a councillor of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

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

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.