| Patience is an
attribute ascribed to God
Ex 34:6 And he passed in front of
Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and
gracious God, slow to anger, abounding
in love and faithfulness,
Nu 14:18 `The LORD is slow
to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion.
Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for
the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.'
Ne 9:17 & 30 Ne 9:17 They
refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among
them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader
in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God,
gracious and compassionate, slow to anger
and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them . . . For many
years you were patient with them. By your
Spirit you admonished them through your prophets. Yet they paid no
attention, so you handed them over to the neighboring peoples.
Ps 86:15 But you, O Lord,
are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to
anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
Ps 103:8 The LORD is
compassionate and gracious, slow to anger,
abounding in love.
Ps 145:8 The LORD is
gracious and compassionate, slow to anger
and rich in love.
Joe 2:13 Rend your heart and not
your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and
compassionate, slow to anger and
abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.
Jon 4:2 He prayed to the LORD,
"O LORD, is this not what I said when I was still at home?
That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that you are a
gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger
and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.
Na 1:3 The LORD is slow
to anger and great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty
unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the
dust of his feet
Ro 9:22 What if God,
choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great
patience the objects of his wrath-- prepared for
destruction?
The Patience of
God is seen in our salvation
Ro 2:4 Or do you show contempt
for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience,
not realizing that God's kindness leads you towards repentance?
1Ti 1:16 But for that very reason
I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might
display his unlimited patience as an
example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.
2Pe 3:15 Bear in mind that our
Lord's patience means salvation,
just as our dear brother Paul also wrote to you with the wisdom that God
gave him.
2Pe 3:9 ¶ The Lord is not slow
in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient
with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Our Patience
comes from God
Ga 5:22 But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Ro 15:5 ¶ May the God who
gives endurance and encouragement
give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus,
2Th 3:5 May the Lord direct your
hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance.
Re 1:9 ¶ I, John, your brother
and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient
endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of
Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
Col 1:11 being strengthened with
all power according to his glorious might so that you may have
great endurance and patience, and
joyfully
2Co 6:6 in purity, understanding,
patience and kindness; in the Holy
Spirit and in sincere love;
Col 3:12 ¶ Therefore, as God's
chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with
compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Applied Patience
is necessary for living the Christian life
Lu 8:15 But the seed on good soil
stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain
it, and by persevering produce a
crop.
Lu 21:19 By standing
firm you will gain life.
Rom 8:25 But if we hope
for what we do not see, with perseverance
we wait eagerly for it.
Rom 15:4 For whatever was written
in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance
and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
1Co 10:12 So, if you think you
are standing firm, be careful that you
don't fall!
1Th 3:8 For now we really live,
since you are standing firm in the
Lord.
1Ti 6:11 But you, man of God,
flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith,
love, endurance and gentleness.
Heb 6:12 We do not want
you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience
inherit what has been promised.
Heb 10:36 For you have need of endurance,
so that when you have done the will of God, you
may receive what was promised.
Heb 12:1 ¶ Therefore, since we
are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off
everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let
us run with perseverance the
race marked out for us.
Jas 1:19-20 My dear brothers,
take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to
speak and slow to become angry, for
man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.
Re 13:10 If anyone is to go into
captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed {Some
manuscripts anyone kills} with the sword, with the sword he will be
killed. This calls for patient endurance
and faithfulness on the part of the saints.
Re 14:12 This calls for patient
endurance on the part of the saints who obey God's commandments
and remain faithful to Jesus.
Our Patience
should be evident to others
Pr 14:29 ¶ A patient
man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly.
Pr 15:18 ¶ A hot-tempered man
stirs up dissension, but a patient man
calms a quarrel.
Pr 16:32 ¶ Better a patient
man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a
city.
Pr 19:11 ¶ A man's wisdom gives
him patience; it is to his glory to
overlook an offence.
Pr 25:15 ¶ Through patience
a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
Ec 7:8 The end of a matter is
better than its beginning, and patience
is better than pride.
2Co 12:12 The things that mark an
apostle--signs, wonders and miracles--were done among you with great perseverance.
2Ti 3:10 ¶ You, however, know
all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience,
love, endurance,
2Ti 4:2 Preach the Word; be
prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great
patience and careful instruction.
1Th 5:14 And we urge you,
brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient
with everyone.
Tit 2:2 Older men are to be
temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.
Jas 5:7 Be
patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the
farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient
he is for the autumn and spring rains.
2Pe 1:6 and to knowledge,
self-control; and to self-control, perseverance;
and to perseverance, godliness;
Re 2:2 I know your deeds,
your hard work and your perseverance.
I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who
claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.
Re 2:19 I know your deeds,
your love and faith, your service and perseverance,
and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
Patience is
active and necessary in suffering
Ro 5:3-4 Not only so, but we {Or
let us} also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering
produces perseverance; perseverance,
character; and character, hope.
2Cor 6:3-10 giving no cause for
offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited, but in
everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance,
in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses, in beatings, in
imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger, in
purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in
genuine love, in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of
righteousness for the right hand and the left, by glory and dishonor, by
evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true; as
unknown yet well-known, as dying yet behold, we live; as punished yet not
put to death, as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many
rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.
2Thes 1:3-5 We ought always to
give thanks to God for you, brethren, as is only fitting, because your
faith is greatly enlarged, and the love of each one of you toward one
another grows ever greater; therefore, we ourselves speak proudly of you
among the churches of God for your perseverance
and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions
which you endure. This is a plain indication of God's righteous
judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for
which indeed you are suffering.
Jas 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy,
my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you
know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
Perseverance must finish its work so that
you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Jas 5:10-11 Brothers, as an
example of patience in the face of suffering,
take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. As you know, we
consider blessed those who have persevered.
You have heard of Job's perseverance
and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full
of compassion and mercy.
Ro 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient
in affliction, faithful in prayer.
2Co 1:6 If we are distressed,
it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your
comfort, which produces in you patient endurance
of the same sufferings we suffer.
2Co 6:4 Rather, as servants of
God we commend ourselves in every way: in great
endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses;
2Th 1:4 Therefore, among God's
churches we boast about your perseverance
and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.
1Pe 5:9 Resist him, standing
firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers
throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
Re 1:9 ¶ I, John, your brother
and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient
endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos
because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
Patience is the
foremost evidence of love
1Co 13:4 ¶ Love is
patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it
is not proud.
Eph 4:2 ¶ Be completely humble
and gentle; be patient, bearing
with one another in love.
Loving Patience
demonstrated
25 ¶ And a lawyer stood up and
put Him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit
eternal life?"26 And He said to him, "What is written in the
Law? How does it read to you?"27 And he answered, "YOU SHALL
LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND
WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF."28 And He said to him, "You have answered correctly;
DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE."
29 But wishing to justify
himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
30 Jesus replied and said,
"A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among
robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him
half dead.31 "And by chance a priest was going down on that
road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.32
"Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw
him, passed by on the other side.33 "But a Samaritan, who was
on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he
felt compassion,34 and came
to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he
put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.35
"On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the
innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you
spend, when I return I will repay you.'
36 "Which of these three do
you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the
robbers' hands?"37 And he said, "The one who showed mercy toward
him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and
do the same."
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