Biblical Concept: Patience, Two
Findings:
Divine patience for repentance. (God
is patient for the sake of eternal salvation.)
Divine antediluvian patience.
God is patiently allowing rebellious freewill to run its course.
Patience of spirit is good.
Patience, a fruit of the Spirit.
Patient Biblical love.
Inclusive patience.
Christian Way Of Life patience.
A spiritual teacher’s patience.
Patience, an aspect of Paul’s apostolic ministry.
Prophets patience.
Abraham’s patience.
Patient during suffering.
Eschatological patience.
Reward for patience.
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NAS Ecclesiastes 7:8 The
end of a matter is better than its beginning; Patience of spirit is better than
haughtiness of spirit. (Patience of
spirit is good.) (Compare Hebrews 6:12 below.)
NAS Isaiah 7:13 Then he
said, "Listen now, O house of David! Is it too slight a thing for you to
try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as well?
NAS Jeremiah 15:15 Thou
who knowest, O LORD, Remember me, take notice of me,
And take vengeance for me on my persecutors. Do not, in view of Thy
patience, take me away; Know that for Thy sake I endure reproach.
NAS Matthew 18:26
"The slave therefore falling down, prostrated himself before him, saying,
'Have patience with me, and I will repay you everything.'
29 "So his fellow
slave fell down and began to entreat him, saying, 'Have patience with me
and I will repay you.'
NAS Romans 2:4 Or do you
think lightly of the riches of His kindness and forbearance and patience, not
knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? (Divine patience for
repentance.)
NAS Romans 9:22 What if
God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known,
endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? (God is
patiently allowing rebellious freewill to run its course.)
NAS 2 Corinthians 6:6 in
purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine
love, (Patience, an aspect of Paul’s apostolic ministry.)
NAS Galatians 5:22 But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, (Patience, a fruit of the Spirit.)
NAS Ephesians 4:2 with
all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another
in love, (Christian Way Of Life patience.)
NAS Colossians 1:11
strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining
of all steadfastness and patience; joyously (Christian Way Of Life patience.)
NAS Colossians 3:12 And
so, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of
compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; (Christian Way Of Life
patience.)
NAS 1 Timothy 1:16 And
yet for this reason I found mercy, in order that in me as the foremost, Jesus
Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience, as an example for those who
would believe in Him for eternal life.
(Divine patience for repentance.)
NAS 2 Timothy 3:10 But you
followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance,
(Christian Way Of Life patience.)
NAS 2 Timothy 4:2 preach
the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort,
with great patience and instruction. (A spiritual teacher’s patience.)
NAS Hebrews 6:12 that
you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience
inherit the promises. (Reward for
patience.)
NAS James 5:10 As an
example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in
the name of the Lord. (Prophets patience.) (A spiritual teacher’s patience.)
NAS 1 Peter 2:20 For
what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it
with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you
patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. (Patient during suffering.) (Christian Way Of
Life patience.)
NAS 1 Peter 3:20 who
once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of
Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight
persons, were brought safely through the water. (Divine antediluvian
patience.)
NAS 2 Peter 3:15 and
regard the patience of our Lord to be salvation; just as also our
beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, (Divine
patience for repentance.)
NAS 1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and
is not arrogant, (Patient Biblical love.) (Christian Way Of Life patience.)
NAS 2 Corinthians 1:6
But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are
comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring
of the same sufferings which we also suffer; (Patient during suffering.)
(Christian Way Of Life patience.)
NAS 1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted,
help the weak, be patient with all men. (Inclusive patience.)
NAS 2 Timothy 2:24 And
the Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to
teach, patient when wronged, (A spiritual teacher’s patience.)
NAS James 5:7 Be
patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer
waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it
gets the early and late rains. (Eschatological patience.) (Christian Way Of Life patience.)
8 You too be patient;
strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. (Eschatological
patience.) (Christian Way Of Life
patience.)
NAS 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord
is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward
you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. (Divine
patience for repentance.)
NAS Psalm 37:7 Rest in
the LORD and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in
his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes. (God is patiently
allowing rebellious freewill to run its course.)
NAS Psalm 40:1 For
the choir director. A Psalm of David. I Waited patiently for the LORD; And
He inclined to me, and heard my cry. (Patient during suffering.)
NAS Acts 26:3 especially
because you are an expert in all customs and questions among the Jews;
therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.
NAS Hebrews 6:15 And
thus, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise. (Abraham’s patience.)
NAS 1 Peter 2:20 For
what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it
with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you
patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. (Patient during
suffering.) (Christian Way Of Life patience.)