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2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
View on BibleGateway2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
View on BibleGateway4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
View on BibleGateway12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
View on BibleGateway12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
View on BibleGateway9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
View on BibleGateway9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
View on BibleGateway5 May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,
View on BibleGateway8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
View on BibleGateway25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
View on BibleGateway16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
View on BibleGateway7 But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded."
View on BibleGateway11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
View on BibleGateway8 You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
View on BibleGateway31 but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
View on BibleGateway9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
View on BibleGateway42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
View on BibleGateway25 The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. 26 It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
View on BibleGateway36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
View on BibleGateway5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
View on BibleGateway8 You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
View on BibleGateway7 Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand."
View on BibleGateway1 I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
View on BibleGateway4 Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. 5 This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering--
View on BibleGateway13 These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. 14 For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
View on BibleGateway13 And Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the LORD your God, with which he commanded you. For then the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has sought out a man after his own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you."
View on BibleGateway24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
View on BibleGateway20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
View on BibleGateway20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
View on BibleGateway3 For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end--it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
View on BibleGateway9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" 11 Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
View on BibleGateway36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
View on BibleGateway1 I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
View on BibleGateway20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
View on BibleGateway20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
View on BibleGateway13 And Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the LORD your God, with which he commanded you. For then the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has sought out a man after his own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you."
View on BibleGateway7 But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded."
View on BibleGateway5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
View on BibleGateway31 but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
View on BibleGateway11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
View on BibleGateway25 The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. 26 It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
View on BibleGateway3 For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end--it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
View on BibleGateway42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
View on BibleGateway7 Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand."
View on BibleGateway2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
View on BibleGateway25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
View on BibleGateway24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
View on BibleGateway12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
View on BibleGateway5 May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,
View on BibleGateway4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
View on BibleGateway9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
View on BibleGateway9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
View on BibleGateway2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
View on BibleGateway12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
View on BibleGateway4 Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. 5 This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering--
View on BibleGateway16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
View on BibleGateway13 These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. 14 For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
View on BibleGateway8 You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
View on BibleGateway8 You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
View on BibleGateway8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
View on BibleGateway9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
View on BibleGateway9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" 11 Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
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