(NIV)
For many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you warned them through your prophets. Yet they paid no attention, so you gave them into the hands of the neighbouring peoples.
Many years you
bore with them and
warned them by your
Spirit through your
prophets.
Yet they would
not give ear.
Therefore you
gave them into the
hand of the
peoples of the
lands.
(NIV)
‘What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
What prospects, that I should be patient?
What is my
strength, that I should
wait?
And
what is my
end, that I should be
patient?
(NIV)
Whoever is patient has great understanding,
but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.
Whoever is
slow to
anger has
great understanding,
but he who has a
hasty temper exalts folly.
(NIV)
A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,
but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.
A
hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
but he who is
slow to
anger quiets contention.
(NIV)
Better a patient person than a warrior,
one with self-control than one who takes a city.
Whoever is
slow to
anger is
better than the
mighty,
and he who
rules his
spirit than he who
takes a
city.
(NIV)
The end of a matter is better than its beginning,
and patience is better than pride.
Better is the
end of a
thing than its
beginning,
and the
patient in
spirit is
better than the
proud in
spirit.
(NIV)
‘At this the servant fell on his knees before him. “Be patient with me,” he begged, “and I will pay back everything.”
(ESV)
So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’
(NIV)
‘His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, “Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.”
(ESV)
So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’
(NIV)
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Rejoice in
hope,
be
patient in
tribulation,
be
constant in
prayer.
(NIV)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
Love is
patient and
kind;
love does
not envy or boast; it is
not arrogant
(NIV)
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.
If we are
afflicted, it is
for your comfort and salvation; and
if we are
comforted, it is
for your comfort,
which you
experience when you
patiently endure the
same sufferings that we suffer.
(NIV)
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
with all humility and gentleness,
with patience,
bearing with
one another in love,
(NIV)
And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
And we
urge you,
brothers,
admonish the
idle encourage the
fainthearted,
help the
weak,
be
patient with them
all.
(NIV)
Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.
Be
patient,
therefore,
brothers,
until the
coming of the
Lord.
See how the
farmer waits for the
precious fruit of the
earth, being
patient about it,
until it
receives the
early and the
late rains.
(NIV)
You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.
You also, be
patient.
Establish your hearts,
for the
coming of the
Lord is at
hand.
(NIV)
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
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.
(NIV)
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.
I,
John,
your brother and partner in the
tribulation and the
kingdom and the patient
endurance that are
in Jesus,
was on the
island called Patmos on
account of the
word of
God and the
testimony of
Jesus.
(NIV)
I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.
(ESV)
“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.
(NIV)
I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
(ESV)
“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
(NIV)
Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.
(ESV)
Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.
(NIV)
‘If anyone is to go into captivity,
into captivity they will go.
If anyone is to be killed with the sword,
with the sword they will be killed.’
This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people.
If anyone is to be
taken captive,
to captivity he
goes;
if anyone is to be
slain with the
sword,
with the
sword must he be
slain.
Here is a call for the
endurance and faith of the
saints.
(NIV)
This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
Here is a call for the
endurance of the
saints, those who
keep the
commandments of
God and their
faith in
Jesus.
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