1 Corinthians 13:7
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7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.(A)
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1 Peter 4:8
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8 Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.(A)
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2 Timothy 2:24
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24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to everyone, an apt teacher, patient,(A)
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1 Corinthians 13:4
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4 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant(A)
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1 Peter 2:24
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24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross,[a] so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds[b] you have been healed.(A)
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Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all offenses.(A)
1 Corinthians 9:12
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12 If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we still more?
Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.(A)
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Galatians 6:2
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2 Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill[a] the law of Christ.(A)
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- 6.2 Other ancient authorities read in this way fulfill
2 Timothy 2:3-10
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3 Share in suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No one serving in the army gets entangled in everyday affairs; the soldier’s aim is to please the enlisting officer. 5 And in the case of an athlete, no one is crowned without competing according to the rules.(A) 6 It is the farmer who does the work who ought to have the first share of the crops. 7 Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in all things.
8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David—that is my gospel, 9 for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.(B) 10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, so that they may also obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.(C)
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2 Timothy 4:5
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5 As for you, be sober in everything, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.(A)
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James 1:12
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Trial and Temptation
12 Blessed is anyone who endures temptation. Such a one has stood the test and will receive the crown of life that the Lord[a] has promised to those who love him.(A)
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- 1.12 Gk he; other ancient authorities read God
Psalm 119:66
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66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
for I believe in your commandments.
2 Thessalonians 1:4
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4 Therefore we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith during all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring.(A)
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2 Timothy 3:11
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11 my persecutions, and my sufferings, the things that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.(A)
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Romans 15:1
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Please Others, Not Yourselves
15 We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.(A)
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Matthew 10:22
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22 and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.(A)
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Hebrews 13:13
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13 Let us then go to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.
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2 Corinthians 11:8-12
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8 I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you. 9 And when I was with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for my needs were supplied by the brothers who came from Macedonia. So I refrained and will continue to refrain from burdening you in any way.(A) 10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boast of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.(B) 11 And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!(C)
12 And what I do I will also continue to do, in order to deny an opportunity to those who want an opportunity to be recognized as our equals in what they boast about.
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Romans 8:24
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24 For in[a] hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what one already sees?
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Luke 19:4-10
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4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way.(A) 5 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. 7 All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.”(B) 8 Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.”(C) 9 Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.(D) 10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”
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Luke 7:44-46
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44 Then turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.(A) 45 You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.(B)
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Job 13:15
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- 13.15 Or Though he kill me, yet I will trust in him
Genesis 29:20
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20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.
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1 Corinthians 9:18-22
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18 What then is my wage? Just this: that in my proclamation I may make the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my rights in the gospel.
19 For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might gain all the more.(A) 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to gain Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) so that I might gain those under the law. 21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not outside God’s law but am within Christ’s law) so that I might gain those outside the law.(B) 22 To the weak I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some.
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