Patience in Suffering

⁷ Be patient, therefore, brothers,^[a] 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 ^(A)the early and the late rains.

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and ^(A)sin which clings so closely, and ^(B)let us run ^(C)with endurance the race that is ^(D)set before us, ² looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, ^(E)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising ^(F)the shame, and ^(G)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Do Not Grow Weary

^3 (H)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or ^(I)fainthearted.

⁸ You also, be patient. ^(A)Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord ^(B)is at hand. ⁹ Do not grumble against one another, brothers, ^(C)so that you may not be judged; behold, ^(D)the Judge is standing ^(E)at the door.

^14 (A)he^[a] will give the rain for your land in its season, ^(B)the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil.

⁹ And ^(A)let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, ^(B)if we do not give up.

^11 (A)being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for ^(B)all endurance and patience ^(C)with joy;

⁴ but ^(A)as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: ^(B)by great endurance, ^(C)in afflictions, ^(D)hardships, calamities, ^5 (E)beatings, imprisonments, ^(F)riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;

¹⁵ And thus Abraham,^{[a] (A)}having patiently waited, obtained the promise.