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And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth,
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‘The Lord is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.’
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But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.
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Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
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What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
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by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
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strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
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Character of the New Man
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
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However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
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The Man of God and the Word of God
But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance,
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Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
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who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
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The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
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and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,