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We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.
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And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.
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We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy,
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We proudly tell God’s other churches about your endurance and faithfulness in all the persecutions and hardships you are suffering.
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May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.
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Paul’s Charge to Timothy
But you, Timothy, certainly know what I teach, and how I live, and what my purpose in life is. You know my faith, my patience, my love, and my endurance.
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Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance.
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Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
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God’s Discipline Proves His Love
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
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Faith and Endurance
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.
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For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.
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So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
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Patience and Endurance
Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen.
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We give great honor to those who endure under suffering. For instance, you know about Job, a man of great endurance. You can see how the Lord was kind to him at the end, for the Lord is full of tenderness and mercy.
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and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness,
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Vision of the Son of Man
I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering and in God’s Kingdom and in the patient endurance to which Jesus calls us. I was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the word of God and for my testimony about Jesus.
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“I know all the things you do. I have seen your hard work and your patient endurance. I know you don’t tolerate evil people. You have examined the claims of those who say they are apostles but are not. You have discovered they are liars.
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“I know all the things you do. I have seen your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance. And I can see your constant improvement in all these things.
