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18 results- VerseEphesians 4:2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
- Verse2 Corinthians 6:6in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;
- VerseProverbs 25:15Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
- VerseProverbs 19:11A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
- VerseGalatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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7 results- WordG5281 ὑπομονή · hypomonḗ (Greek)cheerful (or hopeful) endurance, constancy. The Greek word stands 32 times in the original text.
- WordG3115 μακροθυμία · makrothymía (Greek)longanimity, i.e. (objectively) forbearance or (subjectively) fortitude. The Greek word stands 14 times in the original text.
- WordH347 אִיּוֹב · ʼÎyôwb (Hebrew)Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience. The Hebrew word stands 58 times in the original text.
- WordG3114 μακροθυμέω · makrothyméō (Greek)to be long-spirited, i.e. (objectively) forbearing or (subjectively) patient. The Greek word stands 10 times in the original text.
- WordG4327 προσδέχομαι · prosdéchomai (Greek)to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance). The Greek word stands 14 times in the original text.
Themes
2 results- ThemeForgivenessForgiveness in Scripture is not a sentiment but a transaction: a debt is real, and someone absorbs it. The Old Testament establishes this before it ever preaches it. The…
- ThemeHope**Biblical hope is not optimism.** It is confident expectation anchored in God's character and God's word, held by people who often cannot see the outcome and sometimes cannot…
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6 results- VoicePaschasius of DumiumPaschasius was a monk and deacon of the monastery at Dumium, near Braga in Galicia, in northwestern Spain, in the sixth century. He was born about 515 and died around 580. He…
- VoicePrudentiusAurelius Prudentius Clemens was born in 348 in Roman Spain, probably at Calahorra or Saragossa. He tells his own story in a short preface written when he was fifty-seven, and…
- VoiceAnthony the GreatAnthony was born about 251 in Coma, a village in Middle Egypt, to Christian farmers with good land. He spoke Coptic, the Egyptian language, and never learned Greek. He would…
- VoiceTertullianQuintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus was born at Carthage around 155, trained in Roman law and rhetoric, and converted as an adult. Jerome says his father was an officer of…
- VoiceBraulio of ZaragozaBraulio was born about 585 in Visigothic Spain, into a church family — his father Gregory was a bishop, and his brother John held the see of Zaragoza before him. He was sent to…
Apocrypha (study resources)
13 results- Study resourceSirach 20:32Necessary patience in seeking the Lord is better than he that leadeth his life without a guide.
- Study resourceSirach 29:8Yet have thou patience with a man in poor estate, and delay not to shew him mercy.
- Study resourceSirach 5:11Be swift to hear; and let thy life be sincere; and with patience give answer.
- Study resourceSirach 2:14Woe unto you that have lost patience! and what will ye do when the Lord shall visit you?
- Study resourceSirach 17:24But unto them that repent, he granted them return, and comforted those that failed in patience.
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G5281ὑπομονή hypomonḗ — cheerful (or hopeful) endurance, constancyG3115μακροθυμία makrothymía — longanimity, i.e. (objectively) forbearance or
(subjectively) fortitudeH347אִיּוֹב ʼÎyôwb — Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patienceG3114μακροθυμέω makrothyméō — to be long-spirited, i.e. (objectively)
forbearing or (subjectively) patientG4327προσδέχομαι prosdéchomai — to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence,
or (figuratively) endurance)G5254ὑπέχω hypéchō — to hold oneself under, i.e. endure with
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