Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Patient

Love is Patient.

Patient (adj) - bearing provocation, annoyance, misfortune, delay, hardship, pain, etc., with fortitude and calm and without complaint, anger, or the like. Bearing or enduring without complaint. [dictionary.com]

The patient in spirit is better than the proud. (Ecc. 7:8b)
He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. (Romans 2:6-7)
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. (Romans 12:12)
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the faint hearted, help the weak, and be patient with them all. (1 Thess. 5:14)
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the patient waiting for Christ. (2 Thess. 3:5)
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;(1 Timothy 3:3)
And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil. (2 Timothy 2:24)
Be patient, therefore, brothers, 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 the early and late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. (James 5:7-8)
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him; fret not over the one who prospers in his own way, over the man who carries out evil devices. (Psalm 37:7)
I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. (Psalm 40:1)
Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently. (Acts 26:3)
And thus, Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. (Hebrews 6:15)
For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. (1 Peter 2:20)

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