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16 Bible Verses About Enduring Hard Times, and What Endurance Means

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Summary

  • The New Testament word for endurance, hypomone, means remaining under something: a position held, not an activity performed.
  • Paul concedes the first half of all four pairs in 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 and claims only that none of it has finished him.
  • The verb Paul repeats in the armour passage is stand — four times in eight verses.
  • The way out promised in 1 Corinthians 10:13 leads back into the situation: so that you can endure it.
  • Lamentations calls hope to mind deliberately, sitting in a ruined city, against everything the writer can see.

The Bible’s promises for hard times are mostly about God’s presence and strength to endure, rather than a quick way out. The New Testament word for endurance, hypomonē, is formed from “under” and “remain,” and describes holding on under a weight. Jesus says plainly, “In this world you will have trouble” (John 16:33). The sixteen verses below cover what hardship looks like from inside, what endurance produces, what Scripture admits about suffering, and what is available while it lasts. What…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Hypomone combines hypo (under) and meno (remain, abide).

“Stand” recurs at Ephesians 6:11, 6:13 (twice) and 6:14.

Paul’s floggings and shipwrecks are listed at 2 Corinthians 11:23-28.

Nahum’s image of anger is at Nahum 1:2-6.

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