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22 Bible Verses About Patience

Christian Pure Team

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Summary

  • Psalm 103:8 repeats Exodus 34:6 in calling the Lord “slow to anger,” and 2 Peter 3:9 explains the delay of the Lord’s coming as his patience.
  • In Galatians 5:22 the NIV renders patience as “forbearance,” the fourth of nine qualities in the fruit of the Spirit.
  • “Love is patient” opens Paul’s description of what love is and does in 1 Corinthians 13:4.
  • James 1:3, Romans 5:3 and Colossians 1:11 use hupomone, which the NIV translates “perseverance” or “endurance.”
  • Hebrews 6:15 names Abraham as someone who waited patiently and received what was promised.

The Bible calls God patient and asks the same of his people. The Lord is “slow to anger” (Psalm 103:8) and patient because he wants “everyone to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). For people, patience is part of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) and the first quality in Paul’s description of love (1 Corinthians 13:4). Paul asks for patience with everyone (1 Thessalonians 5:14), James asks for it under trials (James 1:2-4) and until the Lord’s coming…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Greek 5281, ὑπομονή (hupomone): endurance, perseverance, patience, steadfastness; used in Romans 5:3, Colossians 1:11 and James 1:3. biblehub.com/greek/5281

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