10 Bible Verses about Forbearance
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Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;
Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.
With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;
You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned. And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.read more.
And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.
And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.
For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part. For divisions are necessary among you, in order that those who have God's approval may be clearly seen among you.
But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you). Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him; So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.read more.
For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts. And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things. But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ; So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.
Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:
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Forbearance » Divine
Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;
And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle?
But about Israel he says; All the day my hands have been stretched out to a people whose hearts were turned away, and who put themselves against my word.
And he said, O let not the Lord be angry and I will say only one word more: by chance there may be ten there. And he said, I will have mercy because of the ten.
Year after year you put up with them, and gave witness against them by your spirit through your prophets: still they did not give ear: and so you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.
Forbearance » Encouraged
And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:
Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.
With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;
Forgiveness of injuries » Should be accompanied by » Forbearance
Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:
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Forbearance Of God
Genesis 15:16And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
