1 Corinthians 13:7
always slow to expose, always eager to believe the best, always hopeful, always patient.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is very patient, very kind. Love knows no jealousy; love makes no parade, gives itself no airs,
Matthew 10:22
and you will be hated by all men on account of my name; but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.
Luke 7:37-39
Now there was a woman in the town who was a sinner, and when she found out that Jesus was at table in the house of the Pharisee, she brought an alabaster flask of perfume
Luke 7:44-46
Then turning to the woman he said to Simon, "You see this woman? When I came into your house, you never gave me water for my feet, while she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair;
Luke 19:4-10
So he ran forward and climbed into a sycomore tree to get a sight of him, as he was to pass that road.
Romans 8:24
We were saved with this hope in view. Now when an object of hope is seen, there is no further need to hope. Who ever hopes for what he sees already?
Romans 15:1
We who are strong ought to bear the burdens that the weak make for themselves and us. We are not to please ourselves.
1 Corinthians 9:12
If others share this right over you, why not we all the more? We did not avail ourselves of it, you say? No, we do not mind any privations if we can only avoid putting any obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:18-22
And my reward? This, that I can preach the gospel free of charge, that I can refrain from insisting on all my rights as a preacher of the gospel.
2 Corinthians 11:8-12
I made a levy on other churches, I took pay from them so as to minister to you;
Galatians 6:2
Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
2 Thessalonians 1:4
So much so, that throughout the churches of God we are proud of you, proud of the stedfastness and faith you display through all the persecutions and the troubles in which you are involved.
2 Timothy 2:3-10
Join the ranks of those who bear suffering, like a loyal soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:24
And the Lord's servant must not be a man of strife; he must be kind to everybody, a skilled teacher, a man who will not resent injuries;
2 Timothy 3:11
my persecutions, my sufferings ??all that befell me at Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, all the persecutions I had to undergo, from which the Lord rescued me.
2 Timothy 4:5
Whatever happens, be self-possessed, flinch from no suffering, do your work as an evangelist, and discharge all your duties as a minister.
Hebrews 13:13
Let us go to him outside the camp, then, bearing his obloquy
James 1:12
Blessed is he who endures under trial; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the crown of life which is promised to all who love Him.
1 Peter 2:24
he bore our sins in his own body on the gibbet, that we might break with sin and live for righteousness; and by his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 4:8
Above all, be keen to love one another, for love hides a host of sins.