Revelation 2:3

The Letter To The Church In Ephesus

² 'I know your works, and your labor and patient endurance, and that you are not able to tolerate evil, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you found them [to be] false. ³ And you have patient endurance, and have endured [many things] because of my name, and have not become weary. ⁴ But I have [this] against you: that you have left your first love.

For My Name

For My Sake

Bore Up

John 15:21

But they will do all these [things] to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

Psalm 37:7

Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds [in] his way, about a man making plots.

Psalm 69:7

Because on account of you I have borne reproach; disgrace has covered my face.

Micah 7:9

I will bear the rage of Yahweh, for I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes my justice. He will bring me out to the light; I will see his righteousness.

Mark 15:21

And they forced a certain man who was passing by, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), who was coming from the country, to carry his cross.

Luke 8:15

But the [seed] on the good soil--these are the ones who, [after] hearing the word, hold fast to [it] with a noble and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.

Luke 14:27

Whoever does not carry his own cross and {follow} me {cannot be} my disciple.

Luke 18:1

And he told them a parable to [show that] they must always pray and not be discouraged,

Luke 21:19

By your patient endurance you will gain your lives.

Romans 2:7

to those who, by perseverance in good work, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life,

Romans 5:3-4

And not only [this], but we also boast in our afflictions, [because we] know that affliction produces patient endurance,

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not see, we await [it] eagerly with patient endurance.

Romans 12:12

rejoicing in hope, enduring in affliction, being devoted to prayer,

Romans 15:4-5

For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

Romans 16:12

Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, the laborers in the Lord. Greet Persis, the dear [friend] who {has worked hard} in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 13:7

bears all [things], believes all [things], hopes all [things], endures all [things].

1 Corinthians 16:16

that you also be subject to such people, and to all those who work together and labor.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Because of this, [since we] have this ministry, just as we have been shown mercy, we do not lose heart,

2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we do not lose heart, but even if our outer person is being destroyed, yet our inner [person] is being renewed day after day.

2 Corinthians 5:9

Therefore indeed we have as our ambition, whether at home [in the body] or absent [from the body], to be acceptable to him.

2 Corinthians 6:5

in beatings, in prisons, in disturbances, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in going hungry,

2 Corinthians 10:15

not boasting {beyond limits} in the labors of others, but having hope [that as] your faith is growing to be enlarged greatly by you according to our assignment,

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Christ?--I am speaking as though I were beside myself--I [am] more so, with far greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with beatings to a much greater degree, in [danger of] death many times.

Galatians 6:2

Carry the burdens of one another, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:9

And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, [if we] do not give up.

Philippians 2:16

holding fast to the word of life, for a source of pride to me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

Philippians 4:3

Yes, I ask also you, true yokefellow, help them, who struggled along with me in the gospel with both Clement and the rest of my fellow workers whose names [are] in the book of life.

Colossians 1:11

enabled with all power, according to his glorious might, for all steadfastness and patience with joy,

1 Thessalonians 1:3

[because we] remember your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For you remember, brothers, our labor and hardship: working by night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

1 Thessalonians 5:12

Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and rule over you in the Lord and admonish you,

2 Thessalonians 3:5

Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and toward the patient endurance of Christ.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

nor did we eat bread from anyone without paying, but with toil and labor, [we were] working night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you,

2 Thessalonians 3:13

But [as for] you, brothers, do not be discouraged [while] doing what is right.

1 Timothy 4:10

For to this [end] we labor and suffer reproach, because we have put our hope in [the] living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.

1 Timothy 5:17

The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching.

Hebrews 6:10

For God [is] not unjust, [so as] to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name [by] having served the saints, and continuing to serve [them].

Hebrews 6:12

in order that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and patience.

Hebrews 6:15

And so, [by] persevering, he obtained the promise.

Hebrews 10:36

For you have need of endurance, in order that [after you] have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, [since] we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,

Hebrews 12:3-5

For consider the one who endured such hostility by sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary in your souls [and] give up.

Hebrews 13:13

So we must go out to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach.

James 1:3-4

[because you] know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

James 5:7-11

Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains.

2 Peter 1:6

and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness,

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother and co-sharer in the affliction and kingdom and steadfastness in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole inhabited world, to put to the test those who live on the earth.