Revelation 2:3

The Letter To The Church In Ephesus

² "I know what you have done; your hard work and patient endurance; that you cannot tolerate wicked persons; that you have tested those who claimed to be apostles although they were not, and have found them to be imposters, ³  You are showing patient endurance, and you have borne it for my sake, and have not grown weary. ⁴ But I hold it against you that you do not love me as you did at first.

For My Name

For My Sake

Bore Up

John 15:21

They will do all this to you on account of me, because they do not know Him who has sent me.

Mark 15:21

They forced a certain passer-by, who was coming in from the country, to carry His cross -- Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

Luke 8:15

But the portion in rich soil illustrates those who listen to the message, keep it in good and honest hearts, and in patience yield fruit.

Luke 14:27

Whoever does not persevere in carrying his own cross and thus following after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.

Luke 18:1

Now He told them the following story to show how necessary it is for people always to pray and never to give up:

Luke 21:19

By your endurance you will win your souls.

Romans 2:7

eternal life to those who patiently continue doing good and striving for glory, honor, and immortality,

Romans 5:3-4

And not only that, but this too: let us continue exulting in our sufferings, for we know that suffering produces endurance,

Romans 8:25

But a hope that is seen is not real hope, for who hopes for what he actually sees? But if we hope for something we do not see, we keep on patiently waiting for it.

Romans 12:12

ever happy in hope, always patient in suffering, ever persistent in prayer,

Romans 15:4-5

For everything that was written in the earlier times was written for our instruction, so that by our patient endurance and through the encouragement the Scriptures bring we might continuously cherish our hope.

Romans 16:12

Remember me to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who continued to toil in the work of the Lord. Remember me to my dear friend Persis, who toiled so hard in the work of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 13:7

It bears up under anything; it exercises faith in everything; it keeps up hope in everything; it gives us power to endure in anything.

1 Corinthians 16:16

I beg you to put yourselves under leaders like these, and under anyone who cooperates with you, and labors hard.

2 Corinthians 4:1

So, because I hold a place in this ministry and that because I have had God's mercy shown me, I never give up.

2 Corinthians 4:16

So I never give up; instead, although my outer nature is wasting away, my inner nature is constantly renewed from day to day.

2 Corinthians 5:9

So whether I am at home or away from home, it is my constant ambition to please Him.

2 Corinthians 6:5

in floggings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, and hunger;

2 Corinthians 10:15

I am not going too far in my boasting, and actually boasting of other men's labors, but I am cherishing the hope that your faith may so continue to grow that through you my work within my sphere may be so enlarged as to run over,

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they ministers of Christ? So am I. I am talking like a man that has gone crazy -- as such I am superior! -- serving Him with labors greater by far, with far more imprisonments, with floggings vastly worse, and often at the point of death.

Galatians 6:2

Practice bearing one another's burdens, and in this way carry out the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:9

Let us stop getting tired of doing good, for at the proper time we shall reap if we do not give up.

Philippians 2:16

to hold up the message of life. That will give me ground for boasting on the day of Christ, because neither my career nor my labor has been a failure.

Philippians 4:3

And I solemnly beg you, my true comrade, keep on cooperating with those two women, because they shared with me the struggle in spreading the good news, together with Clement and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

Colossians 1:11

then you will be perfectly empowered by His glorious might for every sort of joyous endurance and forbearance,

1 Thessalonians 1:3

for we can never for a moment before our God forget your energizing faith, your toiling love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

You remember, brothers, our hard labor and toil. We kept up our habit of working night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you when we preached to you.

1 Thessalonians 5:12

We beg you, brothers, to practice showing respect to those who labor among you, who are your leaders in the Lord's work, and who advise you;

2 Thessalonians 3:5

May the Lord guide you into a realization of God's love for you and into a patient endurance like Christ's.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

I did not eat any man's bread without paying for it, but with toil and hard labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:13

But you, brothers, must never grow tired of doing right.

1 Timothy 4:10

To this end we are toiling and struggling, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Saviour of all mankind, especially of believers.

1 Timothy 5:17

Elders who do their duties well should be considered as deserving twice the salary they get especially those who keep on toiling in preaching and teaching.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not so unjust as to forget the work you have done and the love you have shown His name in the service you have rendered for your fellow-Christians, and still are doing.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not grow careless, but may follow the example of those who through their faith and patient endurance are now possessors of the blessings promised.

Hebrews 6:15

And so by patiently waiting he obtained what God had promised him.

Hebrews 10:36

Indeed, to carry out the will of God and to receive the blessing He has promised, you need endurance, for:

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered,

Hebrews 12:3-5

Yes, to keep from growing weary and fainthearted, just think of the examples set by Him who has endured so great opposition aimed at Him by sinful men!

Hebrews 13:13

Let us, therefore, go to Him outside the camp, enduring the reproach that He endured;

James 1:3-4

for you surely know that what is genuine in your faith produces the patient mind that endures;

James 5:7-11

So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer keeps on waiting and waiting for the precious crop from his land; how he keeps up his patience over it until he gets the early and late rains,

2 Peter 1:6

knowledge with self-control, self-control with patient endurance, patient endurance with piety,

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother and companion with you in the trouble, the kingdom, and the patient endurance which Jesus gives, found myself on the island called Patmos, for preaching God's message and testifying to Jesus.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my message with the patient endurance that I give you, I also will keep you from the time of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test the inhabitants of the earth.