And as the LORD passed by before him, he proclaimed, I AM, I AM strong, merciful, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth,

The LORD is longsuffering and of great mercy, letting go of iniquity and transgression and absolving, but by no means absolving the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons unto the third and fourth generations.

But thou, O Lord, art a merciful and gracious God, longsuffering and plenteous in mercy and truth.

O LORD, thou knowest: remember me and visit me and revenge me of my enemies; do not take me away in the prolongation of thy anger, know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

But he not having wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, to make payment.

And his fellowslave fell down at his feet and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

And shall not God avenge his own elect who cry day and night unto him though he bears long regarding them?

especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews; therefore, I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

Or dost thou despise the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, ignoring that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance?

What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much meekness the vessels of wrath, prepared for death,

Charity suffers long and is benign; charity envies not; charity does nothing without due reason, is not puffed up,

in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

But the fruit of the Spirit is this: Charity, joy, peace, tolerance, gentleness, goodness, faith,

with all humility and meekness, with tolerance, forbearing one another in love,

strengthened with all might, according to the power of his glory unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness,

Clothed, therefore, (as the elect of God, holy and beloved) with bowels of mercies, with kindness, with humility, with meekness, with tolerance,

But for this cause I was received unto mercy that in me first, Jesus Christ might show forth all clemency, for an example to those who should hereafter believe in him for eternal life.

A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject him,

that ye not become slothful, but imitators of those who by faith and patience inherit the promises.

Be patient, therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently until it receives the early and latter rain.

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

The Lord is not late concerning his promise, as some count lateness, but is patient with us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

And have as saving health the patience of our Lord, even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him has written unto you