And because he could not pay it, his master ordered him to be sold, yea, even his wife and children and all he had, and payment to be made.

"And his fellow-slave fell down before him and pleaded, 'Give me time, and I will pay you.'

And will not God give justice and protection to His chosen people who continue to cry to Him day and night, since He is so patient with them?

especially because you are familiar with all the Jewish customs and questions. I beg you, therefore, to hear me with patience.

Do you think so little of the riches of God's kindness, forbearance, and patience, not conscious that His kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

And what if God, though wishing to display His anger and make known His power, yet, has most patiently borne with the objects of His anger, already ripe for destruction,

Love is so patient and so kind; love never boils with jealousy; it never boasts, is never puffed with pride;

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

But the product of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

with perfect humility and gentleness, with patience, lovingly bearing with one another,

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

So as God's own chosen people, consecrated and dearly loved, you must once for all clothe yourselves with tenderheartedness, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience; you must keep on

Yet, mercy was shown me for the very purpose that in my case as the foremost of sinners Jesus might display His perfect patience, to make me an example to those who in the future might believe on Him to obtain eternal life.

After one or two warnings to a man who is factious, stop having anything to do with him,

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.

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,

As an example of ill-treatment and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.

The Lord is not slow about His promise, in the sense in which some think of slowness, but He is really dealing patiently with you, because He is not willing for any to perish but for all to have an opportunity to repent?

Always think of our Lord's patience as salvation, just as our dearly beloved brother Paul, with the wisdom granted him, wrote you to do,