But what if God, while intending to show forth his wrath, and to make known his power, yet endured, with much long-suffering, vessels of wrath, fitted to destruction?

But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control;

With all humility and gentleness and long-suffering forbear with one another in love;

And his fame spread throughout all Syria. They brought all the sick to him, those who were suffering from various diseases and troubles??emoniacs, epileptics, paralytics??nd he healed them.

but because they have no root in themselves they last for a time; but when suffering or persecution ensues because of the Word, they at once fall away.

"Elijah does indeed first come," he said, "and restores all things, But how is it written about the Son of Man, that he will endure great suffering, and be rejected?

For those will be days of suffering the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now, and never shall be.

But the other, answering, reproved him, saying. "Have you no fear of God even? When you are suffering the same punishment as he?

They are an evidence of the righteous judgment of God, who will count you worthy of his kingdom, in behalf of which you are even now suffering.

What we do see is Jesus, who was made for a time a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor, because of the suffering of death, in order that through God's grace he might taste death for every man.

Do not then be ashamed to bear witness for our Lord, nor for me, his prisoner. Nay, join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

Take your share in suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

For preaching it I am suffering, and am even put in chains as a malefactor.

If we endure suffering, we shall also reign with him. If we disown him, he too will disown us.

Take, my brothers, for an example the suffering and the patience of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

For it is an acceptable thing to God, if from a sense of duty to him, a man endures a wrong, even suffering unjustly.

But if any man is suffering as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him ever glorify God in this Name.

So let those who are suffering according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well-doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

suffering wrong as the wage of wrong which they have done. These are men who count it pleasure to carouse in open daylight; they are spots and blemishes reveling in their deceit, even while they are feasting with you.

I think then, that in view of the time of suffering now imminent, it is best for a man to remain as he is.

I long to know him in the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, by sharing the likeness of his death;

Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love makes no parade, is not puffed up,

In reply Jesus said: "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I endure you? Bring him here to me!"

"O unbelieving generation!" replied Jesus; "how long must I be with you? How long must I be patient with you? Bring him to me."

I am now rejoicing in my sufferings on your behalf; and I am filling up in my own body what is yet lacking of the sufferings of Christ in behalf of the church, his Body.

Now this happened as a warning for us, that we might not long for evil things as they longed.

and he said to them. "With desire have I longed to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

What I mean is this. As long as the heir is a child, he differs in no respect from a slave, though he be the owner of the whole inheritance;

that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be of good comfort when I learn the news concerning you.

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Long ago you heard of this hope in the message which came to you of the truth of the gospel.

And might deliver those who through fear of death had been subject to life-long bondage.

On the contrary, encourage each other daily, so long as there is a "Today," so that no one of you is hindered by the deceitfulness of sin.

For a testament is only of force in case of the dead, being never valid so long as the testator lives.

Although I am hoping to come to you before long,

It was revealed to them that it was not for themselves, but for you, that they were ministering the truths which have now been announced to you, by those who preached the gospel to you, through the help of the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven??ruths into which angels long to look.

Like new-born babes long for the pure spiritual milk to make you grow up into salvation;

So I think it right, as long as I am in this "tent," to rouse you by way of reminding you,

And with a loud voice they cried, saying, "O Master, holy and true, How long dost thou not judge And avenge our blood On those who dwell on the earth?"

In those days men will seek death, and will not find it; they will long to die, but death ever flees from them.