Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Patience » Being patient
and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;
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Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us, looking to the author and perfecter of faith -- Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him -- did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down; for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.
Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain -- early and latter; be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;
in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another; in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving; in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;
for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise, for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will not tarry;
Pleasure » Who cannot please God
and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.
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for neither is it able; and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.
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for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise, for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will not tarry; and 'the righteous by faith shall live,' and 'if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'
the future » The second coming of Christ » Spoken of as near at hand
he saith -- who is testifying these things -- 'Yes, I come quickly!' Amen! Yes, be coming, Lord Jesus!
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Lo, I come quickly; happy is he who is keeping the words of the prophecy of this scroll.'
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Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.
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let your forbearance be known to all men; the Lord is near;
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for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will not tarry;
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be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;
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