17 Bible Verses about Patience, In Christian Living

Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses, let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our feet. And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,

But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.

to those on the one hand who, by lives of persistent right-doing, are striving for glory, honour and immortality, the Life of the Ages;

Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.

so that there is no gift of God in which you consciously come short while patiently waiting for the reappearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

And may the Lord guide your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.

But if we hope for something which we do not see, then we eagerly and patiently wait for it.

*We* have not, for through the Spirit we wait with longing hope for an acceptance with God which is to come through faith.

By your patient endurance you will purchase your lives.

full of joyful hope, patient under persecution, earnest and persistent in prayer.

so that you may not become half-hearted, but be imitators of those who through faith and patient endurance are now heirs to the promises.

For you stand in need of patient endurance, so that, as the result of having done the will of God, you may receive the promised blessing.

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the timid, sustain the weak, and be patient towards all.

The servant therefore falling down, prostrated himself at his feet and entreated him. "'Only give me time,' he said, 'and I will pay you the whole.'

who are so familiar with all the customs and speculations that prevail among the Jews; and for this reason, I pray you, give me a patient hearing.

But you, O man of God, must flee from these things; and strive for uprightness, godliness, good faith, love, fortitude, and a forgiving temper.

On the contrary, as God's servants, we seek their full approval--by unwearied endurance, by afflictions, by distress, by helplessness;