9 Bible Verses about Patience, The Nature Of

May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.

Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: "Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth.

But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.

Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.

and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,

And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.