You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord’s return is near.

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

So be patient, brothers and sisters, ¹  until the Lord’s return. ²  Think of how the farmer waits ³  for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient ⁴  for it until it receives the early and late rains.

And we urge you, brothers and sisters, ¹  admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.

Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

And the Lord’s slave ¹  must not engage in heated disputes ²  but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,

The end of a matter ¹  is better than its beginning; likewise, patience ²  is better than pride. ³ 

What is my strength, that I should wait? ¹  and what is my end, ²  that I should prolong my life?

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, ¹  as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish ²  for any ³  to perish but for all to come to repentance. ⁴ 

eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

I wish that you would be patient with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you are being patient with me!

‘I know your deeds: your love, faith, ¹  service, and steadfast endurance. ²  In fact, ³  your more recent deeds are greater than your earlier ones.

with all humility and gentleness, ¹  with patience, bearing with ²  one another in love,

I, John, your brother and the one who shares ¹  with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that ²  are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus. ³ 

Then the slave threw himself to the ground ¹  before him, saying, ²  ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.’

Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, ¹  ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’

By your endurance ¹  you will gain ²  your lives. ³ 

‘I know your works as well as your ¹  labor and steadfast endurance, and that you cannot tolerate ²  evil. You have even put to the test ³  those who refer to themselves as apostles (but are not), and have discovered that they are false.

Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God ¹  and the endurance of Christ. ² 

to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; ¹  to perseverance, godliness;