Endurance
What
is endurance?
Courage of an uphill battle
Sustaining
adversity
Faith
grows with endurance
Suffering
produces endurance.
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Dictionary
the
ability to withstand hardship or adversity; especially the ability to sustain a
prolonged stressful effort or activity a marathon runner's endurance.
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Lamentations
3;18
So I
said, “My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of
deliverance from the Lord.”
Luke
8;15
But
as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing
the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with
steadfast
Endurance.
Endurance.
James
1
Salutation
Salutation
1 From James, a slave of God
and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings!
Joy in Trials
2 My brothers and sisters,
consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, 3 because
you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And
let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be
perfect and complete, not deficient in anything. 5 But if anyone
is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and
without reprimand, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith
without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and
tossed around by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will
receive anything from the Lord, 8 since he is a
double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways.
9 Now
the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position. 10 But the rich
person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a
wildflower in the meadow. 11 For the sun rises with its heat and
dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost
forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.
12 Happy is the one who endures testing, because when
he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God
promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say when he is
tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he
himself tempts no one. 14 But each one is tempted when he is lured
and enticed by his own desires. 15 Then when desire conceives, it
gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death. 16 Do
not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 All generous
giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of
lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change. 18 By
his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would
be a kind of first fruits of all he created.
Living Out the Message
19 Understand this, my dear
brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow
to anger. 20 For human anger does not accomplish God’s
righteousness. 21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly
welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls. 22 But
be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive
yourselves. 23 For if someone merely listens to the message and
does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.
24 For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately
forgets what sort of person he was. 25 But the one who peers into
the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a
forgetful listener but one who lives it out—he will be blessed in what he does.
26 If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his
tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile. 27 Pure
and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and
widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Luke
21;19
By
your endurance you will gain your lives.
2
Corinthians 6;4
but
in everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance,
in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses.
Hebrews
10;36
For
you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will
of God, you may receive what was promised.
Hebrews
12;1
[
Jesus, the Example ] Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses
surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so
easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that
is set before us.
James
1;3-4
3
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4
And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be
perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
James
5;11
We
count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance
of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that the Lord is full
of compassion and is merciful.
Romans
5;3-4
3
Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering
produces endurance.
4
and endurance, character, and character, hope.
Romans
8;25
But
if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.
Romans
15;4-5
For
everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so
that through endurance and through encouragement of the
scriptures we may have hope.
5
Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one
another in accordance with Christ Jesus.
2
Corinthians 1;6
But
if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted,
it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance
of the same sufferings that we also suffer.
2
Corinthians 6;4
But
as God’s servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great
endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses.
1
Thessalonians 1;3
because
we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of
love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
2
Thessalonians 3;5
Now
may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance
of Christ.
1
Timothy 6;11
But
you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue
righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and
gentleness.
2
Timothy 3:10
[
Continue in What You Have Learned ] You, however, have followed my teaching, my
way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance.
Titus
2;2
Older
men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love,
and in endurance.
Hebrews
10;36
For
you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what
is promised.
Hebrews
12;1
[
The Lord’s Discipline ] Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great
cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so
closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us.
Revelation
1;9
I,
John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom,
and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos
because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.
Revelation
2;19
‘I
know your deeds: your love, faith, service, and steadfast endurance. In fact,
your more recent deeds are greater than your earlier ones.
Revelation
14;12
This
requires the steadfast endurance of the saints—those who obey
God’s commandments and hold to their faith in Jesus.
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