Bible Verses About "What Is Patience in the Bible"
Patience in the Bible is the Spirit-produced ability to endure hardship, delay, and provocation with calm trust in God's timing and sovereign purposes.
Patience in the Bible is the Spirit-produced ability to endure hardship, delay, and provocation with calm trust in God's timing and sovereign purposes.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." — Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "What Is Patience in the Bible?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."
"Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing."
"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering."
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