Perseverance & Endurance Bible — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on perseverance & endurance bible, drawn entirely from the King James Version. Each lesson opens with a study question, gives the verse reference, and offers a short teaching note. Use it for personal devotions, a small group, or a Sunday school class.
The 10 lessons
Lesson 1 · James 1:3 (KJV)
What does James say the trying of faith works?
Answer: Patience
Study note. Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. (James 1:3)
Lesson 2 · James 1:4 (KJV)
What should patience have to be perfect and entire?
Answer: Its perfect work
Study note. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. (James 1:4)
Lesson 3 · Hebrews 12:1 (KJV)
What does Hebrews 12:1 tell us to lay aside?
Answer: Every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us
Study note. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us. (Hebrews 12:1)
Lesson 4 · Hebrews 12:1 (KJV)
How should we run the race set before us?
Answer: With patience
Study note. And let us run with patience the race that is set before us. (Hebrews 12:1)
Lesson 5 · Hebrews 12:2 (KJV)
Who is the author and finisher of our faith?
Answer: Jesus
Study note. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. (Hebrews 12:2)
Lesson 6 · Hebrews 12:2 (KJV)
What did Jesus endure for the joy set before Him?
Answer: The cross, despising the shame
Study note. Who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2)
Lesson 7 · Philippians 3:14 (KJV)
What did Paul say he pressed toward?
Answer: The mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus
Study note. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:14)
Lesson 8 · 2 Timothy 2:3 (KJV)
What does Paul tell Timothy to endure?
Answer: Hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ
Study note. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. (2 Timothy 2:3)
Lesson 9 · Matthew 24:13 (KJV)
What did Jesus say about enduring to the end?
Answer: He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved
Study note. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. (Matthew 24:13)
Lesson 10 · Revelation 2:7 (KJV)
What does Revelation say about him that overcometh?
Answer: I will give to eat of the tree of life
Study note. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. (Revelation 2:7)
Key verses to memorize
The passages this study returns to most often — pick one or two and commit them to memory this week.
Discussion questions
- Which lesson in this study surprised you the most, and why?
- How does perseverance & endurance bible point us to Jesus Christ and the gospel?
- Pick one verse from the key passages above. How does it shape the way you will pray, read, or live this week?
- Who in your life could you share one of these truths with in the next seven days?