Verse 7

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

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 11:14 : 14 then he promises,“I will send rain for your land in its season, the autumn and the spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and olive oil.
  • Jer 5:24 : 24 They do not say to themselves,“Let us revere the LORD our God. It is he who gives us the autumn rains and the spring rains at the proper time. It is he who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.”
  • Joel 2:23 : 23 Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the LORD your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains– both the early and the late rains as formerly.
  • Gal 6:9 : 9 So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
  • Col 1:11 : 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully
  • 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?
  • 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
  • Heb 6:15 : 15 And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.
  • Heb 12:1-3 : 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, 2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.
  • Jas 5:8-9 : 8 You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord’s return is near. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!
  • 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 and saying,“Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation.”
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 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.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 So let us search for him! Let us seek to know the LORD! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”
  • Zech 10:1 : 1 The Restoration of the True People Ask the LORD for rain in the season of the late spring rains– the LORD who causes thunderstorms– and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.
  • Matt 24:27 : 27 For just like the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
  • Luke 8:15 : 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.
  • Luke 18:8 : 8 I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
  • Luke 21:27 : 27 Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.
  • Rom 2:7 : 7 eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,
  • Rom 8:24-25 : 24 For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.
  • Rom 15:4 : 4 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.
  • 1 Cor 1:7 : 7 so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Cor 6:4-5 : 4 But as God’s servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses, 5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,
  • Gal 5:5 : 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness.