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Bible Verses About long suffering
12 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about long suffering? Browse 12 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: 2 Peter 3:9 |
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| King James (KJV) | “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.” |
12 Key Scriptures
“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.”
2 Peter 3:9KJV
“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”
Romans 5:3KJV
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”
“With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;”
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
Romans 8:28KJV
“Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?”
Romans 2:4KJV
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
James 4:7KJV
“And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering , and abundant in goodness and truth,”
Exodus 34:6KJV
“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;”
“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
Romans 8:18KJV
“For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.”
Hebrews 2:10KJV
“What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: fitted: or, made up”
Romans 9:22KJV
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