"By your enduranceyou will gainyour lives.
Restin the LORDand waitpatientlyfor Him; Do not fretbecause of him who prospersin his way,Because of the manwho carriesout wickedschemes.
I waitedpatientlyfor the LORD;And He inclinedto me and heardmy cry.
I heardand my inwardpartstrembled,At the soundmy lipsquivered.Decayentersmy bones,And in my placeI tremble.BecauseI must waitquietlyfor the dayof distress,For the peopleto arise[who] will invadeus.
"You will be hatedby allbecauseof My name,but it is the one who has enduredto the endwho will be saved.
"But the one who enduresto the end,he will be saved.
"But the [seed] in the goodsoil,theseare the ones whohave heardthe wordin an honestand goodheart,and hold it fast,and bear fruitwith perseverance.
For whateverwas written in earlier timeswas writtenfor our instruction,sothat throughperseveranceand the encouragementof the Scriptureswe might havehope.
to thosewho by perseverancein doinggoodseekfor gloryand honorand immortality,eternallife;
And not onlythis, but we alsoexultin our tribulations,knowingthat tribulationbrings aboutperseverance;
and perseverance,provencharacter; and proven character,hope;
But ifwe hopefor whatwe do not see,with perseverancewe wait eagerlyfor it.
constantlybearing in mindyour workof faithand laborof loveand steadfastnessof hopein our LordJesusChristin the presenceof our Godand Father,
May the Lorddirectyour heartsinto the loveof Godand into the steadfastnessof Christ.
For you haveneedof endurance,sothat when you have donethe willof God,you may receivewhat was promised.
And we desirethat each oneof you showthe samediligencesoas to realize the full assuranceof hopeuntilthe end,
And so,having patiently waited,he obtainedthe promise.
knowingthat the testingof your faithproducesendurance.
And let endurancehave[its] perfectresult,sothat you may be perfectand complete,lackingin nothing.
and in [your] knowledge,self-control,and in [your] self-control,perseverance,and in [your] perseverance,godliness,
I, John,your brotherand fellow partakerin the tribulationand kingdomand perseverance[which are] in Jesus,was on the islandcalledPatmosbecauseof the wordof Godand the testimonyof Jesus.
Ifanyone[is destined] for captivity,to captivityhe goes;ifanyonekillswith the sword,with the swordhe mustbe killed.Hereis the perseveranceand the faithof the saints.
Hereis the perseveranceof the saintswho keepthe commandmentsof Godand their faithin Jesus.
Becauseyou have keptthe wordof My perseverance,I alsowill keepyou from the hourof testing,that [hour] which is aboutto comeupon the wholeworld,to testthosewho dwellon the earth.
