Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

eternal life to those who steadfastly doing good, seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility;

rejoicing in hope, patient in affliction, continuing steadfastly in prayer;

I have waited for your salvation, O Jehovah.

Wait upon Jehovah; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, upon Jehovah!

Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret over him who prospers in his way, because of him who works out wicked devices.

For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait upon Jehovah, they shall inherit the earth.

i1 [To the chief Musician. Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.] i0 par Only before God is my soul silent; from Him comes my salvation.

My soul, be still only before God; for my expectation is from Him.

He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my stronghold; I shall not be shaken.

I have waited for Jehovah, my soul has waited, and in His Word I have hoped.

O Israel, hope in Jehovah; for with Jehovah there is mercy, and with Him redemption is greatly multiplied.

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God. We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is Jehovah; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.

Yea, in the way of Your judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited for You; for the desire of our soul is Your name and the remembrance of You.

Jehovah is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

It is good that one should hope for the salvation of Jehovah, even in silence.

But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the Word with an honest and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with steadfastness.

By your steadfastness possess your souls.

strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,

Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.

that you do not become slothful, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so persistently harasses us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

For consider Him who endured such opposition from sinners against Himself, that you not become weary and faint in your souls.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

But let patience have its perfecting work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.

Do not grumble against one another, brethren, that you not be condemned. Behold, the Judge stands at the door.

Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the endurance of Job and seen the outcome brought about by the Lord; that the Lord is very kind and merciful.

I, John, both your brother and companion in the affliction and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos because of the Word of God and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ.

He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

Here is the perseverance of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.