For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. {Be...: or, Be long patient, or, Suffer with long patience}

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

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}, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Knowing {this}, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

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

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. {be...: or, faint not}

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

And not only {so}, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. {Rest in: Heb. Be silent to}

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward {man} is renewed day by day.

But if we hope for that we see not, {then} do we with patience wait for {it}.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

For God {is} not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I {am} more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

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

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep {it}, and bring forth fruit with patience.

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. {labour: or, endeavour}

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

And he spake a parable unto them {to this end}, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and {with} other my fellowlabourers, whose names {are} in the book of life.

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; {in tumults: or, in tossings to and fro}

Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

In your patience possess ye your souls.

Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

Not boasting of things without {our} measure, {that is}, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, {enlarged...: or, magnified in you}

I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, {and} I shall behold his righteousness.

Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. {patient...: or, patience of Christ}

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with {us}, and laboureth.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew {their} strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; {and} they shall walk, and not faint. {renew: Heb. change}

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

Blessed are ye, when {men} shall revile you, and persecute {you}, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. {falsely: Gr. lying}

{If} thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength {is} small. {small: Heb. narrow}

And ye shall be hated of all {men} for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. {be...: or, faint not}

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

And ye shall be hated of all {men} for my name's sake.

Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him {that is} from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: {and to} Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. {slack: or, faint}

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with {us}, and laboureth.

But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.