Bible verses about "patient" | EJ2000

⁷ ¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you;

¹ ¶ The Word is faithful, If anyone desires the office of a bishop, {to be a pastor or elder in the congregation}, he desires a difficult ministry. ² It is expedient, therefore, that the bishop be blameless, the husband of only one wife, vigilant, temperate, of worldly affections mortified, given to hospitality, apt to teach; ³ not given to wine, not hurtful, not greedy of dishonest gain, but gentle, not contentious, not covetous; ⁴ one that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all integrity; ⁵ (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} of God?) ⁶ not a novice, lest being puffed up, he fall into judgment of the devil. ⁷ Moreover he must have a good report of those who are outside lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. ⁸ ¶ Likewise the deacons must be honest, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of dishonest gain; ⁹ holding the mystery of the faith together with a pure conscience. ¹⁰ And let these also first be proved; then let them minister, if they are blameless. ¹¹ The wives likewise are to be honest, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. ¹² Let the deacons be the husbands of only one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. ¹³ For those that minister well purchase to themselves a good degree and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ ¶ These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly ¹⁵ But if I tarry long, that thou may know how it is expedient to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth. ¹⁶ And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

¹¹ For I know the thoughts that I think concerning you, said the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you the end that you wait for.

¹² rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, constant in prayer,

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is this: Charity, joy, peace, tolerance, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³ meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.