Conference Summer of 2023
On the board:
James 1:4-5
Patience – G5281
1. Steadfastness, constancy, endurance
a) in the NT the characteristic of a man who is not swerved from his deliberate
purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings
b) patiently, and steadfastly
2. a patient, steadfast waiting for
3. a patient enduring, sustaining, perseverance
Part of Speech: noun feminine
From 5278 verb
Cheerful (or hopeful) endurance, constancy : enduring, patience, patient continuance (waiting)
1. to remain a) to tarry behind
2. to remain, I.e. abide, not recede or flee
a) to preserve: under misfortunes and trials to hold fast to one’s faith in Christ
b) to endure, bear bravely and calmly: ill treatments
From G5259 and G3306; to stay under (behind), that is, remain; fig. to undergo,
that is, bear (trials), have fortitude, preserve:- abide, endure, (take) patient (-ly, suffer, tarry behind)
Rom 2:7
Luk 8:15, 21:19
Rom 5:3-4, 8:25, 15:4-5