Paciência
A paciência é fruto do Espírito e virtude essencial da vida cristã. Deus é paciente conosco, e nos chama a ser pacientes com os outros e nas provações.
A paciência de Deus
Deus é clemente e tardio em irar-se. Sua paciência revela seu desejo de que todos se arrependam e cheguem ao conhecimento da verdade.
8 LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
9 The Lord is not slack about his promise, as some regard slackness, but is patient toward us, not wanting any to perish, but all to go forward to repentance.
8 But beloved, this one thing you should not ignore, that one day with Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents of the evil.
16 But because of this I obtained mercy, so that in me, the foremost, Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.
18 And therefore LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you. And therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you. For LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
Esperar com paciência
Os que esperam no Senhor renovam as forças. A paciência produz caráter, e o caráter produz esperança que não decepciona.
14 Wait for LORD. Be strong, and let thy heart take courage. Yea, wait thou for LORD.
7 Rest in LORD, and wait patiently for him. Fret not thyself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.
3 O LORD, in the morning thou shall hear my voice. In the morning I will direct to thee, and will keep watch.
25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait through patience.
12 rejoicing in hope, enduring tribulation, persevering in prayer,
14 LORD will fight for you, and ye shall keep silent.
Paciência nas provações
O amor é paciente. A paciência é marca de maturidade espiritual e nos permite perseverar mesmo quando as circunstâncias são adversas.
4 Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.5 It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil,
9 And let us not be weary doing good, for in our own time we will reap, not desponding.
5 Now may the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to think the same way among each other, in accord with Christ Jesus,
2 with all humility and mildness, with longsuffering, forbearing each other in love.
12 Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, longsuffering,
2 preach the word, stand ready in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
Perseverança até o fim
Quem perseverar até o fim será salvo. O domínio próprio é maior que a conquista de uma cidade.
13 But he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.
42 Watch therefore, because ye know not at what hour your Lord comes.
32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
29 He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
11 I come quickly, hold firm what thou have, so that none may take thy crown.
5 For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy [is] in the morning.