Revelation 2:3

and you have patience and have borne with them for my name's sake, and have not fainted.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

In Context

2I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and that you are not able to bear the wicked; and you have tried those who say they are apostles, and are not, and have found them to be liars:

4But I have something against you, because you have left your first love.

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Cross References

Luke 8:15And that which is in the good ground, are those whosoever hearing the word in a beautiful and good heart, retain it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

Luke 18:1And He spoke a parable to them that it behooves them to pray always, and not to faint;

John 15:21But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know Him that sent me.

Romans 5:3And not only so, but let us also rejoice in tribulation; knowing that tribulation works out endurance;

Matthew Henry on Revelation 2:2-8

The Church in Ephesus. ( a. d. 95.) 1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4… Read the whole commentary →

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