Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

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

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

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

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;