Monday, July 7, 2025

1 Pt. 3:8-16, Synonym Study of “patience” (4)

I believe the distinctions in the previous post will be obvious as we look at the “makrothomia” family of words.

makrothumia (noun): patience, endurance; forbearance, long-suffering (l-s)

·       Rom.2:4: do you despise riches of God's goodness & forbearance (anoche, tolerance, forbearance; 2x here and Rom. 3:25)  & l-s

·       Rom.9:22: God, willing to show wrath, endured w/l-s vessels fit for destruction

·       2 Cor.6:6: Paul commends self to God w/...l-s...

·       Gel.5:22: fruit of spirit includes l-s

·       Eph.4:2: in all lowliness & meekness w/l-s, forbear ea. other in love

·       Col.1:11: strengthened w/might to all patience (hupomone) & l-s

·       Col.3:12: as elect of God put on ...l-s...

·       1 Tim.1:16: Paul shown mercy so God could show his l-s to later believers

·       2 Tim.3:10: Tim knows Paul's ...patience (hupomone), l-s...

·       2 Tim.4:2: preach, reprove, etc. w/all l-s & doctrine

·       Heb.6:12: imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises

·       Jas.5:10: consider the prophets as an example of patience

·       1 Pet.3:20: in the days Noah was building the ark the Divine l-s waited

·       2 Pet.3:15: the l-s of the Lord is salvation (cf. v9)

makrothumew: to wait, have patience

·       Mt.18:26,29: unforgiving servant pleads for patience; his fellow-slave also pled for patience

·       Lk.18:7: God will avenge the elect though he bear long with them

·       I Cor.13:4: love suffers long

·       I Th.5:14: be patient to all men

·       Hb.6:15: Abe, after he had patiently endured, obtained the promise

·       Jas.5:7-11: be patient (v7) for Lord's coming as a farmer is patient for crop (v7); be ye also patient (v8); consider the patience of the prophets (v10); v11 those who endure (hupomeno); perseverance of Job (hupomone)

·       2 Pt.3:9: the Lord is long-suffering, wanting all men to repent

makrothumos (adverb): listen to someone w/patience

·       Ac.26:3: Paul asks Agrippa to hear him patiently

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