Revelation 2:3

The Letter To The Church In Ephesus

² I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false; ³ And you have the power of waiting, and have undergone trouble because of my name, without weariness. ⁴ But I have this against you, that you are turned away from your first love.

For My Name

For My Sake

Bore Up

John 15:21

They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.

Psalm 37:7

Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

Psalm 69:7

I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.

Micah 7:9

I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;

Mark 15:21

And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross.

Luke 8:15

And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

Luke 14:27

Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

Luke 18:1

And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

Luke 21:19

By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.

Romans 2:7

To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

Romans 5:3-4

And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

Romans 8:25

But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

Romans 12:12

Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

Romans 15:4-5

Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

Romans 16:12

Give my love to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Give my love to my dear Persis, who did much work in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 13:7

Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

1 Corinthians 16:16

That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.

2 Corinthians 4:1

For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

2 Corinthians 4:16

For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

2 Corinthians 5:9

For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.

2 Corinthians 6:5

In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;

2 Corinthians 10:15

Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work,

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

Galatians 6:2

Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:9

And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

Philippians 2:16

Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

Philippians 4:3

And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.

Colossians 1:11

Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;

1 Thessalonians 1:3

Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

1 Thessalonians 5:12

But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;

2 Thessalonians 3:5

And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

2 Thessalonians 3:13

And you, my brothers, do not get tired of well-doing.

1 Timothy 4:10

And this is the purpose of all our work and our fighting, because our hope is in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and specially of those who have faith.

1 Timothy 5:17

Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.

Hebrews 6:12

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

Hebrews 6:15

And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

Hebrews 10:36

For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

Hebrews 12:1

For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

Hebrews 12:3-5

Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.

Hebrews 13:13

Let us then go out to him outside the circle of the tents, taking his shame on ourselves.

James 1:3-4

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

James 5:7-11

Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

2 Peter 1:6

And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.