Love Is Patient
I Corinthians 13: 4a
Charity suffereth long, … (KJV)
Love is patient,… (NIV)
Love does not give up,… (NLV)
• What Does Longsuffering Mean?
– In Greek makrothumia and hupomeno
• Makrothumia means long temper relating to
people and love
• Hupemeno means long temper relating to
circumstances and hope
– Agape love: a selfless , self-sacrificing love
• A choice of the will, not based on emotions or
senses
– Longsuffering or patience means slow to
wrath
• One Aspect of Fruit of the Holy Spirit
– Gal. 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, selfcontrol; against such things there is no law.
(ESV)
– Because of love, there is peace, joy, and
patience
– Opposite of patience is impatience
– Impatience causes quick temper, rudeness,
meanness, and lack of self control
• God is slow to wrath; patient
– Romans 2:4 Or do you think lightly of the
riches of His kindness and tolerance and
patience, not knowing that the kindness of
God leads you to repentance? (NASB)
– II Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in
keeping his promise, as some understand
slowness. Instead he is patient with you,
not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone
to come to repentance. (NIV)
– Example of Nineveh during Jonah’s time
• Jonah 3:4 On the day Jonah entered the city,
he shouted to the crowds: “Forty days from now
Nineveh will be destroyed!”
• 3:10 When God saw what they had done and
how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he
changed his mind and did not carry out the
destruction he had threatened. (NLT)
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– Example of Jesus
• Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive
them; for they know not what they do. …
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• We should be slow to wrath, or patient
– James 1:19 My dear brothers and sisters,
take note of this: Everyone should be quick
to listen, slow to speak and slow to become
angry, (NIV)
– Proverbs 14:29 Whoever is slow to anger
has great understanding, but he who has a
hasty temper exalts folly.
– Ephesians 4:2 With all lowliness and
gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with
one another in love, (NKJV)
– I Peter 4:8 Above all, keep fervent in your
love for one another, because love covers a
multitude of sins. (NASB)
• Love is patient in marriage, work,
relationships, church, circumstances
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