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For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Which (ητις). Your boldness of verse 35.

Recompense of reward (μισθαποδοσιαν). Late double compound, like …

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

For you have need of patience. They were then suffering, and in all trials we have need of patience. We have need of it because there is i…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Patiencei.e., brave, patient endurance (see the Note on Hebrews 6:12). The general tenor of the exhortation in that chap…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

That, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise.

There must first be the doing of the will of God, and then…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

Christians “need [GK 5970, a word denoting absolute necessity] to persevere”; Christianity is no flash in the pan. This leads to the thought that d…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

For ye have need of patience, etc. He says that patience is necessary, not only because we have to endure to the end, but also be…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For you have need of patience
Not that they were destitute of the grace of patience; for where God is the God of all…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Many and various afflictions united against the early Christians, and they had a great conflict. The Christian spirit is not a selfish spirit; it l…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

After exhorting them with sobering reasons to cling to Christ by faith, hope, and love, the Apostle now offers pleasant reasons, like a good physic…

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