Having patiently endured (μακροθυμησας). First aorist active participle of μακροθυμος (μακροσ, θυμος, long spirit) illustrating μα…

And so, after he had patiently endured. After he had waited for a long time. He did not faint or grow weary, but he persevered in a confid…

And so, after he had patiently endured.—Better, and thus (thus being in possession of the promise and the oath of God), havin…

Therefore, brothers and sisters, you and I also are to endure patiently, to hold on even to the end, and God's sure promise will never fail us.

“So” should not be taken too closely with “waiting patiently.” It is not so much “waiting thus” as “thus [confident in God’s promise], he waited pa…

And so, after he had patiently endured
He waited long for a son, from whom the Messiah was to spring, after he had h…

The hope referred to here is a confident expectation of good things promised, an expectation that comes through those promises and is accompanied b…

Previously, the Apostle showed why he had confidence in them: because of the good they performed. Here, he shows that same confidence based on the …