For an example (υποδειγμα). Late word for the old παραδειγμα, from υποδεικνυμ, to copy under, to teach (Luke 6:47), he…

Take, my brethren, the prophets. That is, in your trials and persecutions. To encourage them to the exercise of patience, he points them t…

For an example.—Another reason for endurance is an example of affliction and patience: the prophets who spoke in the name of t…

The second illustration of patience is that of “the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.” In their position as God’s representatives, they e…

Take, my brethren, the prophets. The comfort he offers is not that of the common proverb, where the miserable hope for companions in simil…

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the
name of the Lord
Men who have…

Consider the one who waits for a harvest; and will you not wait for a crown of glory? If you should be called to wait longer than the farmer, is th…