Thou hast (εχεις). Continued po e ion of patience.

Didst bear (εβαστασας). First aorist indicative of βαστ…

And have borne. You have borne up under trials; or you have borne with the evils with which you have been a ailed. That is, you have not g…

And hast borne.—This verse needs some change to bring it into harmony with the best manuscripts. It should stand, And have (or…

The speaker’s knowledge includes awarene of their activity, of their discernment of evil, and of their patient suffering. Their “deeds,” their “har…

And hast borne
Not evil men, nor false apostles, but "burdens", as the Ethiopic version reads, and as the word signi…

These churches were in such different states regarding purity of doctrine and the power of godline that the words of Christ to them will always sui…