I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary.

Commentaries

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Thou hast (εχεις). Continued possession of patience.

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

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

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

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

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

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

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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

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