Love Is Patient

I Corinthians 13: 4aCharity suffereth long, … (KJV)Love is patient,… (NIV)Love does not give up,… (NLV)

• What Does Longsuffering Mean?– In Greek makrothumia and hupomeno• Makrothumia means long temper relating to

people and love• Hupemeno means long temper relating to

circumstances and hope

– Agape love: a selfless , self-sacrificing love• A choice of the will, not based on emotions

or senses

– Longsuffering or patience means slow to wrath

• One Aspect of Fruit of the Holy Spirit– Gal. 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is

love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. (ESV)

– Because of love, there is peace, joy, and patience

– Opposite of patience is impatience– Impatience causes quick temper, rudeness,

meanness, and lack of self control

• God is slow to wrath; patient – Romans 2:4 Or do you think lightly of

the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? (NASB)

– II Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. (NIV)

– Example of Nineveh during Jonah’s time• Jonah 3:4 On the day Jonah entered the city,

he shouted to the crowds: “Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!”• 3:10 When God saw what they had done

and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened. (NLT)

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– Example of Jesus• Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive

them; for they know not what they do. …

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• We should be slow to wrath, or patient– James 1:19 My dear brothers and

sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, (NIV)

– Proverbs 14:29 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

– Ephesians 4:2 With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, (NKJV)

– I Peter 4:8 Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. (NASB)

• Love is patient in marriage, work, relationships, church, circumstances

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