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ForbearanceForbearance
Forbearance: “1) to hold up 2) to hold one’s self erect and firm 3) to sustain, to bear, to endure” (Thayer)
Put up with (2 Cor 11:19, 20)
LongsufferingLongsuffering
ForbearanceForbearance
Does not hastily retaliate to avenge wrongdoing
The patient endurance that characterizes our treatment of others whether or not wrong has occurred
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Forbearance: Patience and Endurance “Bearing patiently with the foibles, faults and infirmities of others” (Barnes on Eph 4:2)
Holding up against pressures that test faith
Surrendering self for the spiritual welfare of others requires the ability to be patient with others
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Not approval or accommodation of sin, Rom 3:25; 2:4
Tolerating false teachers rebuked, 2 Cor 11:4, 16-20
Forbearance prepares heart to forgive, Col 3:13
Forbearance will not put up with bitterness of spirit, Eph 5:31 4
Treats sinners in a way that they may come to repentance, Rom 2:4
“A suspense of wrath which must eventually be exercised” (Vine); 2 Pet 3:9-10God’s forbearance, Isa 30:18
Israel, Psa 78:34-39All sinners, Acts 17:30
A limit, Gen 6:3; Psa 78:56-64; Acts 17:31
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Not deterred by opposition, 1 Pet 2:19- 20; 4:12-16How can we be forbearing in the face of trials?
Commit our souls to God, 1 Pet 4:19; 5:7Focus on our hope of eternal glory, 1 Pet 5:10
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Uphold those weak in personal faith, 1 Pet 2:1-3
Giving them a chance to grow and become strong Heb 12:12
Bear with the weak in conscience, Rom 15:1; 14:5
Do not force opinionsRespect their conscience, 1 Cor 8:7-13
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Bear with it, 2 Tim 4:3 (Rev 2:2)
Agree to it without demanding our desires
Bear with the word of exhortation, Heb 13:21-22
By accepting and obeying it
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Requires an unselfish heart that endures the moment, 1 Cor 13:7
Parents and childrenElders and membersChristians, Eph 4:2-3
Requires expenditure of time and therefore, is patient, Psa 78:37-39 (1 Jno 4:10-11)
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