This is a word study from the Bible to see what it really means to endure. There are seven different areas in which God wants us to endure:

1. IN PERSECUTIONS, TRIBULATIONS AND AFFLICTIONS.

1 Corinthians 4:12b. Paul says, "Being persecuted, we suffer (endure) it."

2 Timothy 2:12, "If we suffer (endure – that is, remain under persecutions in faith and patience), we shall also reign with Him."

James 1:12, "Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him."

The NIV and NAS translate it, "perseveres under trial."
Wuest translates it, "remains steadfast under trial."

2. IN ALL THINGS.

2 Timothy 2:10. "I endure all things for the elects' sake…"

1 Corinthians 13:7. "Love…endures all things."

There doesn't seem to be a loophole does there? We are exhorted to endure in all things and in all situations.

3. TO THE END.

Matthew 10:22, "Ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved." (hupomeno) (Matthew 24:13; Mark 13:13.) cf. Mark 4:17.

We mustn't give up half way through our trial. We must remain under with faith and hope until God's moment of deliverance. God's deliverance will always come. It doesn't always come when we want it to. But as we remain under the trial, trusting God, putting our hope in Him, our faith is purified and strengthened and we learn to trust God in a much deeper way. It is in this times that we truly find that God is faithful. He is our Rock. He is our Fortress. He is our Buckler. And He will never forsake us even in the trial.

4. TO ONE ANOTHER.

1 Corinthians 13:4. "Love suffers (or endures) long."

Colossians 3:12-14. "Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering: forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye."

1 Thessalonians 5:14. "Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men."

James 5:7,8. "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draws nigh."

5. IN CHASTENING.

Hebrews 12:7. "If ye endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not?"

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