3 Now therefore, my children, in patience and meekness spend the number of your days, that you inherit endless life. (2EN) 4 Endure for the sake of the Lord every wound, every injury, every evil word and attack. (2EN) 5 If ill-requitals befall you, return them not either to neighbour or enemy, because the Lord will return them for you and be your avenger on the day of great judgement, that there be no avenging here among men. (2EN)
2 Enoch 50:3–5
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2 Enoch 51:3–5
3 Help the faithful man in affliction, and affliction will not find you in the time of your trouble. (2EN) 4 And every grievous and cruel yoke that come upon you bear all for the sake of the Lord, and thus you will find your reward in the day of judgement. (2EN) 5 It is good to… (2EN)
Testament of Zebulun 2:2–4
2 For all this thing's sake the Lord blessed me, and when all my brethren were sick, I escaped without sickness, for the Lord knoweth the purposes of each. (T12) 3 Have, therefore, compassion in your hearts, my children, because even as a man doeth to his neighbour, eve… (T12)
Baruch 4:24–26
24 For as now those who dwell near Zion have seen your captivity, so they will shortly see your salvation from our God which will come upon you with great glory and brightness of the Everlasting. (WEB) 25 My children, suffer patiently the wrath that has come upon you from… (WEB)
1 Peter 4:18–19
18 And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?” 19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
1 Peter 3:8–10
8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble. 9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 10 For, “Whoever would lov…
Testament of Dan 2:20–22
20 And His name shall be in every place in Israel, and among the Gentiles. (T12) 21 Keep, therefore, yourselves, my children, from every evil work, and cast away wrath and all lying, and love truth and long-suffering. (T12) 22 And the things which ye have heard from your father, do… (T12)
2 Enoch 66:6–8
6 For the Lord created all things. Bow not down to things made by man, leaving the Lord of all creation, because no work can remain hidden before the Lord's face. (2EN) 7 Walk, my children, in longsuffering, in meekness, honesty, in provocation, in grief, in faith and i… (2EN)
Mandates 33:1–2
1 "Be thou long-suffering and understanding," he saith, "and thou shalt have the mastery over all evil deeds, and shalt work all righteousness. (HER) 2 For if thou art long-suffering, the Holy Spirit that abideth in thee shall be pure, not being darkened by another evil… (HER)
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