Luke 21:19
17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.
18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
In your patience possess ye your souls.
20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
21 Then let them which are in Judæa flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.
- KJV
- In your patience possess ye your souls.
- WEB
- “By your endurance you will win your lives.
- ASV
- In your patience ye shall win your souls.
- DARBY
- By your patient endurance gain your souls.
- BLB
- By your⁺ perseverance you⁺ will gain your⁺ souls.
- ÅB
- Vær tålmodige, så skal dere vinne deres sjeler!
- OTB
- Ved å holde ut skal dere vinne deres sjeler.
- B1930
- Vær tålmodige, så skal I vinne eders sjeler!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 10:36
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Read in contextMatthew 10:22
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Read in contextJames 1:3
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Read in contextRomans 5:3
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Read in contextRevelation 3:10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Read in contextRomans 2:7
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
Read in contextRevelation 13:10
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Read in contextPsalms 37:7
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
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