ENDURANCE
(See also Faithfulness; Integrity; Patience; Perseverance)
assisting others:
video Pray Intensely for Those Enduring Trials: mwb24.11 11
avoiding being stumbled: w90 4/15 26-28
‘bearing fruit with’ (Lu 8:15): w18.05 12-16; w08 6/15 14-15; w03 2/1 21; yb90 254-255; km 8/90 3-4
benefits: scl 42; w07 8/15 28-31; w98 8/15 30; g97 2/8 21
training: w93 10/1 24-25
Bible examples: w05 8/1 27
Abraham: w07 6/1 27; w01 8/15 25-29; w99 1/1 9-11; w91 11/1 11
angels: w25.05 6
cherubs outside Eden: w16.04 16-17
Elijah: ijwia article 1
Jehovah: w21.07 8-13; w21.12 15; w91 11/1 9-10; w90 1/1 18-19
Jehovah’s love: w25.10 12-17
Jesus Christ: cf 66-75; mwb18.06 2; w93 9/15 13-14; w91 11/1 8-10, 13-14; w89 12/15 13
Job: w16.04 16; w11 1/15 29; w06 2/1 20-21; w06 8/15 20-29; w94 11/15 10-20; w93 9/15 12-13; si 100
Paul: w16.04 16-17; w91 11/1 10
contributing factors: scl 41-42; w16.04 14-15; w15 6/15 30-31; w08 3/15 14-16; w06 8/15 22-24, 27-28; w95 12/1 14-19; w91 11/1 12-18; om 166-167
answered prayers: w18.05 21
discerning real issues: w16.04 15; w06 8/15 26-27; w04 8/15 16; yb02 203-204
faith: w11 9/15 24; w03 1/15 20
fellow believers: w25.08 5-6
focusing on rewards: w16.04 15
friendship with Jesus: w18.05 21
God’s Word: w25.08 4-5; w08 3/15 15-16; w88 2/15 17; w86 2/1 19-20
hope: w25.08 6-7; w23.12 11-12; w22.10 25; w93 9/15 12-13; w91 11/1 14-15
Jehovah ‘makes the way out’ (1Co 10:13): w17.02 30
long-suffering: w01 11/1 16
love: w01 1/1 10; w99 2/15 21-22; w99 12/15 28; g96 10/8 26-27
others who have endured: w16.04 15-17
peace: w18.05 20-21
prayer: w25.08 2-4; mwb24.09 5; cf 72-73
preaching work: km 6/05 1
spiritual vision: rr 36; w96 2/15 27-29
tribulation: w23.12 11
cultivating: scl 23; od 171-175; w02 7/1 30; om 164-167
despite—
depression: g87 10/22 15
difficulties: od 175-177; rk 28-29; yb08 4-5; w07 7/15 27-31; km 7/07 1-2; km 2/00 4-5; w99 1/1 9-11
emotional storms: g96 10/8 26-27
family opposition: scl 40; w21.03 21-22; lff lesson 59; w95 10/1 8-11
humbling experiences: w89 6/15 25-27
old age: w19.08 5-6
persecution: scl 41; w22.05 5-6; bt 60-61; lff lesson 59; w11 1/15 26-27; jr 84-85; re 38-41; w03 3/1 6-7; w03 5/1 18-19; w03 10/1 14-19; yb02 3-5; w98 5/15 17-18; rs 118-119
postponed expectations: w19.08 4-5
prolonged illness: wp18.1 12; w07 7/15 27-28; w86 2/1 20
suffering: w07 6/1 11; w87 2/15 22-25; g87 10/8 8-9; w86 3/1 17-19
trials: w25.10 12-13; w24.06 21-22; mwb24.03 4; mwb23.01 9; w22.08 11-13; w22.11 8-13; w21.11 22-23; w19.08 6; mwb19.02 8; w17.02 30
tribulation: ijwbv article 30; it-2 1126; w01 5/1 14
discussion: scl 40-42; it-1 724-725; w16.04 13-17; w99 10/1 17-21; w93 9/15 9-14; w91 11/1 8-18; om 161-170
elders: w23.06 6-7
encouragement to endure: ijwyp article 113; scl 23; w21.07 8-10, 12-13; od 175-178; w15 5/15 18; w09 3/15 10; yb08 4-5; w07 7/15 27-31; yb02 3-5; w00 11/15 20; si 246, 250
“do righteousness still” (Re 22:11): re 314-315
James’ counsel: od 172-174; w16.04 17; w09 3/15 10; w05 8/1 25; w02 9/1 31; w97 11/15 8-11; si 250-251
Jehovah’s appreciation: cl 243-244
Jesus’ counsel: w03 2/1 8-13
Jesus’ illustration of the ten virgins (Mt 25): w24.09 21-22, 24-25
Paul’s counsel: w24.09 12-13; w23.08 26-31; w99 10/1 17-21
Peter’s counsel: it-2 622-623
examples: w03 2/1 10; yb90 254-255
alpine trees: w01 7/1 22-23
butterflies: w96 5/15 32
comment on help from Jehovah’s spirit: w88 2/15 18
comment on value of hope: w25.08 6-7; w22.10 25
despite beatings: w88 2/15 17-18; w88 5/15 20
despite beatings by family: w92 7/15 26-27
despite beatings by grandfather: yb09 238
despite expectations: w19.08 4-5
despite hardship and ridicule: w22.11 18-19
despite home being searched and later court trials: w25.08 5-6
despite miserable prisons: yb02 198, 202; w89 3/1 18
despite prison and beatings: yb01 85-86
despite prison at husband’s hand: yb92 194
in concentration camps: w06 8/15 25, 29
interested man imprisoned: yb92 178
live-forever plant: w96 4/1 32
missionary for 42 years: w90 12/15 23
pioneer couple in their 80’s: w18.05 12-13, 16
prison cell teeming with bedbugs: yb08 98
remnant: w91 11/1 10-11
royal poinciana (lagani auna) tree: w06 2/1 32
sees husband killed, flees with children: yb01 146
under totalitarian regimes: w07 9/1 8-12
Witness confined to wheelchair: w86 2/1 17
experiences:
compromiser encourages youth to stay faithful: w93 12/15 13
respect gained under ban: yb92 64
workmate’s harassment: yb01 60
field ministry: w18.05 12-21; w09 3/15 29-31; km 12/08 1; km 8/00 1; w91 11/1 16-18; w90 7/15 18-20; om 169; w88 7/15 13-16; w87 3/15 23
Greek words: cf 67; it-1 724; w96 4/1 32; w93 9/15 9; w91 11/1 9
how Jehovah helps: w25.08 2-7; mwb24.03 4; mwb24.11 11; w23.01 14-19; w23.05 10-11; mwb23.01 9; w22.11 8-13
in race for life: w23.08 26-31; w20.04 29-31; w13 3/15 7; w11 9/15 16-24; w01 1/1 29-30; w99 10/1 17-21; w98 1/1 6-11; w91 11/1 13-18; w86 1/15 15-20
love “bears all things” (1Co 13:7): cl 303-304
love “endures all things” (1Co 13:7): cl 305; it-2 278; w09 12/15 27-28; w99 2/15 21-22; w93 10/15 22
maintaining: mwb19.02 8; it-1 724-725
meaning of term: w25.08 2; cf 67; od 171; w16.04 14; w99 10/1 17; w93 9/15 9
need for: w24.09 12-13; scl 40; it-1 724; w16.04 13-14; w15 6/15 30; w03 2/1 8; w02 7/15 10-11; w00 6/1 15-16; w90 1/1 18-19, 25-27; yb90 254; om 165; w88 10/15 18; w86 2/1 16-17
not giving up: ijwbv article 56; scl 41-42; w21.10 24-28; w19.08 2-7; mwb19.05 2; w05 6/1 29-30; w04 2/15 29-30; w01 8/15 25-29; w95 12/1 9-19
pursuing (1Ti 6:11): w08 6/15 14-15
requirement for salvation: w89 9/15 7
rewards of: km 8/04 1; w91 11/1 15; w90 1/1 19; yb90 254-255; w88 10/15 20
Source: bt 221, 223; w05 8/15 17-18
strengthening one’s: w23.07 3-4
walking in the truth: w90 9/1 29-31
with joy: w95 12/15 17-18