Believers are called to endure—
1. Hardness. As good soldiers. "Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ" (2Ti 2:3).
2. Affliction. As workers. "Endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist" (2Ti 4:5).
3. Chastening. As children. "If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons" (Hbr 12:7).
4. Grief. As Christians. "For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief" (1Pe 2:19).
5. Contradiction. Partners with Christ. "Consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself" (Hbr 12:3).
6. Temptation. Tried ones. "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation" (Jam 1:12).
7. All things. Elect's sake. "Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake" (2Ti 2:10).