so “endurance,” the next virtue in Peter’s list, helps us to handle the latter. Endurance is the ability to “bear up under” (the Greek word, hypomone, comes from two Greek words, “under” and “remain”). The New Testament frequently uses this word to describe the Christian’s ability to remain steadfast in his or her faith in times of trial (see Rom. 5:3–4; 2 Cor. 1:6; 6:4; 2 Thess. 1:4; James 1:3–4; 5:11; 1 Peter 1:6). We are not surprised, then, to find the word in Revelation, as in 13:10: “This calls
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