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See also patience

1. bzod pa/ 

   Biblical: patience, perseverance: bzod pa la chos sems/  [add] to perseverance, godliness (2 Pet. 1:6), ngas khyod kyi las rnams dang 'bad rtsol dang bzod pa mkhyen/  I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance (Rev. 2:2).

   Buddhist: see patience.

2. brtan por gnas/ 

   [lit. remain firm]

   Biblical: persevere: khyed tshos sdug bsngal dang 'tshe ba mtha' dag myong yang /,,bzod cing dad pa la brtan por gnas pas/  your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring (2 Thes. 1:4).

3. sgug pa/ 

   Biblical: [lit. to wait] perseverance: dkon mchog la chags pa dang ma shi ka'i phyir sgug pa/  God's love and Christ's perseverance (2 Thes. 3:5).

Related Terms: 1) theg pa/  [lit. tolerate, bear] persevere, endure: nyams sad pa theg pa'i mi/  the man who perseveres under trial (Jas. 1:12); 2) sran pa/  p. bsran/  to tolerate, bear: sdug sran byed pa rnams/  those who have persevered (Jas. 5:11); 3) 'gyur med/  unchanging (KTM); 4) g.yo ba med pa/  unwavering (KTM); 5) brtson 'grus/  [lit. effort] perseverance: brtson 'grul kyi pha rol tu phyin pa/  the perfection of perseverance (KBT 65), dam tshig sems dang brtson 'grus snying nas dgos/  you must have commitment and perseverance from the heart (KPU 9); 6) sdug rus byed pa/  to bear afflictions, suffer (KTM).