12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Obedience and Disobedience
• Suffering and Perseverance

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 13:7 — Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
• 1Cor 16:13 — Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
• 1Pet 1:13 — Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
• 1Pet 1:13 — Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
• 1Pet 4:7 — But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
• 1Thess 5:6 — Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
• 1Thess 5:6 — Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
• 1Tim 4:12 — Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
• 1Tim 4:15 — Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
• 2Tim 1:8 — Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
• 2Tim 1:8 — Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
• 2Tim 2:3 — Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
• 2Tim 2:3 — Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
• 2Tim 2:10 — Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
• 2Tim 3:10 — But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
• Acts 20:30 — Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
• Acts 20:31 — Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
• Acts 21:8 — And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
• Acts 21:8 — And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
• Col 4:17 — And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
• Eph 4:11 — And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
• Eph 4:11 — And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
• Ezek 3:17 — Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
• Heb 13:17 — Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable
• Luke 10:2 — Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
• Luke 12:37 — Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
• Luke 21:36 — Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
• Mark 13:37 — And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
• Matt 25:13 — Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
• Matt 25:16 — Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
• Ps 27:14 — Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
• Rev 3:2 — Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.