let our forbearance known to all men

Let your forbearance be known to all men. The Lord is near. Phil. 4:5

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Phil. 1:21

Forbearance is reasonableness, considerateness, and consideration in dealing with others, without being strict in claiming ones legal rights; forbearance means that we are easily satisfied, even with less than our due. Forbearance includes love, patience, kindness, humility, compassion, considerateness, and submissiveness, a willingness to yield; if we have such an all-inclusive virtue, we will also have righteousness and holiness. 2025 Summer Training, outline 1

Lord Jesus, we love You and we love Your presence! Thank You for being so near and so dear to us! Live in us today a life of forbearance! Amen!

We believers in Christ have Him living in us, and we need to live a life of forbearance, even let our forbearance be known to all men, for the Lord is near. When we live Christ, when Christ lives in us, we spontaneously live a life of forbearance.

Oh Lord, we exercise our spirit to live one with You today! Live in us as our forbearance! Amen, Lord, You are in us and You live in us! We open to You and we let You live in us today!

Paul realized that forbearance is an all-inclusive virtue. This is the reason he says, “Let your forbearance be known to all men” [Phil. 4:5]. This forbearance is actually Christ Himself. In 1:21 Paul says, “To me, to live is Christ.” Since Christ is forbearance, for Paul to live was forbearance. Paul’s earnest expectation was that Christ would be magnified in him, whether through life or through death. For Paul to magnify Christ was for him to make known his forbearance. Thus, for Christ to be magnified in us is equal to making our forbearance known to all men. The reason for this is that forbearance is Christ experienced by us in a practical way. We may speak of living Christ and testify that for us, to live is Christ. However, day by day in our life at home, what we need is forbearance. If we have forbearance, then in our experience we truly have Christ. Life-study of Philippians, pp. 480–481, by Witness Lee

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