“bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.”
The Greek word for 'bearing with' is anechomenoi — from anecho, to hold oneself up against, to endure without breaking. It is not passive tolerance. It is the active work of choosing to remain in a difficult relationship without being destroyed by it.
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