In your patience, possess ye your souls.
] By patiently bearing all afflictions, reproaches, indignities,
and persecutions, enjoy yourselves; let nothing disturb or
distress you; possess that peace and joy in your souls, which the
world cannot take away; see ( Romans
5:3-5 ) . The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic
versions read, "ye shall possess": and the sense may be this; by
patient continuance, or by perseverance in the ways of God, and
the truths of Christ unto the end, ye shall be saved; shall find
your lives, and enjoy your souls, as in ( Matthew
10:22 ) ( 24:13 ) .