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One could overlook the deeper dimension of the Greek word translated as "patience" in verse 11. The Greek word hupomene, William Barclay tells us, means not just bearing things, but it is "the ability to deal triumphantly with anything that life can do to us."
If we understand that, we have a different meaning of success. B. C. Forbes wrote, "The man (we don't have to restrict this to males) who has done his level best, and who is conscious that he has done his best, is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure."
If we understand that, we have a different meaning of success. B. C. Forbes wrote, "The man (we don't have to restrict this to males) who has done his level best, and who is conscious that he has done his best, is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure."
