Hupomone

James 1:3-4, “Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience. But let patience have its perfect, complete, work that you might be perfect, complete, lacking nothing.”

Patience perfects Christian character, and fellowship in the patience of Christ is, therefore, the condition upon which believers are to be admitted to reign with Him (see 2 Tim. 2:12; Rev. 1:9).

For this patience, believers are “strengthened with all power” (Col. 1:9), through His Spirit in the inward man (see Eph. 3:16). In 2 Thes. 3:5, it is “the patient waiting for Christ”. In Rev. 3:10, it is “the Word of His patience”, the Word which tells of Christ's patience, and its effect in producing “patience” on the part of those that are His (2 Thes. 3:5).

A synonym to patience is hupomone, which is “the temper which does not easily succumb under suffering.” Another synonym for patience is makrothumia, which is "the self-restraint which does not hastily retaliate a wrong.”

Hupomone is opposed to cowardice or despondency, while makrothumia is opposed to wrath and revenge.

Hupomone means “to stay in place”, and figuratively means to “to remain in a sphere”, “to stand against opposition”, “to hold out”, “to hold fast”, “to stay still”, “to remain”, “to endure”, “to stay in force.”