The gospel in words: 'Patience'
Editor's note: This is a repeat of an earlier column.
"Seek the face of the Lord always, that in patience ye may possess your souls." (Doctrine and Covenants 101:38)
The word "patience" comes from the root to hurt; hence, to suffer. The word "passion" comes from the same root, which originally also meant suffering, as in the Passion of Christ. This is also the same root as a patient who suffers passively and hopes to obtain compassion (suffering with).
Another root of the word "patience" is "almost." In the Origins of English Words by Joseph T. Shipley, we learn that "to the primitives, any damage short of death was 'almost'; hence this root was extended to mean suffer, endure, be patient.
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