Your forbearance (το επιεικες υμων). "Your gentleness," "your sweet reasonableness" (Matthew Arnold), "your moderation." Old adjective (επι, εικος) as in James 3:17; 1. Timothy 3:3. Article and neuter singular here= η επιεικεια (Acts 24:4; 2. Corinthians 10:1) like to χρηστον in Romans 2:4.

The Lord is at hand (ο κυριος εγγυς). "The Apostle's watchword" (Lightfoot), as in 1. Corinthians 16:22 (Μαραν αθα, Aramaic equivalent, Our Lord cometh). Unless, indeed, εγγυς here means near in space instead of

nigh in time.