36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.



Ver. 36. For ye have need of patience] Whereas they might object, But where is this recompense you tell us of? Oh, saith he, you have need of patience to wait God’s time of recompense. Good men find it oft more easy to bear evil than to wait till the promised good be enjoyed. The spoiling of their goods required patience, but this more than ordinary.



That after ye have done the will of God] viz. By suffering it, and longsuffering, till he reward it.