6. “ Hast borne, hast patience, hast labored . . . hast not fainted” --2:3. Here is the sphere of tolerance, what to bear and what not to bear. Infirmities and weaknesses can be shared with tolerance, but never to the point of condoning false doctrine, or of upholding false teachers. Of that class Paul said, in Galatians 2:5 : “ To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.” In verse 6, they were commended for hating something; some graces had decayed, as in verses 5 and 6, but the hatred of evil had remained, and was extolled.