well to me patience is like
"waiting around in the queue all day tested his patience"
but endurance is like
"he was amazed he could even endure under such incredible pressure"
ie. patience is more passive
endurance is more Christlike
check these verses
KJV says
Rom 5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Rom 5:4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Rom 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Rotherhams has
Rom 5:3 And, not only so, but let us boast also in our tribulations; knowing that, our tribulation, worketh out endurance.
Rom 5:4 And, our endurance, a testing, and, our testing, hope,
Rom 5:5 And, our hope, putteth not to shame. Because, the love of God, hath been poured out in our hearts, through the Holy Spirit that hath been given unto us:
read the 31 verses where KJV has patience for hupomone 5281 and then substitute the more accurate endurance, it's incredible!
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another example
KJV has
Rev 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Youngs has
Rev 3:10 `Because thou didst keep the word of my endurance, I also will keep thee from the hour of the trial that is about to come upon all the world, to try those dwelling upon the earth.