KJV:
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
NASB:
so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
KJV:
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
NASB:
As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
KJV:
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
NASB:
who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.
KJV:
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
NASB:
and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,