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1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall
come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a
witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye
have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your
fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of
them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of
sabaoth.
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have
nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.
Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth,
and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter
rain.
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the
Lord draweth nigh.
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned:
behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of
the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the
patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is
very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven,
neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be
yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him
sing psalms.
14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church;
and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of
the Lord:
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall
raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven
him.
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,
that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous
man availeth much.
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by
the space of three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth
brought forth her fruit.
19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert
him;
20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error
of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude
of sins.1
References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. Matthew Henry Bible Commentary - http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/james/mh/james5.htm
3. John Gill's Exposition of the Bible - http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/james/gill/jamesintro.htm
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Overview of James 5 |
In this
chapter the apostle denounces the judgments
of God upon those rich men who oppress the
poor, showing them how great their sin and
folly are in the sight of God, and how
grievous the punishments would be which
should fall upon themselves (v. 1-6).
 Hereupon, all the faithful are exhorted to
patience under their trials and sufferings
(v. 7-11).
The sin of swearing is cautioned
against (v. 12).
We are directed how to act,
both under affliction and in prosperity (v.
13).
Prayer for the sick, and anointing with
oil, are prescribed (v. 14, 15).
Christians
are directed to acknowledge their faults one
to another, and to pray one for another, and
the efficacy of prayer is proved (v. 16-18).
And, lastly, it is recommended to us to do
what we can for bringing back those that
stray from the ways of truth.2
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Which James? |
The author of the Book of
James is James;
and whereas there were two of this name, who
were the apostles of Christ; neither the
time, nor occasion, nor matter of this epistle, seem to
agree with James the son of Zebedee, for he was put to death by Herod, about
the year 44,
Acts 12:1, whereas this epistle was written, as some
think, about the year 60, or as others, 63; and it seems
pretty manifest that it must be written after the Gospel
had been spread in the Gentile world, and was received
by the Jews, who were scattered abroad in it; and after
many hypocrites had crept into the churches, and many
false teachers, and vain boasters, and wicked men, had
arisen among them: it seems therefore more agreeable to
ascribe this epistle to James, the son of Alphaeus,
sometimes called the brother of our Lord.3
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Epistle called General |
This epistle
is called "general," because not written to
any particular person, as the epistles to
Timothy, Titus, and Philemon are; nor to any
particular churches, as the epistles to the
Romans, Corinthians, &c. but to the
believing Jews in general, wherever they
were.3
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