Patience In Suffering

James 5:1 - 20 (NASB) CHAPTER 5Misuse of Riches5 1aJames 4:13 Come now, bLuke 6:24; 1 Tim 6:9 you rich, cIs 13:6; 15:3; Ezek 30:2weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. 2aJob 13:28; Is 50:9; Matt 6:19fYour riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. 3Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is aJames 5:7, 8in the last days that you have stored up your treasure! 4Behold, aLev 19:13; Job 24:10f; Jer 22:13; Mal 3:5 the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and bEx 2:23; Deut 24:15; Job 31:38f the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of cRom 9:29; Is 5:9the Lord of [X]I.e. Hosts Sabaoth. 5You have aEzek 16:49; Luke 16:19; 1 Tim 5:6; 2 Pet 2:13 lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have [Y]Lit nourished fattened your hearts in bJer 12:3; 25:34a day of slaughter. 6You have condemned and [Z]Or murdered aJames 4:2 put to death bHeb 10:38; 1 Pet 4:18the righteous man; he does not resist you. Exhortation 7Therefore be patient, aJames 4:11; 5:9, 10 brethren, bJohn 21:22; 1 Thess 2:19 until the coming of the Lord. cGal 6:9 The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until [A]Or he it gets dDeut 11:14; Jer 5:24; Joel 2:23the early and late rains. 8aLuke 21:19 You too be patient; b1 Thess 3:13 strengthen your hearts, for cJohn 21:22; 1 Thess 2:19 the coming of the Lord is dRom 13:11, 12; 1 Pet 4:7near. 9aJames 4:11 Do not [B]Lit groan complain, bJames 5:7, 10 brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, c1 Cor 4:5; James 4:12; 1 Pet 4:5 the Judge is standing [C]Lit before dMatt 24:33; Mark 13:29right at the [D]Lit doors door. 10As an example, aJames 4:11; 5:7, 9 brethren, of suffering and patience, take bMatt 5:12the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11We count those aMatt 5:10; 1 Pet 3:14 blessed who endured. You have heard of bJob 1:21f; 2:10 the [E]Or steadfastness endurance of Job and have seen cJob 42:10, 12 the [F]Lit end of the Lord outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that dEx 34:6; Ps 103:8the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful. 12But above all, aJames 1:16 my brethren, bMatt 5:34-37do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but [G]your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment. 13Is anyone among you aJames 5:10 suffering? bPs 50:15 Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to c1 Cor 14:15; Col 3:16sing praises. 14Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for aActs 11:30 the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, [H]Lit having anointed bMark 6:13; 16:18anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; 15and the aJames 1:6 prayer [I]Lit of offered in faith will [J]Or save b1 Cor 1:21; James 5:20 restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will cJohn 6:39; 2 Cor 4:14raise him up, and if he has committed sins, [K]Lit it they will be forgiven him. 16Therefore, aMatt 3:6; Mark 1:5; Acts 19:18 confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be bHeb 12:13; 1 Pet 2:24 healed. cGen 18:23-32; John 9:31The effective [L]Lit supplication prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. 17Elijah was aActs 14:15 a man with a nature like ours, and b1 Kin 17:1; 18:1 he prayed [M]Lit with prayer earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for cLuke 4:25three years and six months. 18Then he a1 Kin 18:42 prayed again, and b1 Kin 18:45the [N]Lit heaven sky [O]Lit gave poured rain and the earth produced its fruit. 19My brethren, aMatt 18:15; Gal 6:1 if any among you strays from bJames 3:14the truth and one turns him back, 20let him know that [P]Lit he who has turned he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will aRom 11:14; 1 Cor 1:21; James 1:21 save his soul from death and will bProv 10:12; 1 Pet 4:8cover a multitude of sins. James 5:1 - 20 (NASB)