James 5:7
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, till it shall have received the early and latter rain.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
6Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just; he does not resist you.
8Be ye also patient; establish your hearts, because the coming of the Lord draws nigh.
Cross References
Matthew 24:44Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man comes.
Luke 18:8I say to you, that he will avenge them speedily. But yet, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on the earth?
Romans 2:7to those who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;
Matthew Henry on James 5:2-12
Warnings to the Rich; Motives to Patience under Affliction. ( a. d. 61.) 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… Read the whole commentary →