James 5:7

BUT you, my brethren, prolong your spirit until the coming of the Lord; as the husbandman who expecteth the precious fruits of his lands, and prolongeth his spirit for them, until he receive the rain the early and the latter;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6You have condemned and have killed the just, and he hath not resisted you.

8so also you, prolong your spirit, and your hearts confirm; for the coming of our Lord draweth nigh.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:44Wherefore be ye also prepared, because in the hour that ye expect not shall come the Son of man.

Luke 18:8I tell you he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man shall come, will he find faith upon the earth?

Romans 2:7To them who seek, in perseverance of good works, glory and honour and incorruption, he giveth 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 →

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