James 5:7
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, in patient expectation for it, till it receives the former and the latter rain.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6Ye have falsely condemned, ye have murdered the just man; nor doth he resist you.
8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Cross References
Matthew 24:44Therefore be ye also prepared: for in an hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh.
Luke 18:8Yes, I tell you, that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, ah! shall he find faith on the earth?
Romans 2:7to those who, in the patient practice of good works, seek glory and honour 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 →