James 5:8

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

In Context

7Be 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.

9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest be ye condemned: lo! the judge standeth at the gates.

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Cross References

Romans 13:11And thus do, knowing the time; for the hour is come that we should awake from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

Philippians 4:5Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

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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