James 5:7
Be patient, then, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold the farmer who waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it gets the early and the latter rains.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous man unresisting!
8So you also must be patient. Stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand!
Cross References
Matthew 24:44"Therefore you also must be ready, for in an hour when you do not expect him, the Son of man is coming.
Luke 18:8"I tell you that he will quickly see justice done to his elect! Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith upon the earth?"
Romans 2:7eternal life to those who by patience in well-doing strive for glory and honor and immortality;
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 →