James 5:9

Do not cry out in condemnation of one another, brethren, lest you come under judgement. I tell you that the Judge is standing at the door.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

In Context

8So you also must be patient: keeping up your courage; for the Coming of the Lord is now close at hand.

10In illustration, brethren, of persecution patiently endured take the Prophets who have spoken as messengers from the Lord.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:1"Judge not, that you may not be judged;

Mark 6:19Therefore Herodias hated him and wished to take his life, but could not;

1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore form no premature judgements, but wait until the Lord returns. He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man deserves will come to him from God.

2 Corinthians 9:7Let each contribute what he has decided upon in his own mind, and not do it reluctantly or under compulsion. "It is a cheerful giver that God loves."

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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