James 5:7
Wait patiently therefore, my brethren, till the coming of the Lord: behold the husbandman expecteth the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it, till he receive the former and the latter rain.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
6Ye have condemned, ye have murdered the just one, who resisted you not.
8Be ye also patient, establish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is near.
Cross References
Matthew 24:44for the Son of man cometh at a time that ye think not of.
Luke 18:8I tell you, He will avenge them speedily. And yet when the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith in the land?
Romans 2:7to them, who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, and honor, 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 →