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James 5

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Come now, you who are rich , weep and wail over the misery to come upon you .
Go, now, ye rich ! weep , howling over your miseries that are coming upon ` you ';
Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
your riches have rotted , and your garments have become moth- eaten ;
Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days .
your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you , and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days !
Look , the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you . The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
lo , the reward of the workmen , of those who in-gathered your fields , which hath been fraudulently kept back by you -- doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter .
ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts , as in a day of slaughter ;
You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
ye did condemn -- ye did murder the righteous one , he doth not resist you.
Be patient, then, brothers , until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
Be patient, then, brethren , till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain -- early and latter;
You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
be patient , ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;
Do not complain about one another, brothers , so that you will not be judged. Look , the Judge is standing at the door !
murmur not against one another, brethren , that ye may not be condemned; lo , the Judge before the door hath stood.
Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction , take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord .
An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord ;
See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord . The Lord is full of compassion and mercy .
lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of , and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord , and pitying .
Above all, my brothers , do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath . Simply let your Yes be yes, and your No, no , so that you will not fall under judgment.
And before all things , my brethren , do not swear, neither by the heaven , neither by the earth , neither by any other oath , and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No ; that under judgment ye may not fall .
Is any one of you suffering ? He should pray . Is anyone cheerful ? He should sing praises.
Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray ; is any of good cheer ? let him sing psalms;
Is any one of you sick ? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord .
is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him , having anointed him with oil , in the name of the Lord ,
And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up . If he has sinned , he will be forgiven.
and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one , and the Lord shall raise him up , and if sins he may have committed , they shall be forgiven to him .
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed . The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed ; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man ;
Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years .
Elijah was a man like affected as we, and with prayer he did pray -- not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land three years and six months;
Again he prayed , and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops .
and again he did pray , and the heaven did give rain, and the land did bring forth her fruit .
My brothers , if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
Brethren , if any among you may go astray from the truth , and any one may turn him back,
consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death , and shall cover a multitude of sins.

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