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James 5:10
Take, my brethren, the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord for an example of suffering affliction and of patience.
Take, my brethren, the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord for an example of suffering affliction and of patience.
Verse 10. _TAKE - THE PROPHETS_] The prophets who had spoken to their forefathers by the authority of God, were persecuted by the very people to whom they delivered the Divine message; but they suffer...
TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS - That is, in your trials and persecutions. To encourage them to the exercise of patience, he points them to the example of those who had trod the same thorny path befo...
V. THE COMING OF THE LORD AND THE LIFE OF FAITH CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The oppression by the rich and their coming doom (James 5:1)_ 2. Be patient unto the coming of the Lord (James 5:7) 3. The prayers of...
Patience in James 5:7; James 5:10 is different from endurance in n, Hebrews 12:1 f.; it is the opposite of short-temperedness or impatience. The farmer does his work and then can only wait for a harve...
Brothers, take as an example of patience in hardship the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Look you, we count those who endure blessed. You have heard of Job's steadfast endurance and you ha...
THE WORTHLESSNESS OF RICHES (James 5:1-3)...
THE PROPHETS. i.e. the O.T. prophets. App-189. HAVE SPOKEN. spoke. App-121. FOR. as. EXAMPLE. See John 13:15. SUFFERING AFFLICTION. Greek. _kakopatheia._ Only here. Compare James 5:13. PATIENCE. A...
_Take, my brethren, the prophets_ Better, as representing the emphatic order of the Greek, AS AN EXAMPLE OF AFFLICTION AND LONG-SUFFERING TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS … The first of the nouns expre...
Comfort and Counsel for the Poor 7. _Be patient therefore_ More literally, BE LONG-SUFFERING. The logical sequence implied in "therefore" is that the "brethren" whom St James addresses should follow t...
ΚΑΚΟΠΑΘΕΊΑΣ, here only in N.T. Comp. _infra_ James 5:13 κακοπαθεῖν, ‘to endure hardship’; and 2 Timothy 2:3; 2 Timothy 2:9; 2 Timothy 4:5....
_RETAIN THE RIGHT ATTITUDE -- JAMES 5:1-11_ Wealth is not wrong within itself. The trouble with riches is in reference to wealth held without regard for the kingdom of God. The worldly rich that are d...
ΎΠΌΔΕΙΓΜΑ (G5262) пример, ΛΆΒΕΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) брать, КАΚΟΠΆΘΕΙΑ (G2552) страдание, трудность, зло. ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΊΑ (G3115) терпение, ΈΛΆΛΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980)...
TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS, &C.— "You may think that your present calamities are great and heavy, and so indeed they are; but your case is not singular; (Lamentations 1:12.) others have suffered...
VICTORY WILL COME, FOR GOD IS REAL _Text 5:10-12_ James 5:10 Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord. 11. Behold, we call them bles...
CHAPTER X _RESIST FIERCELY, BRETHREN!_ James 5:7-12 _Introduction_ After the very vivid account of the vengeance that belongs to God, and the just judgment that will come to their persecutor, James...
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. THE PROPHETS - especially persecuted, therefore especially 'bless...
VERSE 10 TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS. As Jews you know the prophets and their writings. You knew Isaiah and Jeremiah and Elijah, and many others. You know the history of these as the same has been...
5 This passage has puzzled the commentators, and there are many and various explanations offered to solve what seems to be one of the most difficult passages in the Scriptures. A simple explanation, w...
5:10 patience, (a-10) See Note f, ver. 7....
REBUKE AND ENCOURAGEMENT 2. Are corrupted, etc.] prophetic tense, in which the future is spoken of as though it were already come to pass....
WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO JAMES _IAN MACKERVOY_ The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 5 JUDGEMENT OF THE RICH 5:1-6 V1 Now, you rich people, weep and cry aloud. Th...
FOR AN EXAMPLE. — Another reason for endurance, _an example of affliction and patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord._ These are the bright ones in the cloud of witnesses, of whom th...
CHAPTER 24 PATIENCE IN WAITING-THE ENDURANCE OF JOB-THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MENTION OF JOB BY ST. JAMES. James 5:7 "BE patient, therefore, brethren." The storm of indignation is past, and from this...
The section 7 11 is a Christian adaptation of the earlier Jewish conception of the Messianic Era; in place of αἱ ἐσχάται ἡμέραι there is ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Κυρίου, the one a specifically Jewish, the other...
ὑπόδειγμα : _Cf._ Sir 44:16 and especially John 13:15, ὑπόδ. ἔδωκα ὑμῖν … of our Lord. τῆς κακοπαθείας : ἅπ. λεγ. in N.T. _cf._ 4Ma 9:8. It means “endurance” rather than the R.V. “suffering”; this goe...
PATIENTLY AWAIT THE LORD'S COMING James 5:1 There are many among the rich who are using money as a sacred trust. Not against these does the Apostle utter his terrible anathemas, but against those who...
Approaching the conclusion of his letter, the writer addressed a terrible indictment and solemn warning to the rich. He showed the failure of possessions, and how they may become the curse of life. S...
THOSE WHO ENDURE ARE BLESSED The prophets suffered for God. The Greek word for "suffering" which James uses in reference to the prophets is one which designates external pressure (Matthew 23:34; Luke...
(6) Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. (6) Because most men will object, that it is good to repel injur...
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] Exemplum accipite, exitus mali, et laboris, et patientiæ, _Greek: kakopatheias kai makrothumias. There is nothing in the Greek for laboris, which the Latin interpreter may have added t...
Be patient, &c. He now in these five following verses turns his discourse from the rich to the poor, exhorting them to patience till the coming of the Lord to judgment, which draweth near; his coming...
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter ra...
To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
10_Take, my brethren, the prophets_. The comfort which he brings is not that which is according to the common proverb, that the miserable hope for like companions in evils. That they set before them a...
The two classes in Israel are distinctly marked here in contrast with one another, with the addition of the walk which the Christian ought to pursue when chastised by the Lord. The apostle gives the c...
TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS, WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN THE NAME OF THE LORD,.... Men who have been highly honoured of God, with a gift of prophesying, or foretelling things to come; to whom God revealed...
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Ver. 10. _For an example of suffering_] Examples very much affect us...
_Take the prophets_ Once persecuted like you, even for _speaking in the name of the Lord_ The very men that gloried in having the prophets, yet could not bear their message. Nor did either the holines...
Verses 1 Timothy 6 are addressed to rich men, and no doubt specially to those who make some claim of having the knowledge of God. They are bidden to weep and howl for the miseries that will take them,...
How are the prophets an example of suffering and patience? What is a prophet? Are there prophets today? List some suffering of the prophets....
"As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord"."As an example" -a model, pattern, "in. good sense as something that does or should spur one o...
7-11 Consider him that waits for a crop of corn; and will not you wait for a crown of glory? If you should be called to wait longer than the husbandman, is not there something more worth waiting for?...
TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS; as being most eminent among God's people, and leaders of them; he intimates that it is an honour to suffer among the best. WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; by...
James 5:10 My G3450 brethren G80 take G2983 (G5628) prophets G4396 who G3739 spoke G2980 (G5656) name...
‘Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patient endurance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.' That the church at this time were going through heavy trials is clear. While the...
A CALL TO PATIENT ENDURANCE IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD'S COMING (JAMES 5:7). James now turns back to those who are true ‘brothers' and exhorts them to patient endurance, and to watch their tongues, in t...
James 5:10. TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN THE NAME OF THE LORD namely, the Old Testament prophets, the inspired messengers of God. FOR AN EXAMPLE. It is an argument for patience...
James 5:7-20. St. James concludes his Epistle with a variety of admonitions. He first exhorts his readers to patience; they are to exercise forbearance toward their oppressors and trust toward God, be...
FOR AN EXAMPLE (υποδειγμα). Late word for the old παραδειγμα, from υποδεικνυμ, to copy under, to teach (Luke 6:47), here for copy to be imitated as in John 13:15, as a warning (Hebrews 4:11). Here p...
CONTENTS: Warning to the rich. Exhortations in view of Christ's second coming. CHARACTERS: Christ, Job, Elias, James. CONCLUSION: Great amassing of wealth will be a sign of the last days, but woe to...
James 5:1. _Go to now,_ or go now, _ye rich men._ He had taught them humility, because their glory vanished away as the flower of the field: chap. James 1:10. He now calls upon them _to weep and howl_...
REMEMBER THE PROPHETS. Compare Acts 7:51-53 and notes....
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:10 The EXAMPLE of the PROPHETS is that they suffered and died (see Hebrews 11:32) for speaking...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 5:7. Margin, “suffer with long patience.” St. James inculcates a systematic course of action. EARLY AND LATTER RAIN.—_Early_ rain fell from October to February,...
EXPOSITION JAMES 5:1 DENUNCIATION OF THE RICH FOR (1) GRINDING DOWN THE POOR AND KEEPING BACK THEIR WAGES;...
Now in chapter five he takes on the rich. So this doesn't apply to many of us. Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, your garment...
1 Thessalonians 2:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Acts 3:21;...
Example [υ π ο δ ε ι γ μ α]. See on 2 Peter 2:6. Of suffering affliction [κ α κ ο π α θ ε ι α ς]. Only here in New Testament. The word does not mean the endurance of affliction, but affliction itself...
Take the prophets for an example — Once persecuted like you, even for speaking in the name of the Lord. The very men that gloried in having prophets yet could not bear their message: nor did either th...
Here the apostle exhorts suffering Christians to patience, by the example of the Old Testament saints, who were exceeding dear to God, employed in special services for God, yet exercised with long and...