Wesley's Explanatory Notes
James 5:7
The husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit — Which will recompense his labour and patience. Till he receives the former rain — Immediately after sowing. And the latter — Before the harvest.
The husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit — Which will recompense his labour and patience. Till he receives the former rain — Immediately after sowing. And the latter — Before the harvest.
JAMES 5:7 la,bh| {B} Since the reading la,bh| pro,i?mon kai. o;yimon, which is strongly supported by representatives of both the Alexandrian and the Western types of text (î74 B 048 1739 vg copsa), w...
Verse 7. _BE PATIENT, THEREFORE_] Because God is coming to execute judgment on this wicked people, therefore be patient till he comes. He seems here to refer to the coming of the Lord to execute judgm...
BE PATIENT THEREFORE, BRETHREN - That is, under such wrongs as the apostle had described in the previous verses. Those whom he addressed were doubtless suffering under those oppressions, and his objec...
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. have patience until the coming of the Lord. Look you, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, patiently waiting for it until it receives the early and the late rains. So do you...
THE WORTHLESSNESS OF RICHES (James 5:1-3)...
UNTO, UNTIL Same Greek. word, _heos._ COMING. Greek. _parousia._ First occurance: Matthew 24:3. HATH LONG PATIENCE. being patient. EARLY. Greek. _proim_. _s_. Only here. LATTER. Greek. _opsimos._...
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...
The death of the righteous martyr raises once more the thought of μακροθυμία, this time with hopes of the παρουσία. The Book of Enoch again has a parallel: ‘Wait with patient hope; for formerly you ha...
_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...
ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΉΣΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΈΩ (G3114) терпеливо сносить. Это слово обозначает отношение, с которым человек должен терпеть задержки, сносить страдания и никогда не сдаваться (NTW, 84;...
DISCOURSE: 2374 PATIENT PERSEVERANCE URGED James 5:7. _Be patient, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience fo...
BRETHREN,— It would have been exceedingly strange if the Christians had condemned and killed any of their own number: what is said, therefore, James 5:6 as well as several other things, prove that Jam...
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...
HOLD YOURSELF IN CHECK _Text 5:7-9_ James 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it,...
THE END OF THE UNGODLY RICH _Text 5:1-6_ James 5:1. Come now ye rich and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. 2. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten. 3. Your...
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 r...
VERSE 7 BE PATIENT, THEREFORE, BRETHREN. What a relief it must have been to the writer to turn away from the contemplation of the grievous sins of the wicked Jews to his suffering brethren. Be patient...
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...
5:7 patience, (e-2) Aorist. see Note a. patience (f-22) Two Greek words are translated 'patience' in the New Testament. In vers. 7 and 8 the verb _ makrothumeo_ , and in ver. 10 the noun _ makrothumi...
REBUKE AND ENCOURAGEMENT 2. Are corrupted, etc.] prophetic tense, in which the future is spoken of as though it were already come to pass....
There will be a final Judgment, when justice will be done. Therefore BE PATIENT (better, 'longsuffering,' Romans 2:4)....
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...
BE PATIENT. — The third, and last, part of the Letter commences here with these exhortations towards endurance. THEREFORE — _i.e._, because of this your deep and abiding misery, be sure God’s help is...
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...
Μακροθυμήσατε οὖν : the verb, as well as the adjective, is used both of God and man, _e.g._, Romans 2:4; 2 Corinthians 6:6; it expresses the attitude of mind which is content to wait; when used of God...
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...
CHRISTIANS NEED TO BE PATIENT James urges the brethren to patiently endure just as the Lord did (James 5:7; Matthew 5:38-48). At the coming of the Lord, James urged his readers to remember, all will b...
(2) Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. (3) Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and l...
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...
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] Temporaneum et Serotinum. In most Greek manuscripts _Greek: ueton proimon kai opsimon, pluviam priorem et posteriorem._...
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...
_THE LESSON OF PATIENCE_ ‘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 rece...
7_Be patient therefore_. From this inference it is evident that what has hitherto been said against the rich, pertains to the consolation of those who seemed for a time to be exposed to their wrongs w...
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...
BE PATIENT THEREFORE, BRETHREN,.... The apostle here addresses himself to the poor who were oppressed by the rich men, and these he calls "brethren" of whom he was not ashamed; when he does not bestow...
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...
_Be patient therefore, brethren_ He now addresses the pious, oppressed, and persecuted disciples of Christ: as if he had said, Since the Lord will soon come to punish them, and relieve you, patiently...
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...
Admonition to patience:...
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,...
What is patience? Why do we want or need patience? Is there a difference in patience and long suffering? Why is long suffering part of the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22 ? Have you ever prayed...
BE PATIENT: Or, be long patient, or suffer with long patience...
OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS SUCH ABUSE: James 5:7 "Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until...
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?...
BE PATIENT THEREFORE, BRETHREN, UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD; viz. to judgment, and that either particular, to avenge the quarrels of innocent sufferers upon their tyrannical persecutors; or rather, to...
James 5:7 Therefore G3767 patient G3114 (G5657) brethren G80 until G2193 coming G3952 Lord G2962 See G2400 ...
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...
‘Be patiently enduring, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter ra...
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...
James 5:7. The connection with the preceding paragraph is obvious and direct. St. James, having pronounced the doom of the rich oppressors, now proceeds to comfort the oppressed. BE PATIENT: literal...
BE PATIENT THEREFORE (μακροθυμησατε ουν). A direct corollary (ουν, therefore) from the coming judgment on the wicked rich (James 5:1-6). First aorist (constative) active imperative of μακροθυμεω, la...
James 5:7 The lesson of Advent is a twofold one. It is a lesson of watchfulness; it is also a lesson of patience. They are the two contrasted tones heard all through that solemn discourse upon the Mo...
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_...
BE PATIENT, THEN. "You who are being persecuted as He was, learn from His example and be patient." UNTIL THE LORD COMES. I think James is pointing to the destruction of Jerusalem, not the Second Comin...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:7 The righteous are to wait UNTIL THE COMING OF THE LORD (see 1 Thessalonians 4:15). At that time God will make things right....
_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 Corinthians 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 3:13;...
Be patient [μ α κ ρ ο θ υ μ η σ α τ ε]. From makrov, long, and qumov, soul or spirit but with the sense of strong passion, stronger even than ojrgh, anger, as is maintained by Schmidt (" Synonymik "),...
Observe here, 1. The duty exhorted to, PATIENCE: BE PATIENT, BRETHREN. Patience is. sense of afflictions without murmuring, and of injuries without revenge. It is the duty of Christians to be patient...