Wesley's Explanatory Notes
James 5:8
Stablish your hearts — In faith and patience. For the coming of the Lord — To destroy Jerusalem. Is nigh — And so is his last coming to the eye of a believer.
Stablish your hearts — In faith and patience. For the coming of the Lord — To destroy Jerusalem. Is nigh — And so is his last coming to the eye of a believer.
Verse 8. _BE YE ALSO PATIENT_] Wait for God's deliverance, as ye wait for his bounty in providence. _STABLISH YOUR HEARTS_] Take courage; do not sink under your trials. _THE COMING OF THE LORD DRAWE...
BE YE ALSO PATIENT - As the farmer is. In due time, as he expects the return of the rain, so you may anticipate deliverance from your trials. STABLISH YOUR HEARTS - Let your purposes and your faith b...
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)...
STABLISH. See Romans 1:11. DRAWETH NIGH. hath drawn near. See Matthew 3:2....
_Be ye also patient_ Better, LONG-SUFFERING; as before. _stablish your hearts_ Better, STRENGTHEN. The strength is to come from the thought that the great Advent has come near, that there will be a gr...
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...
Ἡ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΊΑ ΤΟΥ͂ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ ἬΓΓΙΚΕΝ, a Christian watchword, cited in its Aramaic form Μαρὰν�, 1 Corinthians 16:22, and Philippians 4:5 τὸ ἐπιεικὲς ὑμῶν γνωσθήτω πᾶσιν�· ὁ κύριος ἐγγύς: where as here the πα...
_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, ΣΤΗΡΊΞΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΣΤΗΡΊΖΩ (G4741) усиливать, делать стабильным, ΉΓΓΙΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΈΓΓΊΖΩ (G1448) пр...
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...
FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD DRAWETH NIGH.— The apostle by this phrase seems plainly to mean, the coming of the Romans to destroy or carry away captive the Jewish nation: for what God in his providence...
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,...
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...
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. PATIENT - `long-suffering.' COMING ... DRAWETH NIGH, [ eengiken (G1448)] - hath and is drawn nigh: a settled sta...
VERSE 8 BE YE ALSO PATIENT. As the husbandman was patient, as our Lord was patient, be ye patient also, for the harvest that awaits the trustful sufferer is, beyond any doubt, certain. STABLISH YOUR...
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...
5:8 patience. (e-4) Aorist. see Note a....
REBUKE AND ENCOURAGEMENT 2. Are corrupted, etc.] prophetic tense, in which the future is spoken of as though it were already come to pass....
THE COMING OF THE LORD] here clearly the reference is to the Lord Christ, to whom St. James applies the sacred Name given by the Jews to God the Father. To a Christian Jew the promise was fulfilled in...
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...
THE COMING OF THE LORD DRAWETH NIGH. — Read thus, _The presence of the Lord is nigh._ For the ancient belief in the nearness of Christ’s second advent, see Note above, in James 5:3. The word used by t...
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...
στηρίξατε τὰς καρδίας : a Hebrew idiom, סעד לב; in the O.T. mostly of strengthening the body with food. ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Κυρίου ἤγγικεν : see above; _cf._ Matthew 3:2; Luke 21:28; Philippians 4:6; 1Pe 4...
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...
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...
_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...
8_Stablish your hearts_. Lest any should object and say, that the time of deliverance was too long delayed, he obviates this objection and says, that _the Lord was at hand_, or (which is the same thin...
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 YE ALSO PATIENT,.... As well as the husbandman, and like him; and wait for the rains and dews of divine grace to fall, and make fruitful, and for the ripe fruit of eternal life; and in the mean whi...
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Ver. 8. _For the coming_] SeeJames 5:7. And he when he comes shall set all to rights. We shall see so much reason in...
_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...
STABLISH YOUR HEARTS; in the faith and practice of the gospel. THE COMING OF THE LORD; for the deliverance of his friends and the destruction of his enemies. The giving of directions by God to his pe...
Admonition to patience:...
BE YE ALSO PATIENT, STABLISH YOUR HEARTS; FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD DRAWETH NIGH....
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,...
Why should be be patient? Should we be patient for the 2 nd Coming? What does “at hand” mean?...
"You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand"."You too be patient" -For God's judgment is just as certain at the rain! "The point is not the length of time one mu...
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 YE ALSO PATIENT; viz. in expectation of your harvest, and the fruit of your labours, as the husbandman is in looking for his. STABLISH YOUR HEARTS; let your hearts be stedfast in faith and constant...
James 5:8 You G5210 also G2532 patient G3114 (G5657) Establish G4741 (G5657) your G5216 hearts G2588 for...
‘You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.' So they are to await the Lord's coming with patient endurance, and establish their hearts through prayer (James 1:5...
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 5:7-20. 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 5:8. BE YE ALSO PATIENT: as well as ‘the husbandman; in this imitate his example. STABLISH YOUR HEARTS: possess your souls in patience; ‘be ye stedfast and immoveable.' ‘Not the weak, but the...
YE ALSO (κα υμεις). As well as the farmers.STABLISH (στηριξατε). First aorist active imperative of στηριζω, old verb, (from στηριγξ, a support) to make stable, as in Luke 22:32; 1 Thessalonians 3...
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_...
YOU ALSO. "You must follow the example of the farmer and wait patiently!" KEEP YOUR HOPES HIGH. "The Lord will soon relieve your suffering by destroying those who persecute you and oppose the gospel!...
_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 Peter 4:7; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:5; Galatians 5:22;...