James 5
1 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
Go to now, you rich men! Weep aloud, howl for the miseries which are about to come upon you!
2 Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
For your riches lie rotting, and your clothing has become moth-eaten.
3 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 are rusted. and their rust will be for a testimony against you, and it will eat your flesh. For you have been storing up fire in these last days!
4 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.
Look! the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have been keeping back by fraud, are crying aloud! And the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth!
5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
You have lived luxuriously on earth, you have taken your pleasure, you have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter.
6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous man unresisting!
7 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, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold the farmer who waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it gets the early and the latter rains.
8 You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
So you also must be patient. Stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand!
9 Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
Do not make complaints against each other, brothers, lest you yourselves be condemned. Behold the Judge is standing before the very door!
10 Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Take, my brothers, for an example the suffering and the patience of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 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.
Remember we count those that were stedfast happy. You have heard of the stedfastness of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord with him, seen how the Lord is full of tenderness.
12 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.
Again, above all things, my brothers, swear not at all, neither by the heavens, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. Let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no," so you will not fall under condemnation.
13 Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
Is any one of you in trouble? Let him pray.
14 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 in good spirits? Let him sing unto his harp. Is any one of you ill? Let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
15 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 faith will restore the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, it will be forgiven him.
16 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.
So confess your sins one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. For the fervent prayer of a righteous man is mighty in its working.
17 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 of like passions with us, and he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
My brothers, if any one of you strays from the truth, and some one brings him back,
20 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 brings a sinner back from the error of his ways, saves his soul from death, and hides a multitude of sins.
