James 5
1 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail because of the miseries coming on you.
Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come on you.
2 Your riches have rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
3 Your gold and your silver have become tarnished and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up your treasure for the last days.
Your gold and silver is corroded; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. You have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4 Look, the pay of the laborers is crying out—the pay that you have withheld from those who harvested your fields, and the cries of the harvesters have gone into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5 You have lived in luxury on the earth and indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter.
You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6 You have condemned and killed the righteous person. He does not resist you.
You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you.
7 So be patient, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See, the farmer awaits the valuable harvest from the ground. He is patiently waiting for it, until it receives the early and late rains.
Be patient therefore, brothers, to the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8 You, too, be patient. Make your hearts strong, because the Lord's coming is near.
Be you also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draws near.
9 Do not complain, brothers, against one another, so that you will be not judged. See, the judge is standing at the door.
Grudge not one against another, brothers, lest you be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.
10 Take an example, brothers, from the suffering and patience of the prophets, those who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Take, my brothers, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11 See, we regard those who endured as blessed. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you know the purpose of the Lord, how he is very compassionate and merciful.
Behold, we count them happy which endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by the earth, or by any other oath. Instead, let your “Yes” mean “Yes” and your “No” mean “No,” so you do not fall under judgment.
But above all things, my brothers, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yes be yes; and your no, no; lest you fall into condemnation.
13 Is anyone among you suffering hardship? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him. Let them anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 The prayer of faith will heal the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, God will forgive him.
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 So confess your sins to one another, and pray for each other, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very strong in its working.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain in the land for three years and six months.
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18 Then Elijah prayed again. The heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone brings him back,
Brothers, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
20 that person should know that whoever turns a sinner from his wandering way will save him from death, and will cover over a great number of sins.
Let him know, that he which converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
