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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>James 5 BLB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/james/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//james/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BLB</a> > James 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/james/5.htm" width="100%" height="32" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../james/4.htm" title="James 4">◄</a> James 5 <a href="../1_peter/1.htm" title="1 Peter 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Berean Literal Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Warning to the Rich</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Come now, <i>you</i> rich, weep, wailing over the miseries that <i>are</i> coming upon you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Your gold and silver have corroded, and their rust will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire.</p><p class="reg"> You have treasured up in <i>the</i> last days. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Behold, the wage of the workmen having harvested your fields, having been kept back by you, cries out, and the cries of those having harvested have entered into the ears of <i>the</i> Lord of Hosts. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You lived in luxury and lived in self-indulgence upon the earth. You have fattened your hearts in <i>the</i> day of slaughter. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You have condemned <i>and</i> have put to death the righteous; he does not resist you. </p><p class="hdg">Patience in Suffering<br /><span class="cross">(Job 1:1-5)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives <i>the</i> early and latter <i>rains</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You also be patient; strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has drawn near. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing before the doors. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Brothers <i>as</i> an example of suffering evils and of patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of <i>the</i> Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Behold, we count blessed those having persevered. You have heard of the perseverance of Job, and you have seen the outcome from <i>the</i> Lord, that the Lord is full of compassion and <i>is</i> merciful. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But before all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither <i>by</i> heaven, nor the earth, nor any other oath. But let your “Yes” be yes, and the “No,” no, so that you might not fall under judgment. </p><p class="hdg">The Prayer of Faith</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Is anyone among you suffering hardships? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Is anyone among you sick? Let him call near the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil in the name of the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the prayer of faith will save the one ailing, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he might be <i>one</i> having committed sins, it will be forgiven him. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore confess the sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. <i>The</i> prayer of a righteous <i>man</i> being made effective prevails much. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Elijah was a man of like nature to us, and with fervent prayer he prayed <i>for it</i> not to rain, and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. </p><p class="hdg">Restoring a Sinner</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My brothers, if anyone among you might wander from the truth, and someone should bring him back, <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>let him know that the <i>one</i> having brought back a sinner from <i>the</i> error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover over a multitude of sins.<A name="fn"><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible<br /><a href="//berean.bible">www.Berean.Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="//literalbible.com">Berean Literal Bible (BLB)</a><br />© 2016 by <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="//berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a><br />Used by Permission. 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