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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 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="/bmcc/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="../">CEV</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 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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Warning to the Rich</h3><p class="par"><span class="v59_5_1"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.1" class="v59_5_1">1</span>You rich people should cry and weep! Terrible things are going to happen to you. </span><span class="v59_5_2"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.2" class="v59_5_2">2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jas.5.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Your treasures have already rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. </span><span class="v59_5_3"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.3" class="v59_5_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jas.5.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Your money has rusted, and the rust will be evidence against you, as it burns your body like fire. Yet you keep on storing up wealth in these last days. </span><span class="v59_5_4"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.4" class="v59_5_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jas.5.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You refused to pay the people who worked in your fields, and now their unpaid wages are shouting out against you. The Lord All-Powerful has surely heard the cries of the workers who harvested your crops.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v59_5_5"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.5" class="v59_5_5">5</span>While here on earth, you have thought only of filling your own stomachs and having a good time. But now you are like fat cattle on their way to be butchered. </span><span class="v59_5_6"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.6" class="v59_5_6">6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jas.5.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You have condemned and murdered innocent people, who couldn't even fight back.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Be Patient and Kind</h3><p class="par"><span class="v59_5_7"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.7" class="v59_5_7">7</span>My friends, be patient until the Lord returns. Think of farmers who wait patiently for the autumn and spring rains to make their valuable crops grow. </span><span class="v59_5_8"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.8" class="v59_5_8">8</span>Be patient like those farmers and don't give up. The Lord will soon be here! </span><span class="v59_5_9"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.9" class="v59_5_9">9</span>Don't grumble about each other or you will be judged, and the judge is right outside the door.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v59_5_10"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.10" class="v59_5_10">10</span>My friends, follow the example of the prophets who spoke for the Lord. They were patient, even when they had to suffer. </span><span class="v59_5_11"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.11" class="v59_5_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jas.5.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> In fact, we praise the ones who endured the most. You remember how patient Job was and how the Lord finally helped him. The Lord did this because he is so merciful and kind.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v59_5_12"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.12" class="v59_5_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jas.5.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> My friends, above all else, don't take an oath. You must not swear by heaven or by earth or by anything else. “Yes” or “No” is all you need to say. If you say anything more, you will be condemned.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v59_5_13"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.13" class="v59_5_13">13</span>If you are having trouble, you should pray. And if you are feeling good, you should sing praises. </span><span class="v59_5_14"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.14" class="v59_5_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jas.5.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> If you are sick, ask the church leaders<a href="#fn" id="link_Jas.5.14!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> to come and pray for you. Ask them to put olive oil<a href="#fn" id="link_Jas.5.14!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> on you in the name of the Lord. </span><span class="v59_5_15"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.15" class="v59_5_15">15</span>If you have faith when you pray for sick people, they will get well. The Lord will heal them, and if they have sinned, he will forgive them.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v59_5_16"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.16" class="v59_5_16">16</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jas.5.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> If you have sinned, you should tell each other what you have done. Then you can pray for one another and be healed. The prayer of an innocent person is powerful, and it can help a lot. </span><span class="v59_5_17"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.17" class="v59_5_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jas.5.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Elijah was just as human as we are, and for three and a half years his prayers kept the rain from falling. </span><span class="v59_5_18"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.18" class="v59_5_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jas.5.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But when he did pray for rain, it fell from the skies and made the crops grow.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v59_5_19"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.19" class="v59_5_19">19</span>My friends, if any followers have wandered away from the truth, you should try to lead them back. </span><span class="v59_5_20"><span class="reftext" id="Jas.5.20" class="v59_5_20">20</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jas.5.20!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> If you turn sinners from the wrong way, you will save them from death, and many of their sins will be forgiven.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">church leaders: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “elders” or “presbyters.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">olive oil: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Jewish people used olive oil for healing.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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