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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/james/5.htm">New International Version</a> Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/nlt/james/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> For examples of patience in suffering, dear brothers and sisters, look at the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/esv/james/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/bsb/james/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/blb/james/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Brothers as an example of suffering evils and of patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/kjv/james/5.htm">King James Bible</a> Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. <a href="/nkjv/james/5.htm">New King James Version</a> My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience. <a href="/nasb_/james/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> As an example, brothers and sisters, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/nasb/james/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/nasb77/james/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/lsb/james/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> As an example, brothers, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/amp/james/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> As an example, brothers and sisters, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord [as His messengers and representatives]. <a href="/csb/james/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name as an example of suffering and patience. <a href="/hcsb/james/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord&#8217s name as an example of suffering and patience. <a href="/asv/james/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord. <a href="/cev/james/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> My friends, follow the example of the prophets who spoke for the Lord. They were patient, even when they had to suffer. <a href="/erv/james/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord. <a href="/gwt/james/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Brothers and sisters, follow the example of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. They were patient when they suffered unjustly. <a href="/gnt/james/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> My friends, remember the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Take them as examples of patient endurance under suffering. <a href="/isv/james/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/msb/james/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> My brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/net/james/5.htm">NET Bible</a> As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord's name. <a href="/nheb/james/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/wbt/james/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. <a href="/wey/james/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> In illustration, brethren, of persecution patiently endured take the Prophets who have spoken as messengers from the Lord. <a href="/web/james/5.htm">World English Bible</a> Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/james/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Brothers, [as] an example of the suffering of evil and of patience, take the prophets who spoke in the Name of the LORD; <a href="/blb/james/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Brothers as an example of suffering evils and of patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/ylt/james/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord; <a href="/slt/james/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Take a pattern of affliction, my brethren, and of longsuffering, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/james/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Take, my brethren, for an example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/james/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> My brothers, consider the Prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of departing from evil, of labor, and of patience. <a href="/nabre/james/5.htm">New American Bible</a> Take as an example of hardship and patience, brothers, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <a href="/nrsvce/james/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> As an example of suffering and patience, beloved, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/james/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> My brethren, take the prophets who have spoken in the name of the LORD, for an example of patience in your suffering. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/james/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Take the example of The Prophets to yourselves, those who spoke in The Name of THE LORD JEHOVAH, my brethren, for patience in your afflictions.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/james/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Take, my brethren, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering evil, and of patience. <a href="/godbey/james/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Brethren, receive the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering evil and longsuffering. <a href="/haweis/james/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> My brethren, take a pattern for suffering affliction, and patience from the prophets, who have spoken to you in the name of the Lord.<CM> <a href="/mace/james/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a> let the prophets, my brethren, who were commission'd by the Lord, be your examples; suffer persecution with constancy like them. <a href="/wey/james/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> In illustration, brethren, of persecution patiently endured take the Prophets who have spoken as messengers from the Lord. <a href="/worrell/james/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord. <a href="/worsley/james/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Take for an example of enduring evil and of long-suffering the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord. <a href="/parallel/james/5-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0xUBCzqsAGw?start=888" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/james/5.htm">Patience in Suffering</a> …9Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door! 10<a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80: adelphoi (N-VMP) -- A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.">Brothers,</a> <a href="/greek/5262.htm" title="5262: Hypodeigma (N-ANS) -- (a) a figure, copy, (b) an example, model. From hupodeiknumi; an exhibit for imitation or warning.">as an example</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3115.htm" title="3115: makrothymias (N-GFS) -- Patience, forbearance, longsuffering. From the same as makrothumos; longanimity, i.e. forbearance or fortitude.">of patience</a> <a href="/greek/2552.htm" title="2552: kakopathias (N-GFS) -- Experience of evil, suffering, distress, affliction, perseverance. From a compound of hemiorion and pathos; hardship.">in affliction,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/2983.htm" title="2983: labete (V-AMA-2P) -- (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. ">take</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4396.htm" title="4396: prophētas (N-AMP) -- From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.">prophets</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hoi (RelPro-NMP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">who</a> <a href="/greek/2980.htm" title="2980: elalēsan (V-AIA-3P) -- A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.">spoke</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3686.htm" title="3686: onomati (N-DNS) -- Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a name.">name</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyriou (N-GMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">of the Lord.</a> 11See 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/11-32.htm">Hebrews 11:32-38</a> And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, / who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, / quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight. ... <a href="/matthew/5-12.htm">Matthew 5:12</a> Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. <a href="/1_peter/1-10.htm">1 Peter 1:10-12</a> Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully, / trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. / It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. <a href="/1_peter/4-12.htm">1 Peter 4:12-14</a> Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. / But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. / If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-4.htm">2 Corinthians 6:4-10</a> Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities; / in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger; / in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; ... <a href="/2_timothy/3-10.htm">2 Timothy 3:10-12</a> You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance, / my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. / Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, <a href="/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a> Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-14.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:14-15</a> For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews, / who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, <a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17-18</a> And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. / I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us. <a href="/2_corinthians/1-5.htm">2 Corinthians 1:5-7</a> For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. / If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience. / And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort. <a href="/jeremiah/20-7.htm">Jeremiah 20:7-9</a> You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me. / For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long. / If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail. <a href="/ezekiel/2-3.htm">Ezekiel 2:3-7</a> “Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. / They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ / And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them. ... <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3-7</a> He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. / Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. ... <a href="/jeremiah/26-8.htm">Jeremiah 26:8-15</a> and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die! / How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. / When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate. ... <a href="/1_kings/19-10.htm">1 Kings 19:10</a> “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Take, my brothers, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.who.<a href="/isaiah/39-8.htm">Isaiah 39:8</a> Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.<a href="/jeremiah/23-22.htm">Jeremiah 23:22</a> But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.<a href="/jeremiah/26-16.htm">Jeremiah 26:16</a> Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.for.<a href="/2_chronicles/36-16.htm">2 Chronicles 36:16</a> But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.<a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Jeremiah 2:30</a> In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.<a href="/matthew/5-11.htm">Matthew 5:11,12</a> Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/james/1-27.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-13.htm">Endured</a> <a href="/james/4-16.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/james/3-4.htm">Example</a> <a href="/james/1-23.htm">Face</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-9.htm">Illustration</a> <a href="/james/2-25.htm">Messengers</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-18.htm">Nobly</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-11.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/james/5-8.htm">Patience</a> <a href="/james/1-12.htm">Patiently</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-33.htm">Persecution</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-32.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/james/4-11.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-34.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-3.htm">Suffering</a> <a href="/james/1-27.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-3.htm">Undergone</a> <a href="/james/2-12.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/16-11.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/james/5-11.htm">Endured</a> <a href="/james/5-13.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-21.htm">Example</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-12.htm">Face</a> <a href="/luke/14-7.htm">Illustration</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-22.htm">Messengers</a> <a href="/psalms/45-4.htm">Nobly</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-19.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/james/5-11.htm">Patience</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-19.htm">Patiently</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-12.htm">Persecution</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-10.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-12.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-11.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/james/5-13.htm">Suffering</a> <a href="/james/5-13.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-10.htm">Undergone</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-8.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">James 5</div>1. <a href="/james/5-1.htm">Rich oppressors are to fear God's vengeance.</a> 7. <a href="/james/5-7.htm">We ought to be patient in afflictions, after the example of the prophets, and Job;</a> 12. <a href="/james/5-12.htm">to forbear swearing;</a> 13. <a href="/james/5-13.htm">to pray in adversity, to sing in prosperity;</a> 14. <a href="/james/5-14.htm">to acknowledge mutually our several faults, to pray one for another;</a> 19. <a href="/james/5-19.htm">and to correct a straying brother.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/james/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/james/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/james/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Brothers The term "brothers" indicates a familial relationship among believers, emphasizing unity and shared faith. It reflects the early Christian community's sense of belonging and mutual support. This term is often used by New Testament writers to address fellow Christians, highlighting the spiritual kinship among them (e.g., <a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>, <a href="/1_corinthians/1-10.htm">1 Corinthians 1:10</a>).As an example of patience in affliction The call to patience in affliction is a recurring theme in Scripture, encouraging believers to endure hardships with steadfastness. Patience is a fruit of the Spirit (<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22</a>) and is exemplified by many biblical figures. The Greek word for patience, "makrothumia," implies long-suffering and endurance, qualities that are essential for spiritual maturity and perseverance in faith.Take the prophets The prophets of the Old Testament serve as models of endurance and faithfulness amidst persecution and suffering. Figures like Jeremiah, who faced imprisonment and rejection (<a href="/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2</a>), and Elijah, who fled from Jezebel's threats (<a href="/1_kings/19.htm">1 Kings 19:1-3</a>), exemplify the trials faced by those who faithfully delivered God's message. Their lives demonstrate unwavering commitment to God's call despite severe opposition.Who spoke in the name of the Lord The prophets' authority came from their divine commission to speak on behalf of God. This phrase underscores the legitimacy and divine backing of their messages. Speaking "in the name of the Lord" signifies acting under God's authority and with His endorsement, a concept that is foundational to the prophetic office (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-18.htm">Deuteronomy 18:18-20</a>). It also foreshadows the ultimate prophet, Jesus Christ, who perfectly revealed God's will and character (<a href="/john/1-18.htm">John 1:18</a>, <a href="/hebrews/1.htm">Hebrews 1:1-2</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/james.htm">James</a> The author of the epistle, traditionally identified as James, the brother of Jesus. He was a leader in the early Jerusalem church and wrote to encourage and instruct believers. 2. <a href="/topical/p/prophets.htm">Prophets</a> Refers to the Old Testament prophets who delivered God's messages to His people. They often faced persecution and hardship for their faithfulness. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The Lord</a> Refers to God, in whose name the prophets spoke. Their authority and message were divinely inspired.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/p/patience_in_affliction.htm">Patience in Affliction</a> The prophets serve as a model for enduring suffering with patience. Their lives remind us that faithfulness to God often involves enduring trials. <a href="/topical/s/speaking_in_the_name_of_the_lord.htm">Speaking in the Name of the Lord</a> Just as the prophets spoke God's truth despite opposition, believers today are called to stand firm in their faith and witness, even when it is unpopular or leads to hardship. <a href="/topical/e/endurance_as_a_testimony.htm">Endurance as a Testimony</a> The endurance of the prophets serves as a testimony to God's faithfulness. Our perseverance in trials can also be a powerful witness to others. <a href="/topical/l/learning_from_history.htm">Learning from History</a> Reflecting on the lives of the prophets helps us understand that suffering for faith is not new. It encourages us to remain steadfast, knowing we are part of a larger account of God's people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_james_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from James 5</a> <a href="/q/how_are_moses_and_jesus_similar.htm">What similarities exist between Moses and Jesus?</a> <a href="/q/what's_cappadocia's_biblical_role.htm">Are your hearts firmly established for the Lord's coming?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_stance_on_female_genital_mutilation.htm">How does the Bible address discrimination among people?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_plot_of_sons_of_thunder.htm">What is the plot of Sons of Thunder?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/james/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) For an example.--Another reason for endurance, an example of affliction and patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. These are the bright ones in the cloud of witnesses, of whom the Epistle to the Hebrews (<a href="/hebrews/12-1.htm" title="Why seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,">Hebrews 12:1</a>) speaks, who, like Daniel, "stopped the mouths of lions"; like Jeremiah and Elijah, "escaped the edge of the sword;" "out of weakness were made strong"; who "were stoned," like Zachariah; "sawn asunder," like Isaiah; "slain with the sword," like Urijah and John; "of whom the world was not worthy." Thus the saints of the Old Covenant are held up for honour and imitation to those of the New. James was not advocating a religion alien to that of Moses, but building again more widely "the ruins of the tabernacle which had fallen down," that "all the Gentiles might seek after the Lord." (Comp. his speech in the synod, <a href="/context/acts/15-13.htm" title="And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brothers, listen to me:">Acts 15:13-21</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/james/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - The injunction is further strengthened by an appeal to the example of the prophets of the old covenant, an "example of suffering and of patience." Read ἐν τῶ ὀνόματι, with א, B, and observe the anarthrous Κυρίου (cf. on James 4:10). Suffering affliction. Τῆς κακοπαθείας.: here only in the LXX., <a href="/malachi/1-13.htm">Malachi 1:13</a>; 2 Macc. 2:26. <a href="/commentaries/james/5-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Brothers, ἀδελφοί (adelphoi) Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_80.htm">Strong's 80: </a> A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote. [as] an example Ὑπόδειγμα (Hypodeigma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5262.htm">Strong's 5262: </a> (a) a figure, copy, (b) an example, model. From hupodeiknumi; an exhibit for imitation or warning. of patience μακροθυμίας (makrothymias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3115.htm">Strong's 3115: </a> Patience, forbearance, longsuffering. From the same as makrothumos; longanimity, i.e. forbearance or fortitude. in affliction, κακοπαθίας (kakopathias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2552.htm">Strong's 2552: </a> Experience of evil, suffering, distress, affliction, perseverance. From a compound of hemiorion and pathos; hardship. take λάβετε (labete) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2983.htm">Strong's 2983: </a> (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. the τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. prophets προφήτας (prophētas) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4396.htm">Strong's 4396: </a> From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet. who οἳ (hoi) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. spoke ἐλάλησαν (elalēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2980.htm">Strong's 2980: </a> A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. name ὀνόματι (onomati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3686.htm">Strong's 3686: </a> Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'. of [the] Lord. Κυρίου (Kyriou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> Lord, master, sir; the Lord. 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