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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 Godbey New Testament</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Godbey New Testament</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="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Godbey New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/james/5-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">A Warning to the Rich<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_timothy/6.htm#17">1 Timothy 6:17–19</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Come now, ye rich, weep mourning over your calamities which are coming on you. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Your riches are corrupted, and your garments have become moth-eaten: <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>your gold and your silver are cankered; and their rust shall be for a witness against you, and eat your flesh like fire. You laid up treasures in the last days. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Behold, the wages of the laborers having reaped your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, is crying out: and the voices of the reapers have come into the ears of the Lord of hosts. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Ye flourished upon the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts in the day of slaughter. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You condemned, you murdered the righteous; nothing antagonizes you.<p> <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">Patience in Suffering<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore, O brethren, suffer long, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer receives the precious fruit of the earth, waiting for it, until he may receive the former and latter rain: <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>you also suffer long; establish your hearts; because the coming of the Lord is nigh. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do not complain against one another, brethren, in order that you may not be judged: behold, the judge stands before the doors. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Brethren, receive the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering evil and longsuffering. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Behold, we pronounce them happy who have endured: you have heard the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, because the Lord is very merciful, and sympathetic.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But, my brethren, before all, swear not, neither by heaven, or by earth, or any other oath: but let your conversation be yes yes; and no no; lest you may fall under condemnation.<p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Prayer of Faith<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Who is afflicted among you? let him pray. Who is merry? let him sing psalms. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Is any one 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. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Truly the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; if he may have committed sins, they shall be forgiven unto him. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, in order that you may be healed: the inward working prayer of a righteous man avails much. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Elijah was a man of like suffering to us, and he prayed with prayer that it might not rain, and it rained not upon the earth during three years and six months; <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.<p> <A name="20"></a><p class="hdg">Restoring a Sinner<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My brethren, if any one among you may err from the truth, and one may turn him back; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>let him know, that the one having turned a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and hide a multitude of sins.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Godbey New Testament (1902)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../james/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="James 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="James 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_peter/1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Peter 1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Peter 1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>