James

Chapter 5

  • Verses 1 - 6

Evil rich people read carefully the verses in this chapter. We here in the United States could be considered rich compared to some of the rest of the world. So we should all take heed. Does your money and processions mean more to you than the Lord and his commandments?

James 5:1-6 (KJV)

1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

  • Verses 7 – 8

Patience is the key word in these verses. Also note what verse 8 says about the coming of the Lord.

    Look up verses Php 4:5, Heb 10:37, Rev 3:11

        James 5:7-8 (KJV)

7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

  • Verses 9 - 11

These verses are for us to live by and to heed. Do not hold a grudge against your brother. Study the Old Testament and see what the prophets endured and how God took care of them and gave them in the end. Read the book of JOB.

        James 5:9-11 (KJV)

9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye 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.

    Lookup Verses Acts 5:41, Rom 8:17, Php 3:10

  • Verse 12

I know this is not directly talking about cussing but it can apply to that as well. At any rate do not swear.

        James 5:12 (KJV)

12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

    Lookup Verse Mat 5:34,
  • Verses 13 - 15

These verses have a lot to do with prayer. Prayer is a very important part of a Christian’s life. Read and ponder of the words in these verses as they will give you an understanding of the importance of Prayer.

        James 5:13-18 (KJV)

13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

14 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 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 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

17 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 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

 

Lookup Verses John 14:14, John 15:7, 1Jn 3:22, 1Kings 17:1

  • Verses 19 – 20

These two verses to me mean that if you can help a brother that has gone away from the Lord’s path and you can help lead him back to the straight and narrow way. If you lead a person that does not know the Lord to the Lord and help them in the Holy Scriptures showing them the plan of Salvation.

        James 5:19-20 (KJV)

19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.