Be ye also patient therefore, and settle your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth near.

[a][b]Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: [c]behold, the judge standeth before the door.

10 [d]Take, my brethren, the Prophets for an example of suffering adversity, and of long patience, which have spoken in the name of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:9 He commendeth Christian patience, so that whereas others through impatience use to accuse one another, the faithful on the contrary side complain not, although they receive injury.
  2. James 5:9 By grudging, he meaneth a certain inward complaining which betokeneth impatience.
  3. James 5:9 The conclusion: The Lord is at the door, who will defend his own, and revenge his enemies, and therefore we need not to trouble ourselves.
  4. James 5:10 Because most men are wont to object, that it is good to repel injuries by what means soever, he setteth against that, the examples of the Fathers, whose patience had a most happy end, because God as a most bountiful Father, never forsaketh his.

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