James 5
1 Wicked rich men are to fear God's vengeance.
7 We ought to be patient in afflictions, after the example of the prophets, and Job;
12 to forbear swearing;
13 to pray in adversity, to sing in prosperity;
14 to acknowledge mutually our several faults, to pray one for another;
19 and to reduce a straying brother to the truth.
<33> [Go.]
rich <4145> [ye.]
you ... Weep <2799> [weep.]
Your riches ..... your <5216 4149> [Your riches.]
Your ...... your clothing <5216 2440> [your garments.]
have rusted <2728> [cankered.]
a witness <3142> [a witness.]
and ..... and .......... It will consume <2532 5315> [and shall.]
you have hoarded treasure <2343> [Ye have.]
last <2078> [the last.]
pay <3408> [the hire.]
cries <995> [the cries.]
Lord <2962> [Lord.]
You have lived indulgently <5171> [have lived.]
luxuriously <4684> [been.]
You have condemned <2613> [have.]
he does ... resist <498> [and he.]
be patient ....................... is patient <3114> [Be patient. or, Be long patient, or, Suffer with long patience.]
until ....................... until <2193> [unto.]
until ....................... until <2193> [until.]
You also .... and <5210 2532> [ye also.]
strengthen <4741> [stablish.]
for <3754> [for.]
[Grudge not. or, Groan not, or, grieve not.]
<3363> [lest.]
judge <2923> [the Judge.]
who <3739> [who.]
example <5262> [for.]
we regard as blessed <3106> [we count.]
You have heard <191> [Ye.]
and ............... and <2532 1492> [and have.]
Lord's ..... Lord <2962 2076> [the Lord is.]
above <4253> [above.]
do not swear ............................ not <3660 3361> [swear not.]
And ...................... But <1161> [but.]
<3363> [lest.]
anyone among ........ anyone <5100 1722> [any among.]
anyone ........ Is anyone in good spirits <5100 2114> [any merry.]
He should sing praises <5567> [let him sing.]
elders <4245> [for.]
they should pray <4336> [pray.]
anoint <218> [anointing.]
prayer <2171> [the prayer.]
confess <1843> [Confess.]
<2172> [pray.]
so that <3704> [that.]
<1754> [The effectual.]
of a righteous person <1342> [a righteous.]
Elijah <2243> [Elias.]
[Elijah. subject.]
and he prayed ........ and ............ and <2532 4336> [and he.]
earnestly <4335> [earnestly. or, in prayer. and it rained not.]
wanders <4105> [err.]
anyone ........ and someone <2532 5100> [and one.]
that ..... turns .... back <3754 1994> [that he.]
will save <4982> [shall save.]
from .......... from death <1537 2288> [from death.]
will cover <2572> [hide.]
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE EPISTLE OF JAMES. James, the son of Alphaeus, the brother of Jacob, and the near relation of our Lord, called also James the Less, probably because he was of lower stature, or younger, than the other James, the son of Zebedee, is generally allowed to be the writer of this Epistle; and the few that have doubted this have assigned very slight reasons for their dissent, and advanced very weak arguments on the other side. It is recorded in ecclesiastical history, and the book of the Acts of the Apostles confirms the fact, that he generally resided at Jerusalem, superintending the churches in that city, and in the neighbouring places, to the end of his life, which was terminated by martyrdom about A.D. 62. This epistle appears to have been written but a short time before his death; and it is probable that the sharp rebukes and awful warnings given in it to his countrymen excited that persecuting rage which terminated his life. It is styled Catholic, or General, because it was not addressed to any particular church, but to the Jewish nation throughout their dispersions. Though its genuineness was doubted for a considerable time, yet its insertion in the ancient Syriac version, which was executed at the close of the first, or the beginning of the second century, and the citation of, or allusion to it, by Clement of Rome, Hermas, and Ignatious, and its being quoted by Origen, Jerome, Athanasius, and most of the subsequent ecclesiastical writers, as well as its internal evidence, are amply sufficient to prove the point.
