James 3:18

3:18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness ¹  is planted ²  in peace among ³  those who make peace.

James 5:18

5:18 Then ⁴  he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.

James 3:17

3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, ⁵  full of mercy and good fruit, ⁶  impartial, and not hypocritical. ⁷ 

James 5:7

Patience in Suffering

5:7 So be patient, brothers and sisters, ⁸  until the Lord’s return. ⁹  Think of how the farmer waits ¹⁰  for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient ¹¹  for it until it receives the early and late rains.

¹ tn Grk “the fruit of righteousness,” meaning righteous living as a fruit, as the thing produced.

² tn Grk “is sown.”

³ tn Or “for,” or possibly “by.”

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events.

⁷ tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”

⁸ tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”

⁹ tn Or “sincere.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “brothers”; this phrase occurs again three times in the paragraph. See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

¹¹ tn Or “advent”; or “coming” (also in v. 8).

¹² tn Grk “Behold! The farmer waits.”

¹³ tn Grk “being patient.”