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Verse 10. _TAKE - THE PROPHETS_] The prophets who had spoken to their
forefathers by the authority of God, were persecuted by the very
people to whom they delivered the Divine message; but they suffer...
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TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS - That is, in your trials and
persecutions. To encourage them to the exercise of patience, he points
them to the example of those who had trod the same thorny path befo...
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V. THE COMING OF THE LORD AND THE LIFE OF FAITH
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The oppression by the rich and their coming doom (James 5:1)_
2. Be patient unto the coming of the Lord (James 5:7)
3. The prayers of...
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Patience in James 5:7; James 5:10 is different from endurance in n,
Hebrews 12:1 f.; it is the opposite of short-temperedness or
impatience. The farmer does his work and then can only wait for a
harve...
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THE WORTHLESSNESS OF RICHES (James 5:1-3)...
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THE PROPHETS. i.e. the O.T. prophets. App-189.
HAVE SPOKEN. spoke. App-121.
FOR. as.
EXAMPLE. See John 13:15.
SUFFERING AFFLICTION. Greek. _kakopatheia._ Only here. Compare James
5:13.
PATIENCE....
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Comfort and Counsel for the Poor
7. _Be patient therefore_ More literally, BE LONG-SUFFERING. The
logical sequence implied in "therefore" is that the "brethren" whom St
James addresses should follow t...
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ΚΑΚΟΠΑΘΕΊΑΣ, here only in N.T. Comp. _infra_ James 5:13
κακοπαθεῖν, ‘to endure hardship’; and 2 Timothy 2:3; 2
Timothy 2:9; 2 Timothy 4:5.
ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΊΑΣ, LONGSUFFERING, a late Greek word found in
Plutar...
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_RETAIN THE RIGHT ATTITUDE -- JAMES 5:1-11_ Wealth is not wrong within
itself. The trouble with riches is in reference to wealth held without
regard for the kingdom of God. The worldly rich that are d...
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ΎΠΌΔΕΙΓΜΑ (G5262) пример,
ΛΆΒΕΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983)
брать,
КАΚΟΠΆΘΕΙΑ (G2552) страдание, трудность,
зло.
ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΊΑ (G3115) терпение,
ΈΛΆΛΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980)...
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TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS, &C.— "You may think that your
present calamities are great and heavy, and so indeed they are; but
your case is not singular; (Lamentations 1:12.) others have suffered...
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CHAPTER X
_RESIST FIERCELY, BRETHREN!_
James 5:7-12
_Introduction_
After the very vivid account of the vengeance that belongs to God, and
the just judgment that will come to their persecutor, James...
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Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the
Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
THE PROPHETS - especially persecuted, therefore especially 'bless...
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VERSE 10 TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS.
As Jews you know the prophets and their writings. You knew Isaiah and
Jeremiah and Elijah, and many others. You know the history of these as
the same has bee...
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5 This passage has puzzled the commentators, and there are many and
various explanations offered to solve what seems to be one of the most
difficult passages in the Scriptures. A simple explanation, w...
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5:10 patience, (a-10) See Note f, ver. 7....
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REBUKE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
2. Are corrupted, etc.] prophetic tense, in which the future is spoken
of as though it were already come to pass....
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WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO
JAMES
_IAN MACKERVOY_
The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them.
CHAPTER 5
JUDGEMENT OF THE RICH 5:1-6
V1 Now, you rich people, weep and cry aloud. Th...
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FOR AN EXAMPLE. — Another reason for endurance, _an example of
affliction and patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the
Lord._ These are the bright ones in the cloud of witnesses, of whom
th...
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CHAPTER 24
PATIENCE IN WAITING-THE ENDURANCE OF JOB-THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
MENTION OF JOB BY ST. JAMES.
James 5:7
"BE patient, therefore, brethren." The storm of indignation is past,
and from this...
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The section 7 11 is a Christian adaptation of the earlier Jewish
conception of the Messianic Era; in place of αἱ ἐσχάται
ἡμέραι there is ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Κυρίου, the
one a specifically Jewish, the other...
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PATIENTLY AWAIT THE LORD'S COMING
James 5:1
There are many among the rich who are using money as a sacred trust.
Not against these does the Apostle utter his terrible anathemas, but
against those wh...
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Approaching the conclusion of his letter, the writer addressed a
terrible indictment and solemn warning to the rich. He showed the
failure of possessions, and how they may become the curse of life.
S...
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THOSE WHO ENDURE ARE BLESSED
The prophets suffered for God. The Greek word for "suffering" which
James uses in reference to the prophets is one which designates
external pressure (Matthew 23:34; Luke...
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(6) Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of
the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
(6) Because most men will object, that it is good to repel injur...
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Be patient, &c. He now in these five following verses turns his
discourse from the rich to the poor, exhorting them to patience till
the coming of the Lord to judgment, which draweth near; his coming...
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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 ra...
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To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James
from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no
means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
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10_Take, my brethren, the prophets_. The comfort which he brings is
not that which is according to the common proverb, that the miserable
hope for like companions in evils. That they set before them
a...
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The two classes in Israel are distinctly marked here in contrast with
one another, with the addition of the walk which the Christian ought
to pursue when chastised by the Lord.
The apostle gives the...
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TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS, WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN THE NAME OF THE
LORD,.... Men who have been highly honoured of God, with a gift of
prophesying, or foretelling things to come; to whom God revealed...
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Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the
Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
Ver. 10. _For an example of suffering_] Examples very much affect us...
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_Take the prophets_ Once persecuted like you, even for _speaking in
the name of the Lord_ The very men that gloried in having the
prophets, yet could not bear their message. Nor did either the
holines...
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Admonition to patience:...
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Verses 1 Timothy 6 are addressed to rich men, and no doubt specially
to those who make some claim of having the knowledge of God. They are
bidden to weep and howl for the miseries that will take them,...
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How are the prophets an example of suffering and patience? What is a
prophet? Are there prophets today? List some suffering of the
prophets....
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"As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets
who spoke in the name of the Lord"."As an example" -a model, pattern,
"in. good sense as something that does or should spur one o...
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7-11 Consider him that waits for a crop of corn; and will not you
wait for a crown of glory? If you should be called to wait longer than
the husbandman, is not there something more worth waiting for?...
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TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS; as being most eminent among God's
people, and leaders of them; he intimates that it is an honour to
suffer among the best. WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; by...
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James 5:10 My G3450 brethren G80 take G2983 (G5628) prophets G4396 who
G3739 spoke G2980 (G5656) name G3686 Lord G2962 example G5262
suffering G2552 and G2532 patience G3115
who - Isaiah 39:8; Jeremi...
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A CALL TO PATIENT ENDURANCE IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD'S COMING (JAMES
5:7).
James now turns back to those who are true ‘brothers' and exhorts
them to patient endurance, and to watch their tongues, in t...
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James 5:7-20. St. James concludes his Epistle with a variety of
admonitions. He first exhorts his readers to patience; they are to
exercise forbearance toward their oppressors and trust toward God,
be...
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FOR AN EXAMPLE
(υποδειγμα). Late word for the old παραδειγμα, from
υποδεικνυμ, to copy under, to teach (Luke 6:47), here for
copy to be imitated as in John 13:15, as a warning (Hebrews 4:11).
Here...
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CONTENTS: Warning to the rich. Exhortations in view of Christ's second
coming.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Job, Elias, James.
CONCLUSION: Great amassing of wealth will be a sign of the last days,
but woe to...
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James 5:1. _Go to now,_ or go now, _ye rich men._ He had taught them
humility, because their glory vanished away as the flower of the
field: chap. James 1:10. He now calls upon them _to weep and howl_...
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REMEMBER THE PROPHETS. Compare Acts 7:51-53 and notes....
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:10 The EXAMPLE of the PROPHETS is that they
suffered and died (see Hebrews 11:32) for speaking IN THE NAME OF THE
LORD.
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
James 5:7. Margin, “suffer with long patience.” St. James
inculcates a systematic course of action. EARLY AND LATTER
RAIN.—_Early_ rain fell from October to February,...
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EXPOSITION
JAMES 5:1
DENUNCIATION OF THE RICH FOR
(1) GRINDING DOWN THE POOR AND KEEPING BACK THEIR WAGES;
(2) LUXURY;
(3) MURDER.
The whole section resembles nothing so much as an utterance of...
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Now in chapter five he takes on the rich. So this doesn't apply to
many of us.
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall
come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, your garmen...
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1 Thessalonians 2:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Acts
3:21; Acts 7:52; Hebrews 11:32; Hebrews 13:7; Isaiah 39:8; Jeremiah
2:30;...
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Example [υ π ο δ ε ι γ μ α]. See on 2 Peter 2:6.
Of suffering affliction [κ α κ ο π α θ ε ι α ς]. Only here
in New Testament. The word does not mean the endurance of affliction,
but affliction itself...
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Take the prophets for an example — Once persecuted like you, even
for speaking in the name of the Lord. The very men that gloried in
having prophets yet could not bear their message: nor did either th...
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Here the apostle exhorts suffering Christians to patience, by the
example of the Old Testament saints, who were exceeding dear to God,
employed in special services for God, yet exercised with long and...