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Verse 11. _WE COUNT THEM HAPPY WHICH ENDURE._] According to that
saying of our blessed Lord, _Blessed are ye when men shall_ _persecute
and revile you-for so persecuted they the prophets which_ _were...
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BEHOLD, WE COUNT THEM HAPPY WHICH ENDURE - The word rendered “we
count them happy” (μακαρίζομεν makarizomen,) occurs
only here and in Luke 1:48, where it is rendered “shall call me
blessed.” The word...
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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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COUNT... HAPPY. Greek. _makarizo._ Only here and Luke 1:48 (call
blessed).
HAVE. Omit.
PATIENCE. As in Titus 2:2.
SEEN. saw. App-133.
END. Compare Job 42:6.
VERY PITIFUL. Gr _polusplanchnos._ Onl...
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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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ὙΠΟΜΕΊΝΑΝΤΑΣ אBP, Old Latin and Vulgate,
ὑπομένοντας KL and several versions—the distinction is
important, see below.
11. ΤΟῪΣ ὙΠΟΜΕΊΝΑΝΤΑΣ, THOSE WHO ENDURED, indicating
special instances of enduran...
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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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ΙΔΟΎ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть,
ΜΑΚΑΡΊΖΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΜΑΚΑΡΊΖΩ
(G3106) считать счастливым, считать
блаженным. Это слово относится к
преобладающей привычке считать
постоянс...
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DISCOURSE: 2376
THE PATIENCE OF JOB
James 5:11. _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_.
ONE of the most singula...
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BEHOLD, WE COUNT THEM HAPPY WHICH ENDURE.— "Do we look upon them as
forsaken of God, because they were persecuted for righteousness' sake?
Or will any wise person say, that their sufferings were any t...
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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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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.
COUNT THEM HAPPY (Matthew 5:1...
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VERSE 11 BEHOLD, WE COUNT THEM HAPPY WHICH ENDURE."We"; that includes
both the writer and the persons addressed. Count them blessed, or
happy, that endure. This is said of the prophets who suffered an...
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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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5:11 endurance (b-14) _ Hupomone_ . 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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WE COUNT THEM HAPPY WHICH ENDURE. — Rather read it, _we count them
blessed which endure_; or, as some critics would have it, _endured._
(See Matthew 5:11, and 1 Peter 2:19.) The heathen philosopher So...
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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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Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the
patience of Job, and have seen the (e) end of the Lord; that the Lord
is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
(e) What end the Lord gave....
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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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_HUMAN SUFFERING AND DIVINE PITY_
‘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.’
James 5:11
Human suffering and Divin...
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11_The patience of Job_. Having spoken generally of the prophets, he
now refers to an example remarkable above others; for no one, as far
as we can learn from histories, has ever been overwhelmed with...
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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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BEHOLD, WE COUNT THEM HAPPY WHICH ENDURE,.... Affliction, with
courage, constancy, and patience, and hold out to the end; for such
shall be saved; theirs is the kingdom of heaven; they are happy now,...
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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.
Ver. 11. _We count them happy_]...
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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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THE PATIENCE OF JOB; his endurance of trials.
THE END OF THE LORD; the happy end to which he brought Job's
sufferings. Job 42:10; Job 42:12....
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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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What is the blessing of endurance? Is the Christian race a sprint or a
long distance run? What is required for us to endure? How long must we
endure? See Revelation 2:10 See 1 Corinthians 13:4 After l...
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"Behold, we count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the
endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord's dealings,
that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful"."we counted t...
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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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WE COUNT THEM HAPPY WHICH ENDURE; we ourselves count them happy that
endure, and therefore should be patient, and not count ourselves
miserable if we endure too. WHICH ENDURE; viz. patiently and
const...
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James 5:11 Indeed G2400 (G5628) blessed G3106 (G5719) endure G5278
(G5723) heard G191 (G5656) perseverance G5281 Job G2492 and G2532 seen
G1492 (G5627) end G5056 that G3754 Lord G2962 is G2076 (G5748)...
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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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WE CALL BLESSED
(μακαριζομεν). Old word (present active indicative of
μακαριζω), from μακαριος (happy), in N.T. only here
and Luke 1:48. "We felicitate." As in James 1:3; James 1:12; Daniel
12:12.Y...
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James 5:11
Note:
I. The character here given to God: "The Lord is very pitiful and of
tender mercy." (1) "Pitiful." Pity is a feeling for, a feeling with,
the distressed. The pity of God is of high...
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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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WE CALL THEM HAPPY. See Matthew 5:11-12; 3 John 1:3-5 and notes. JOB'S
PATIENCE. Job was a real person and his life-story teaches us a great
lesson about being patient. FOR THE LORD. "He is full of me...
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:11 The theme of enduring trials recalls James
1:2, James 1:12.
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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 Chronicles 21:13; 1 Peter 1:13; 1 Peter 1:6; 1 Peter 1:7; 2
Chronicles 30:9; 2 Peter 2:9; Daniel 9:18; Daniel 9:19; Daniel 9:9;
Ecclesias
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Endure [υ π ο μ ε ν ο ν τ α ς]. Present participle. But the
later texts read uJpomeinantav, the aorist participle, which endured;
referring to the prophets in the past ages. So Rev. On endured and
pat...
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We count them happy that endured — That suffered patiently. The more
they once suffered, the greater is their present happiness. Ye have
seen the end of the Lord — The end which the Lord gave him....
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That is, all persons do judge and pronounce those that have suffered
death, for righteousness sake, to be in. very happy condition; though
they live persecuted, yet they die sainted. Living saints are...