Verse 2
James 5:2
World English Bible, British Edition
2
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
Original Language Text
greek
ὁ πλοῦτος ὑμῶν σέσηπεν, καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια ὑμῶν σητόβρωτα γέγονεν,
English Translation
Your wealth has rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
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2
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
3
Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for
a testimony against you and...
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4
Behold, the wages of the labourers who mowed your fields, which you have
kept back by fraud, cry out...
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5
You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have
nourished your hearts as in...
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6
You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t
resist you.
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7
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold,
the farmer waits for the preci...
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8
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord
is at hand.
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9
Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t
be judged. Behold, the judge stands...
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10
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the
prophets who spoke in the name...
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11
Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance
of Job and have seen th...
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12
But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven,
or by the earth, or by any other oath...
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13
Is any amongst you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful?
Let him sing praises.
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14
Is any amongst you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly,
and let them pray over him, an...
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15
and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will
raise him up. If he has committ...
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16
Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you
may be healed. The insistent pra...
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17
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that
it might not rain, and it did...
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18
He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
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19
Brothers, if any amongst you wanders from the truth and someone
turns him back,
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20
let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will
save a soul from death and wi...
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