Verse 3
James 5:3
World English Bible
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Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
Original Language Text
greek
ὁ χρυσὸς ὑμῶν καὶ ὁ ἄργυρος κατίωται, καὶ ὁ ἰὸς αὐτῶν εἰς μαρτύριον ὑμῖν ἔσται καὶ φάγεται τὰς σάρκας ὑμῶν· ὡς πῦρ ἐθησαυρίσατε ἐν ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις.
English Translation
Your gold and silver is corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire; you have stored up treasure in the last days.
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Chapter 5 Context
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Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
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Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
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5
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You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.
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Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the preci...
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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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Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job, and have seen t...
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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 among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
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14
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anoi...
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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 offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insisten...
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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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He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
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Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
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