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Misuse of Riches
Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that [are] coming upon [you].
Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that [are] coming upon [you].
Warning to the Rich
Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.
Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.
Your wealth is become rotten, and your garments moth-eaten.
Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth-eaten rags.
Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in [the] last days.
Your gold and silver are corroded. The very wealth you were counting on will eat away your flesh like fire. This corroded treasure you have hoarded will testify against you on the day of judgment.
Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of [the] Lord of sabaoth.
For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye have nourished your hearts [as] in a day of slaughter;
You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every desire. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
ye have condemned, ye have killed the just; he does not resist you.
Patience in Suffering
Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive [the] early and [the] latter rain.
Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive [the] early and [the] latter rain.
*Ye* also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh.
You, too, must be patient. Take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near.
Complain not one against another, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.
Don’t grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. For look — the Judge is standing at the door!
Take [as] an example, brethren, of suffering and having patience, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of [the] Lord.
For examples of patience in suffering, dear brothers and sisters, look at the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Behold, we call them blessed who have endured. Ye have heard of the endurance of Job, and seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is full of tender compassion and pitiful.
We give great honor to those who endure under suffering. For instance, you know about Job, a man of great endurance. You can see how the Lord was kind to him at the end, for the Lord is full of tenderness and mercy.
But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye do not fall under judgment.
But most of all, my brothers and sisters, never take an oath, by heaven or earth or anything else. Just say a simple yes or no, so that you will not sin and be condemned.
The Prayer of Faith
Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms.
Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms.
The Power of Prayer
Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises.
Is any sick among you? let him call to [him] the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of [the] Lord;
Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord.
and the prayer of faith shall heal the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he be one who has committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.
Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven.
Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. [The] fervent supplication of the righteous [man] has much power.
Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
Elias was a man of like passions to us, and he prayed with prayer that it should not rain; and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months;
Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years!
and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth caused its fruit to spring forth.
Then, when he prayed again, the sky sent down rain and the earth began to yield its crops.
Restoring a Sinner
My brethren, if any one among you err from the truth, and one bring him back,
My brethren, if any one among you err from the truth, and one bring him back,
Restore Wandering Believers
My dear brothers and sisters, if someone among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back,