1 Come now,xLuke 6:24; [Prov. 11:28; Amos 6:1; 1 Tim. 6:9] you rich, weep and howl for theyRom. 3:16 miseries that are coming upon you. 2 zJob 13:28; Isa. 50:9; Matt. 6:19, 20 Your riches have rotted andzJob 13:28; Isa. 50:9; Matt. 6:19, 20 your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire.aMatt. 6:19; Luke 12:21; Rom. 2:5 You have laid up treasureb[ver. 8, 9] in the last days. 4 Behold,cJob 24:10; See Lev. 19:13 the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, anddDeut. 24:15 the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears ofeRom. 9:29 the Lord of hosts. 5 f[Job 21:13; Luke 16:19; 2 Pet. 2:13] You have lived on the earth in luxury andg1 Tim. 5:6 in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts inhJer. 12:3 a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned;ich. 4:2 you have murderedj[Acts 3:14] the righteous person. He does not resist you.
7 Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receiveskSee Deut. 11:14 the early and the late rains. 8 You also, be patient.l1 Thess. 3:13 Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lordm1 Pet. 4:7; [Rom. 13:11, 12; Phil. 4:5; Heb. 10:25, 37] is at hand. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers,nMatt. 7:1 so that you may not be judged; behold,o[1 Pet. 4:5; Rev. 22:12] the Judge is standingpMatt. 24:33; Mark 13:29; [1 Cor. 4:5] at the door. 10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, takeqMatt. 5:12; 23:34; Acts 7:52; Heb. 11:32-38 the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard ofrJob 1:21, 22; 2:10 the steadfastness of Job, and you have seensJob 42:10, 12 the purpose of the Lord, howtSee Ex. 34:6 the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
12 But above all, my brothers,uMatt. 5:34 do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes ” be yes and your “no ” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.
13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let himv[Col. 3:16] sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him,wMark 6:13; [Mark 16:18] anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. AndxIsa. 33:24; Matt. 9:2; Mark 2:5; Luke 5:20 if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore,yActs 19:18 confess your sins to one another and pray for one another,zHeb. 12:13 that you may be healed.aGen. 18:23-32; 20:17; Num. 11:2; 1 Kgs. 13:6; 17:22; 2 Kgs. 4:33; 19:15-20; 20:2-5; Job 42:8; Prov. 15:29 The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.1Or The effective prayer of a righteous person has great power 17 Elijah was a manbActs 14:15 with a nature like ours, andc1 Kgs. 17:1; 18:1 he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and fordLuke 4:25 three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 e1 Kgs. 18:42, 45 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.
19 My brothers,f[Matt. 18:15; Gal. 6:1] if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someonegPs. 51:13; Dan. 12:3; Mal. 2:6; [Luke 1:16] brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wanderinghSee Rom. 11:14 will save his soul from death andi1 Pet. 4:8; [Neh. 4:5; Ps. 32:1; 85:2; Prov. 10:12] will cover a multitude of sins.