The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:7-11
Exhortation to patience. read more
James 5:7-8
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:7-11
Four considerations moving the Christian to patience. 1. The example of the husbandman—an illustration from nature. If patience is needful in things of this life, is it not also in the world of grace? 2. The approach of the second advent. 3. The example of the prophets. 4. The example and experience of Job—an instance of one whose latter end the Lord blessed more than his beginning. The nearness of the Lord ' s advent a reason for patience. To most men the thought of the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:7-11
The coming of the Lord. Following the warnings for the rich, we have encouraging counsel for the poor. Yes, even the poor persecuted ones just spoken of in the previous verses. The coming of the Lord is set forth as being nigh at hand, and they are exhorted to a patient waiting till that coming be accomplished. I. THE COMING OF THE LORD . 1. Its nature. 2. Its nearness. Certainly there is a seeming nearness in the apostolic days; how shall it be explained? II. ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:8
Application of illustration , repeating the exhortation of James 5:7 , and supporting it by the assurance that "the coming of the Lord," till which they are to endure, "is at hand." Stablish your hearts . The coming of the Lord draweth nigh. So Isaiah had announced ( Isaiah 13:6 ), "The day of the Lord is near ( ἐγγὺς ἡμέρα κυρίου )." read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 5:7
Be patient therefore, brethren - That is, under such wrongs as the apostle had described in the previous verses. Those whom he addressed were doubtless suffering under those oppressions, and his object was to induce them to bear their wrongs without murmuring and without resistance. One of the methods of doing this was by showing them, in an address to their rich oppressors, that those who injured and wronged them would be suitably punished at the day of judgment, or that their cause was in the... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 5:8
Be ye also patient - As the farmer is. In due time, as he expects the return of the rain, so you may anticipate deliverance from your trials.Stablish your hearts - Let your purposes and your faith be firm and unwavering. Do not become weary and fretful; but bear with constancy all that is laid upon you, until the time of your deliverance shall come.For the coming of the Lord draweth nigh - Compare Revelation 22:10, Revelation 22:12, Revelation 22:20; the notes at 1 Corinthians 15:51. It is... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 5:7-9
James 5:7-9. Be patient therefore, brethren He now addresses the pious, oppressed, and persecuted disciples of Christ: as if he had said, Since the Lord will soon come to punish them, and relieve you, patiently bear the injuries which rich men offer you, and quietly wait till he come. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit Which will recompense his labour and patience; till he receive the early, or the former rain Immediately after sowing; and the latter Before... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - James 5:7-20
5:7-20 THE NEED FOR PATIENCE AND PRAYERMany Christians were poor and oppressed, some of them no doubt farmers who suffered because of the rich landowners. James encourages them to wait patiently for the Lord’s return (which will bring them victory in the end), just as the farmer waits patiently for the rain that will bring his crops to final harvest (7-8). God is using these trials to teach them patience, so they must not fight against his purposes by grumbling. Some Old Testament examples show... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:7-8
Long-suffering in view of Christ's coming. These words strike one of the leading chords of the Epistle. There is no grace which its readers are more earnestly exhorted to cultivate than that of patience. In the preceding verses James has been denouncing the rich ungodly Jews. The Epistle was not addressed to them, however, but to the Christian Jews who were suffering from their oppression and cruelty. So, the apostle here resumes the ordinary tenor of his letter. He exhorts the Church to... read more