James 5:7-8

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 5:7

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord; viz. to judgment, and that either particular, to avenge the quarrels of innocent sufferers upon their tyrannical persecutors; or rather, to the general judgment, in which a full retribution is to be made both to the just and unjust, Romans 2:5,Romans 2:6, &c. To which judgment the Scripture calls all to look, especially those that are under oppression and persecution, 2 Thessalonians 1:6,2 Thessalonians 1:7, &c. Behold, the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 5:8

Be ye also patient; viz. in expectation of your harvest, and the fruit of your labours, as the husbandman is in looking for his. Stablish your hearts; let your hearts be stedfast in faith and constant in holiness, encouraging yourselves to both by the coming of the Lord. For the coming of the Lord draweth nigh; as before, his coming to the general judgment, which is said to be nigh, because of the certainty of its coming, and the uncertainty of the time when it will come, and because it is... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - James 5:7-11

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESJames 5:7. Margin, “suffer with long patience.” St. James inculcates a systematic course of action. Early and latter rain.—Early rain fell from October to February, latter from March to end of April.James 5:9. Grudge not.—A caution against an impatient, querulous temper. “Complain not.” “Groan not.”James 5:11. Endure.—Some prefer “endured.” Pitful.—Large-hearted; tender-hearted. The word used, πολύσπλαγχνος, is peculiar, and it is thought may have been coined by St.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:7-8

James 5:7-8 The lesson of Advent is a twofold one. It is a lesson of watchfulness; it is also a lesson of patience. They are the two contrasted tones heard all through that solemn discourse upon the Mount of Olives from which, as "in a glass, darkly," through parable and figure, we have learned all that we can ever learn of that "Far-off Divine event To which the whole creation moves." I. Patience is a lesson which we all need. We need it in the heat and eagerness of youth; we need it in the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - James 5:7-8

DISCOURSE: 2374PATIENT PERSEVERANCE URGEDJames 5:7-8. Be patient, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.CHRISTIANITY, even in the apostolic age, was professed by multitudes who neither understood its doctrines nor obeyed its precepts. The great and fundamental doctrine of... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - James 5:7-8

A Visit to the Harvest Field A Sermon (No. 1025) Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waited for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh."-- James 5:7-8 THE EARTH THAT YIELDS seed to the sower and bread to the eater has received... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - James 5:1-20

Chapter 5Now in chapter five he takes on the rich. So this doesn't apply to many of us.Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver are cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days ( James 5:1-3 ).So he speaks of the rich and heaping up treasure for the last days, talking... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - James 5:1-20

James 5:1 . Go to now, or go now, ye rich men. He had taught them humility, because their glory vanished away as the flower of the field: chap. James 1:10. He now calls upon them to weep and howl over the ashes of their tombs and sanctuary, their warehouses and pleasant villas in flames, and Jerusalem the common grave of a ruined nation. It is indubitable that the early christians, from the words of Christ and of the prophets, knew that Jerusalem would be destroyed, and that the event... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - James 5:7-8

James 5:7-8The husbandman waitethPersuasives to patienceHere the apostle inculcates--I.A PATIENCE THAT, IN THE CONSCIOUSNESS THAT LIFE RIPENS, WAITS. This is taught in the allusion made to harvest. The husbandman waits. He waits from the season of the autumnal till after the vernal rains. These rains, and all the ripening influences of sun and earth succeed each other in unhastened order, tie waits for what is worth the waiting. To him the clusters of the grape, the sheaves of the corn, are... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - James 5:7

7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Ver. 7. Be patient therefore ] q.d. You poor oppressed ones, hold out faith and patience. You shall shortly have help. As the mother’s breasts ache to be sucklings so doth God’s heart yearn to be helping. Unto the coming of the Lord ] sc. By particular deliverance; and not only by the... read more

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