Study it in the app“Look, we count happy those who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job, and you have seen the outcome given by the Lord, that the Lord is full of compassion and merciful.”
James points to the farmer waiting for rain and to Job's enduranceWaiting on God
Look,ἰδοὺwe count happyμακαρίζομενthose who endured.τοὺς ὑπομείνανταςYou have heard ofἠκούσατεthe perseveranceτὴν ὑπομονὴνof Job,Ἰὼβandκαὶyou have seenεἴδετεthe outcomeτὸ τέλοςgiven by the Lord,κυρίουthatὅτιthe Lordὁ κύριοςisἐστινfull of compassionπολύσπλαγχνόςandκαὶmerciful.οἰκτίρμων
call blessed
Call blessed, call fortunate.
Where else “makarizomen” appearsendure
To hold firm through trials without giving up.
Where else “hypomeinantas” appearshear of
To hear about something.
Where else “ēkousate” appearsendurance, perseverance
Endurance, perseverance: holding out patiently under trial.
Where else “hypomonēn” appearsJob
Job, the righteous man who suffered and endured.
Where else “Iōb” appearssee
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “eidete” appearsgoal
The aim, where something leads.
Where else “telos” appearsLord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsvery compassionate
Very compassionate, full of tender mercy.
Where else “polysplanchnos” appearscompassionate
Compassionate, merciful.
Where else “oiktirmōn” appears“The outcome given by the Lord”: how the Lord ended Job’s story (Job 42). Recalls Psalm 103:8.
10As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 · This verse (above)
12But above all, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven nor by earth nor with any other oath; but let your yes be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.
1. What it says
What warning does James give to the rich who have stored up wealth (v. 1-6)?
2. What it means
James gives the farmer and the prophets as examples (v. 7-11). What does he want to teach about patience through them?
3. How I live it
James encourages praying for one another (v. 13-16). Who needs your prayer or your company this week?
