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Verse 1

Come{G71} now,{G3568} ye rich,{G4145} weep{G2799} and howl{G3649} for{G1909} your{G5216} miseries{G5004} that are coming upon{G1904} you.

Verse 2

Your{G5216} riches{G4149} are corrupted,{G4595} and{G2532} your{G5216} garments{G2440} are{G1096} moth-eaten.{G4598}

Verse 3

Your{G5216} gold{G5557} and{G2532} your{G5216} silver{G696} are rusted;{G2728} and{G2532} their{G846} rust{G2447} shall be{G2071} for a testimony{G3142} against{G1519} you,{G5213} and{G2532} shall eat{G5315} your{G5216} flesh{G4561} as fire.{G4442} Ye have laid up your treasure{G2343} in{G1722} the last{G2078} days.{G2250}

Verse 4

Behold,{G2400} the hire{G3408} of the laborers{G2040} who{G3588} mowed{G270} your{G5216} fields,{G5561} which is of{G575} you{G5216} kept back by fraud,{G650} crieth{G2896} out: and{G2532} the cries{G995} of them{G3588} that reaped{G2325} have entered{G1525} into{G1519} the ears{G3775} of the Lord{G2962} of Sabaoth.{G4519}

Verse 5

Ye have lived delicately{G5171} on{G1909} the earth,{G1093} and{G2532} taken your pleasure;{G5171} ye have nourished{G5142} your{G5216} hearts{G2588} {G5613} in{G1722} a day{G2250} of slaughter.{G4967}

Verse 6

Ye have condemned,{G2613} ye have killed{G5407} the righteous{G1342} [one]; he doth{G498} not{G3756} resist{G498} you.{G5213}

Verse 7

Be patient{G3114} therefore,{G3767} brethren,{G80} until{G2193} the coming{G3952} of the Lord.{G2962} Behold,{G2400} the husbandman{G1092} waiteth for{G1551} the precious{G5093} fruit{G2590} of the earth,{G1093} being patient{G3114} over{G1909} it,{G846} until{G2193} {G302} it receive{G2983} the early{G4406} and{G2532} latter{G3797} rain.{G5205}

Verse 8

Be{G3114} ye{G5210} also{G2532} patient;{G3114} establish{G4741} your{G5216} hearts:{G2588} for{G3754} the coming{G3952} of the Lord{G2962} is at hand.{G1448}

Verse 9

Murmur{G4727} not,{G3361} brethren,{G80} one against{G2596} another,{G240} that ye be not{G3361} judged:{G4253} behold,{G2400} the judge{G4253} standeth{G2476} before{G3588} the doors.{G2476}

Verse 10

Take,{G2983} {G3450} brethren,{G80} None for an example{G5262} of suffering{G2552} and{G2532} of patience,{G3115} the prophets{G4396} who{G3739} spake{G2980} in the name{G3686} of the Lord.{G2962}

Verse 11

Behold,{G2400} we call{G3106} them{G3588} blessed{G3106} that endured:{G5278} ye have heard{G191} of the patience{G5281} of Job,{G2492} and{G2532} have seen{G1492} the end{G5056} of the Lord,{G2962} how that{G3754} the Lord{G2962} is{G2076} full of pity,{G4184} and{G2532} merciful.{G3629}

Verse 12

But{G1161} above{G4253} all things,{G3956} my{G3450} brethren,{G80} swear{G3660} not,{G3361} neither{G3383} by the heaven,{G3772} nor{G3383} by the earth,{G1093} nor{G3383} by any{G5100} other{G243} oath:{G3727} but{G1161} let{G2277} your{G5216} yea{G3483} be{G2277} yea,{G3483} and{G2532} your nay,{G3756} nay;{G3756} that{G2443} ye fall{G4098} not{G3361} under{G1519} judgment.{G3956}

Verse 13

Is{G2553} any{G5100} among{G1722} you{G5213} suffering?{G2553} Let him pray.{G4336} Is{G2114} any{G5100} cheerful?{G2114} Let him sing praise.{G5567}

Verse 14

Is{G770} any{G5100} among{G1722} you{G5213} sick?{G770} Let him call{G4341} for the elders{G4245} of the church;{G1577} and{G2532} let them pray{G4336} over{G1909} him,{G846} anointing{G218} him{G846} with oil{G1637} in{G1722} the name{G3686} of the Lord:{G2962}

Verse 15

and{G2532} the prayer{G2171} of faith{G4102} shall save{G4982} him that is sick,{G2577} and{G2532} the Lord{G2962} shall raise{G1453} him{G846} up;{G1453} and if{G2579} he have{G5600} committed{G4160} sins,{G266} it shall be forgiven{G863} him.{G846}

Verse 16

Confess{G1843} therefore your sins{G3900} one to another,{G240} and{G2532} pray{G2172} one{G240} for{G5228} another,{G240} that{G3704} ye may be healed.{G2390} The {G1754} supplication{G1162} of a righteous man{G1342} availeth{G2480} much{G4183} in its working.

Verse 17

Elijah{G2243} was{G2258} a man{G444} of like passions{G3663} with{G2254} us, and{G2532} he prayed{G4336} fervently{G4335} that it might{G1026} not{G3361} rain;{G1026} and{G2532} it rained{G1026} not{G3756} on{G1909} the earth{G1093} for three{G5140} years{G1763} and{G2532} six{G1803} months.{G3376}

Verse 18

And{G2532} he prayed{G4336} again;{G3825} and{G2532} the heaven{G3772} gave{G1325} rain,{G5205} and{G2532} the earth{G1093} brought forth{G985} her{G846} fruit.{G2590}

Verse 19

My brethren,{G80} if{G1437} any{G5100} among{G1722} you{G5213} err{G4105} from{G575} the truth,{G225} and{G2532} one{G5100} convert{G1994} him;{G846}

Verse 20

let him know,{G1097} that{G3754} he who converteth{G1994} a sinner{G268} from{G1537} the error{G4106} of his{G846} way{G3598} shall save{G4982} a soul{G5590} from{G1537} death,{G2288} and{G2532} shall cover{G2572} a multitude{G4128} of sins.{G266}

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