James 5:7

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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.

Be patient

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Be patient

And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain it, and bear fruit in continuance.

to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during;

for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for it?

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

but in everything recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding;

in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

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that I have given the rain of your land in its season -- sprinkling and gathered -- and thou hast gathered thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil,

And by chief things -- of the ancient mountains, And by precious things -- of the age-during heights,

in your patience possess ye your souls.

for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will not tarry;