that man need not imagine he will get anything from God,

if any of you says to them, "Depart in peace! Get warm, get food," without supplying their bodily needs, what use is that?

you do ask and you do not get it, because you ask with the wicked intention of spending it on your pleasures.

Be patient, then, brothers, till the arrival of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious crop of the land, biding his time patiently till he gets the autumn and the spring rains;