You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
The delay seems long only because we grow soft and weak in hope. Strengthen your hearts against this tenderness; the Lord draws near, and patience sustained by a living sense of His approach will harden us for perseverance.
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The apostle is here addressing first sinners and then saints. I. Let us consider the address to sinners; and here we find James seconding what his great Master had said: Woe unto you that are rich; for you have received your consolation, Luk 6:24.
Commenting on James 5:1-11
Your hearts are unstable and need establishing through the word and ordinances; take heart and be of good courage under your pressures. The Lord's coming draws nigh to render judgment on your oppressors and free you from all your sorrows.
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