James 5
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James 5:1-8

1ComeG33nowνῦνnunG3568,you richπλούσιοι,plousioiG4145,weepκλαύσατεklausateG2799and howlὀλολύζοντεςololuzontesG3649for your miseriesταλαιπωρίαιςtalaipōriaisG5004which are comingἐπερχομέναις.eperchomenaisG1904upon you.
2Your richesπλοῦτοςploutosG4149have rottedσέσηπενsesēpenG4595and your garmentsἱμάτιαhimatiaG2440have becomeγέγονεν·gegonenG1096moth-eatenσητόβρωταsētobrōtaG4598.
3Your goldχρυσὸςchrusosG5557and your silverἄργυροςargurosG696have rustedκατίωταιkatiōtaiG2728;and their rustἰὸςiosG2447will be a witnessμαρτύριονmarturionG3142against you and will consumeG2068your fleshσάρκαςsarkasG4561likeὡςhōsG5613fireπῦρ·purG4442. It isin the lastἐσχάταιςeschataisG2078daysἡμέραις.hēmeraisG2250that you have storedG2343up your treasureG2343!
4BeholdἰδοὺidouG2400,the payμισθὸςmisthosG3408of the laborersἐργατῶνergatōnG2040who mowedἀμησάντωνamēsantōnG270your fieldsχώραςchōrasG5561, andwhich has been withheldG879by you, criesκράζειkrazeiG2896out against you; andthe outcryβοαὶboaiG995of thoseG3588who didG2325the harvestingθερισάντωνtherisantōnG2325has reachedεἰσεληλύθασιν.eiselēluthasinG1525the earsὦταōtaG3775ofthe LordκυρίουkuriouG2962ofSabaothσαβαὼθsabaōthG4519.
5You havelivedG5171luxuriouslyG5171on the earthγῆςgēsG1093and ledG4684a lifeG4684of wantonG4684pleasureG4684; you havefattenedἐθρέψατεethrepsateG5142your heartsκαρδίαςkardiasG2588ina dayἡμέρᾳhēmeraG2250of slaughterσφαγῆς.sphagēsG4967.
6You have condemnedκατεδικάσατε,katedikasateG2613andputG5407to deathG5407the righteousδίκαιον·dikaionG1342man;he does not resistἀντιτάσσεταιantitassetaiG498you.
7Thereforeοὖν,ounG3767be patientΜακροθυμήσατεMakrothumēsateG3114,brethrenἀδελφοί,adelphoiG80,untilἕωςhe'ōsG2193the comingπαρουσίαςparousiasG3952of the Lordκυρίου.kuriouG2962.The farmerγεωργὸςgeōrgosG1092waitsἐκδέχεταιekdechetaiG1551for the preciousτίμιονtimionG5093produceκαρπὸνkarponG2590of the soilγῆςgēsG1093,being patientμακροθυμῶνmakrothumōnG3114aboutἐπ᾽ep᾽G1909it, untilἕωςhe'ōsG2193it getsλάβῃlabēG2983the earlyG4291and lateὄψιμον·opsimonG3797rains.
8You tooκαὶkaiG2532be patientμακροθυμήσατεmakrothumēsateG3114;strengthenστηρίξατεstērixateG4741your heartsκαρδίαςkardiasG2588, forthe comingπαρουσίαparousiaG3952of the LordκυρίουkuriouG2962isnearἤγγικεν.ēngikenG1448.
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