James 5

¹Come now, you rich, weep, wailing over your miseries that are coming upon you.

²Your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten.

³Your gold and silver have corroded, and their rust will be a testimony against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.

⁴Behold, the wage of the workers who mowed your fields — defrauded by you — cries out, and the cries of the harvesters have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

⁵You lived in luxury upon the earth and in self-indulgence; you have fattened your hearts as on a day of slaughter.

⁶You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one; he does not resist you.

⁷Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Look, the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and late rain.

⁸Be patient, you also, and strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has drawn near.

⁹Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged. Look, the Judge stands before the doors.

¹⁰Take as an example of suffering and patience, my brothers, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

¹¹Look, we count blessed those who have endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the outcome of the Lord, that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

¹²But above all, my brothers, do not swear — neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath — but let your 'yes' be yes and your 'no' be no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

¹³Is anyone among you suffering hardship? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises.

¹⁴Is anyone among you sick? Let him summon the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil in the name of the Lord.

¹⁵And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.

¹⁶Confess your sins to one another, therefore, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person avails much when it is at work.

¹⁷Elijah was a human being of like nature to us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

¹⁸And he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

¹⁹My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

²⁰Let him know that the one who turns back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.