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Patience in Suffering

So be patient, brothers and sisters,[a] until the Lord’s return.[b] Think of how the farmer waits[c] for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient[d] for it until it receives the early and late rains.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:7 tn Grk “brothers”; this phrase occurs again three times in the paragraph. See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
  2. James 5:7 tn Or “advent”; or “coming” (also in v. 8).
  3. James 5:7 tn Grk “Behold! The farmer waits.”
  4. James 5:7 tn Grk “being patient.”