James 5:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. ”

James 5:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be ye also patient - As the farmer is. In due time, as he expects the return of the rain, so you may anticipate deliverance from your trials. Stablish your hearts - Let your purposes and your...
James 5:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Patience in James 5:7-8 ; James 5:10 is different from endurance in n, Hebrews 12:1 f.; it is the opposite of short-temperedness or impatience. The farmer does his work and then can only wait fo...
James 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

stablish . See Romans 1:11 . draweth nigh . hath drawn near. See Matthew 3:2 .
James 5:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8 Stablish your hearts. Lest any should object and say, that the time of deliverance was too long delayed, he obviates this objection and says, that the Lord was at hand, or (which is the s...
James 5:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2374 PATIENT PERSEVERANCE URGED James 5:7-8 . Be patient, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long pati...
James 5:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Be ye also patient - Wait for God's deliverance, as ye wait for his bounty in providence. Stablish your hearts - Ta...
James 5:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.— The apostle by this phrase seems plainly to mean, the coming of the Romans to destroy or carry away captive the Jewish nation: for what God in his providen...
James 5:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Patient - `long-suffering.' Coming ... draweth nigh , х eengiken ( G1448 )] - hath and is drawn nigh:...
James 5:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Rebuke and Encouragement 2. Are corrupted, etc.] prophetic tense, in which the future is spoken of as though it were already come to pass.
James 5:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The coming of the Lord draweth nigh. — Read thus, The presence of the Lord is nigh. For the ancient belief in the nearness of Christ’s second advent, see Note above, in James 5:3 . The word used...
James 5:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 24 PATIENCE IN WAITING-THE ENDURANCE OF JOB-THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MENTION OF JOB BY ST. JAMES. James 5:7-11 "BE patient, therefore, brethren." The storm of indignation is past, and f...
James 5:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Patiently Await the Lord's Coming James 5:1-11 There are many among the rich who are using money as a sacred trust. Not against these does the Apostle utter his terrible anathemas, but against...
James 5:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Approaching the conclusion of his letter, the writer addressed a terrible indictment and solemn warning to the rich. He showed the failure of possessions, and how they may become the curse of life....
James 5:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter r...
James 5:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE LESSON OF PATIENCE ‘Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he rec...
James 5:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Be ye also patient ,.... As well as the husbandman, and like him; and wait for the rains and dews of divine grace to fall, and make fruitful, and for the ripe fruit of eternal life; and in the mean...
James 5:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Ver. 8. For the coming ] See James 5:7 . And he when he comes shall set all to rights. We shall see so much reas...
James 5:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Be patient therefore, brethren He now addresses the pious, oppressed, and persecuted disciples of Christ: as if he had said, Since the Lord will soon come to punish them, and relieve you, patiently...
James 5:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Verses 1 Timothy 6 are addressed to rich men, and no doubt specially to those who make some claim of having the knowledge of God. They are bidden to weep and howl for the miseries that will take th...
James 5:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Warnings to the Rich; Motives to Patience under Affliction. A. D. 61. 1 Go to now, ye rich m...
James 5:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Be ye also patient; viz. in expectation of your harvest, and the fruit of your labours, as the husbandman is in looking for his. Stablish your hearts; let your hearts be stedfast in faith and con...
James 5:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Call To Patient Endurance In The Light Of The Lord's Coming ( James 5:7-11 ). James now turns back to those who are true ‘brothers' and exhorts them to patient endurance, and to watch their tong...
James 5:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 5:7 . Margin, “suffer with long patience.” St. James inculcates a systematic course of action. Early and latter rain. — Early rain fell from October to Febru...
James 5:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

James 5:7-8 The lesson of Advent is a twofold one. It is a lesson of watchfulness; it is also a lesson of patience. They are the two contrasted tones heard all through that solemn discourse upon t...
James 5:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 5:1 . Go to now, or go now, ye rich men. He had taught them humility, because their glory vanished away as the flower of the field: chap. James 1:10 . He now calls upon them to weep and...
James 5:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION James 5:1-59 DENUNCIATION OF THE RICH FOR (1) GRINDING DOWN THE POOR AND KEEPING BACK THEIR WAGES ; (2) LUXURY ; (3) MURDER . The whole...
James 5:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Admonition to patience:
James 5:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 4:7 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:10 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:5 ; Galatians 5:22 ; Genesis 49:18 ; Habakkuk 2:3 ; Hebrews 10:25-37 ; Hebrews 10:35-37 ; James 5:9 ; Lamentations 3:25 ; Lamentation...
James 5:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Stablish your hearts — In faith and patience. For the coming of the Lord — To destroy Jerusalem. Is nigh — And so is his last coming to the eye of a believer.

James 5:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

James 5:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

James 5:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

James 5:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

James 5:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

James 5:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

James 5:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

James 5:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

James 5:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

James 5:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James 5:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James 5:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

James 5:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

James 5:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

James 5:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 5:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

James 5:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

James 5:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

James 5:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

James 5:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 5:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

James 5:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

James 5:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 5:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes