^aCome quickly now, ^byou rich who lack true faith and hoard and misuse your resources, ^cweep and howl over the miseries the woes, the judgments that are coming upon you. 2 ^aYour wealth has rotted and is ruined and your fine clothes have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up your treasure ^ain the last days when it will do you no good. 4 Look! ^aThe wages that you have fraudulently withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out against you for vengeance; and ^bthe cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of ^1cthe Lord of Sabaoth. 1+@Sam 1:3 5 On the earth you have ^alived luxuriously and abandoned yourselves to soft living and led a life of wanton pleasure self-indulgence, self-gratification; you have fattened your hearts in ^ba day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and have ^aput to death ^bthe righteous man; he offers you no resistance.

7 So wait patiently, ^abrothers and sisters, ^buntil the coming of the Lord. ^cThe farmer waits expectantly for the precious harvest from the land, being patient about it, until it receives ^dthe early and late rains. 8 ^aYou too, be patient; ^bstrengthen your hearts keep them energized and firmly committed to God, because ^cthe coming of the Lord is ^dnear. 9 ^aDo not complain against one another, ^bbelievers, so that you will not be judged for it. Look! ^cThe Judge is standing ^1dright at the door. 10 As an example, ^abrothers and sisters, of suffering and patience, take ^bthe prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as His messengers and representatives. 11 You know we call those ^ablessed happy, spiritually prosperous, favored by God who were steadfast and endured difficult circumstances. You have heard of ^bthe patient endurance of Job and you have seen the Lord’s ^coutcome how He richly blessed Job. ^dThe Lord is full of compassion and is merciful. Job 1:21, 22; 42:10; Ps 111:4

12 But above all, ^amy fellow believers, ^bdo not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but let your yes be a truthful yes, and your no be a truthful no, so that you may not fall under judgment. Matt 5:34-37

13 Is anyone among you ^asuffering? ^bHe must pray. Is anyone joyful? He is to ^csing praises to God. 14 Is anyone among you sick? He must call for ^athe elders (spiritual leaders) of the church and they are to pray over him, ^banointing him with ¹oil in the name of the Lord; 15 and the ^aprayer of faith will ^brestore the one who is sick, and the Lord will ^craise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, ^aconfess your sins to one another your false steps, your offenses, and pray for one another, that you may be ^bhealed and restored. ^cThe heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) is able to accomplish much when put into action and made effective by God—it is dynamic and can have tremendous power. 17 Elijah was ^aa man with a nature like ours with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings, and ^bhe prayed ¹intensely for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for ^cthree years and six months. 1+@Kin 17:1 18 Then he ^aprayed again, and ^bthe sky gave rain and the land produced its crops as usual. 1+@Kin 18:42-45

19 My brothers and sisters, ^aif anyone among you strays from ^bthe truth and falls into error and another one turns him back to God, 20 let the latter one know that the one who has turned a sinner from the error of his way will ^asave that one’s soul from death and ^bcover a multitude of sins that is, obtain the pardon of the many sins committed by the one who has been restored.