JACOB Chapter 5

Jacob 5

Rich men are not to oppress any longer

1 Now; you Rich men, be led to analyze/solve by weeping upon the suffering/misery that will supervene/come upon you.

2 Your wealth shall be rot-eaten and your garment will become rotten.

3 Your gold and silver (money) will be corroded, and their rust will be a testimony unto you and you will be devoured as your flesh is treasured up for fire, in the last days.

4 Behold, the workers under you, are calling out, having harvested in your farm, and are defrauded of their wages; The cries for help of those who have harvested will enter into the ears of the SUPREME LORD of Tsabaoth (heavenly Armies);

5 you indulge your heart in luxury upon the earth, and waste/squander in butchery/slaughter shop, even to be nourished for days;

6 you condemn and slay the Righteous; who is not opposing you.

Perseverance and humility 

7 Therefore, brethren, be patient/forbear long, until the return of the Lord. Behold, a farmer wait for the early and the later rain, until he receives precious things of the land, by forbearing long upon it. 

8 you should be patient also, set fast your heart resolutely in one direction for the return of the Lord draws near.

9 Brethren, do not grumble against one another, at least do not judge. Behold, the Judge is standing towards the door.

10 Brethren, take to the model/example of the patience of the Inspired Speakers (Prophets) who are preaching the Name of the Lord in hardship;

11 Behold, those who bear trials are counted supremely blessed. You have heard of cheerful patience of Job, and have seen the ultimate end of the Lord, because, the SUPREME Lord is compassionate and even multi-compassionate to many.

Never swear

12 however, My brethren, do not swear on oath in front of all, neither by heaven nor by the earth, or other certain things; but your yes should be yes, and (your) No should be No, lest you fall under judgment. (Matthew 5:37)

Take your place in Christ Jesus to do deliverance by yourself and for one another by the imperial authority given in Jh 20:23 by the Lord.

13 Is anyone among you undergoing hardship? Make prayer. Is anyone cheerful? Sing on a stringed-musical instrument (psallo);

14 Is anyone among you sick? Summon the Presbyters (Elders) of the church, to anoint him with olive oil, and make prayer upon him in the Name of the Lord.

15 And if he is tired of faith and committed sin, the wish of the Lord is to save and raise him up. So forgive him/let him go of it.

16 And having acknowledged/openly confessed the sin, then, wish/pray for one another to be healed/cured anyhow. The petition/supplication for each other by a Righteous man has force/strength to be effective/energetic on many.

17 EliJah was a man of similar experience to us, who made prayer; not to rain upon the land, and by an oratory prayer, it did not rain for three years and six months.

18 And he made prayer again, and the sky gave rain, and the land produced fruits.

Never give up on fellow Christians who are in error

19 My brethren, in case anyone within you wander away from the Truth, and someone bring him back;

20 know absolutely that the one who bring back a sinner out of his way of delusion, has saved his soul from death, and cover up sins to the fulness.