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James 5 — Sermon Preparation
The rich are warned of coming judgment, while believers are encouraged to wait patiently for the Lord, pray for the sick, and restore those who wander from the truth. Below is a research summary for James 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 24
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
James 5 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| γῆ | gē | G1093 | 5 | country, earth, ground, land |
| προσεύχομαι | proseúchomai | G4336 | 4 | pray, make prayer |
| μακροθυμέω | makrothyméō | G3114 | 3 | bear long, be longsuffering, have patience, be patient |
| ἀδελφός | adelphós | G80 | 5 | brother |
| βρέχω | bréchō | G1026 | 2 | rain, wash |
| ἁμαρτία | hamartía | G266 | 3 | offence, sin |
| παρουσία | parousía | G3952 | 2 | coming, presence |
How preachers through history handled this text
24 public-domain excerpts on James 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“It is no mark of a wise or holy man, to boast of being free from error, or to refuse to acknowledge an error. And there is some doctrinal mistake at the bottom of every practical mistake. There is no one habitually bad, but upon some bad principle. This is conversion; to turn a sinner from the error of his ways, not merely from one party to another, or from one notion and way of thinking to another. There is no way effectually and finally to hide sin, but forsaking it. Many sins are hindered in the party converted; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on James 5:19–27 (Public Domain)
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