5And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you!G33G3568G4145G2799G3649G1909G5216G5004G19042Your riches have rotted away, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.G5216G4149G4595G2532G5216G2440G1096G45983Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and this rust will be a witness against you and will eat up your flesh like fire. You have piled up riches in these last days.G5216G5557G2532G696G2728G2532G2447G846G2071G3142G1519G5213G2532G5315G5216G4561G5613G4442G2343G1722G2078G22504You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.G2400G3408G2040G3588G270G5216G5561G3588G575G5216G650G2896G2532G995G2325G1525G1519G3775G2962G45195Your life here on earth has been full of luxury and pleasure. You have made yourselves fat for the day of slaughter.G5171G1909G1093G2532G4684G5142G5216G2588G5613G1722G2250G49676You have condemned and murdered innocent people, and they do not resist you.G2613G5407G1342G498G3756G498G5213
Patience and Prayer
7Be patient, then, my friends, until the Lord comes. See how patient farmers are as they wait for their land to produce precious crops. They wait patiently for the autumn and spring rains.G3114G3767G80G2193G3952G2962G2400G1092G1551G5093G2590G1093G3114G1909G846G2193G302G2983G4406G2532G3797G52058You also must be patient. Keep your hopes high, for the day of the Lord's coming is near.G3114G5210G2532G3114G4741G5216G2588G3754G3952G2962G14489Do not complain against one another, my friends, so that God will not judge you. The Judge is near, ready to appear.G4727G3361G2596G240G80G3363G2632G2400G2923G2476G4253G237410My friends, remember the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Take them as examples of patient endurance under suffering.G2983G3450G80G4396G3739G2980G3686G2962G5262G2552G2532G311511We call them happy because they endured. You have heard of Job's patience, and you know how the Lord provided for him in the end. For the Lord is full of mercy and compassion.G2400G3106G5278G191G5281G2492G2532G1492G5056G2962G3754G2962G2076G4184G2532G362912Above all, my friends, do not use an oath when you make a promise. Do not swear by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Say only "Yes" when you mean yes, and "No" when you mean no, and then you will not come under God's judgment.G1161G4253G3956G3450G80G3660G3361G3383G3772G3383G1093G3383G5100G243G3727G1161G2277G5216G3483G2277G3483G2532G3756G3756G3363G4098G1519G527213Are any among you in trouble? They should pray. Are any among you happy? They should sing praises.G2553G5100G1722G5213G2553G4336G2114G5100G2114G556714Are any among you sick? They should send for the church elders, who will pray for them and rub olive oil on them in the name of the Lord.G770G5100G770G1722G5213G4341G4245G1577G2532G4336G1909G846G218G846G1637G1722G3686G296215This prayer made in faith will heal the sick; the Lord will restore them to health, and the sins they have committed will be forgiven.G2532G2171G4102G4982G2577G2532G2962G1453G846G1453G2579G5600G4160G266G863G84616So then, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you will be healed. The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect.G1843G3900G240G2532G2172G240G5228G240G3704G2390G1754G1162G1342G2480G418317Elijah was the same kind of person as we are. He prayed earnestly that there would be no rain, and no rain fell on the land for three and a half years.G2243G2258G444G3663G2254G2532G4336G4335G1026G3361G1026G2532G1026G3756G1909G1093G5140G1763G2532G1803G337618Once again he prayed, and the sky poured out its rain and the earth produced its crops.G2532G4336G3825G2532G3772G1325G5205G2532G1093G985G846G259019My friends, if any of you wander away from the truth and another one brings you back again,G80G1437G5100G1722G5213G4105G575G225G2532G5100G1994G84620remember this: whoever turns a sinner back from the wrong way will save that sinner's soul from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins.G1097G846G1097G3754G1994G268G1537G4106G846G3598G4982G5590G1537G2288G2532G2572G4128G266
