James 5:1

Go to now, ye rich men,.... All rich men are not here designed; there are some rich men who are good men, and make a good use of their riches, and do not abuse them, as these here are represented; and…

Go to now - Notes, Jam 4:13. Ye rich men - Not all rich men, but only that class of them who are specified as unjust and oppressive. There is no sin in merely being rich; where sin exists peculiarly…

Go to now - See on Jam 4:13.

Weep and howl for your miseries - St. James seems to refer here, in the spirit of prophecy, to the destruction that was coming upon the Jews, not only in Judea, but in all…

The apostle is here addressing first sinners and then saints.

I. Let us consider the address to sinners; and here we find James seconding what his great Master had said: Woe unto you that are rich;…

Jas 5:1-6. Warnings for the Rich

1. Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl The words are nearly the same as those we have met with before in ch. Jas 4:9, but there is in them less of the call to…