Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
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Gill's Exposition
Be ye also patient,.... As well as the husbandman, and like him; and wait for the rains and dews of divine grace to fall, and make fruitful, and for the ripe fruit of eternal life; and in the mean…
Barnes' Notes
Be ye also patient - As the farmer is. In due time, as he expects the return of the rain, so you may anticipate deliverance from your trials. Stablish your hearts - Let your purposes and your faith be…
Adam Clarke
Be ye also patient - Wait for God's deliverance, as ye wait for his bounty in providence.
Stablish your hearts - Take courage; do not sink under your trials.
The coming of the Lord draweth nigh -…
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;…
Cambridge Bible
Be ye also patient Better, long-suffering; as before.
stablish your hearts Better, strengthen. The strength is to come from the thought that the great Advent has come near, that there will be a great…
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