James 5:7
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
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Study Note
The agricultural analogy for patience — 'see how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains' — provides the model for Christian patience in view of the Lord's coming (parousia). Palestinian farming depended on two distinct rainy seasons (autumn and spring), neither of which the farmer could control or accelerate — patience was not optional but built into the structure of agricultural time. James applies this to the community's situation of socioeconomic oppression (5:1-6): waiting for the Lord's coming is the active form of trust that refuses both desperate action and despair. The verse is part of the New Testament's consistent deployment of agricultural imagery to map the rhythm of creation onto the rhythms of eschatological waiting, grounding hope in reliable seasonal patterns.
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Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.
Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain--early and latter;
Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.
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And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.