5:1  Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which come upon you.

5:2  Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten.

5:3  Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up your treasure in the last days!

5:4  Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have withheld, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

5:5  You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

5:6  You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.

5:7  Therefore have patience, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, exercising patience about it, until it gets the early and late rains.

5:8  You too have patience; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord has come near.

5:9  Do not complain brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not receive judgment; behold the Judge stands right at the door.

5:10  As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

5:11  We count those blessed who endured You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord's dealings, that the Lord has demonstrated compassion and mercy fully.

5:12  But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but your yes must remain yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

5:13  Does anyone among you suffer? Then he must pray Does anyone have a cheerful outlook? He should sing praises.

5:14  Has anyone among you become sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they should pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

5:15  and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who has become sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, the Lord will forgive him.

5:16  Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may receive healing The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

5:17  Elijah had a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

5:18  Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.

5:19  My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back,

5:20  let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.