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Polyglot Bible: James: James 5

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This is the closing chapter (5:1–20) of the Epistle of James from the New Testament, presented in three parallel columns: the Greek New Testament (GNT), the King James Version (KJV), and the Latin Vulgate. The passage opens with a sharp prophetic denunciation of wealthy landowners who have hoarded riches, withheld wages from laborers, and "condemned and killed the just" — imagery drawn from the Hebrew prophetic tradition. It then pivots to pastoral exhortation, urging the faithful to patient endurance until the Lord's coming (parousia), using the farmer awaiting harvest and Job's steadfastness as exemplars. The chapter covers practical communal ethics: prohibitions on oath-taking, instructions for prayer over the sick with anointing by elders, mutual confession of sins, and intercessory prayer — the last grounded in Elijah's miraculous drought as proof that righteous prayer is powerful. It closes with the claim that restoring a straying believer from error saves their soul from death and covers a multitude of sins. The tripartite format serves as a textual/translation comparison resource rather than commentary, making it useful primarily for those studying the Greek source against major Western Bible translations.

Polyglot Bible: James: James 5

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