It means “endurance” rather than the R.V. “suffering”; this goes better with μακροθυμίας, “patience”. The rendering “endurance” has support from the papyri, see ...

Men who have been highly honoured of God, with a gift of prophesying, or foretelling things to come; to whom God revealed his secrets, doing nothing without ...

This passage is about our understanding of God's relationship to our world. When it asks for endurance, patience, and perseverance from its addressees, it ...

12 янв. 2001 г. · God wants us to react to suffering with patience. He wants us to do it with loooongsuffering. God's standard is that we hold out for a long time ...

In this verse, the writer, James, urges his readers to look to the prophets as examples of those who have endured suffering and remained faithful to God.

David Guzik commentary on James 5, where James rebukes the rich and gives a call for patient endurance in light of the coming judgment.

It basically means “hardship” (so New American Bible) suffered at the hand of others and therefore may be rendered as “ill-treatment” (New English Bible/ ...

James 5:11 concludes by reminding us that the Lord is compassionate and merciful. We can see this now but it will be even more evident to us at the last day.

10 Brothers and sisters, think about the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. They are an example of how to be patient when you suffer. James 5:10 ...