James 4:13-17

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Boasting About Tomorrow

¹³Come now, you who say, ^(A)“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— ¹⁴yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For ^(B)you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. ¹⁵Instead you ought to say, ^(C)“If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” ¹⁶As it is, you boast in your arrogance. ^(D)All such boasting is evil. ¹⁷^(E)So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

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James 5:7-11

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Patience in Suffering

⁷Be patient, therefore, brothers,^[a] until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives ^(A)the early and the late rains. ⁸You also, be patient. ^(B)Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord ^(C)is at hand. ⁹Do not grumble against one another, brothers, ^(D)so that you may not be judged; behold, ^(E)the Judge is standing ^(F)at the door. ¹⁰As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take ^(G)the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of ^(H)the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen ^(I)the purpose of the Lord, how ^(J)the Lord is compassionate and merciful.