In the same way also, when you see all these things happening, you [should] know that He [i.e., Jesus] is as near as your [front] door.
James 5:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Do not complain against one another, brothers, so that you will not [have to] be judged [and condemned for it]. Look, the Judge [i.e., Christ] is standing at the door! [See verse 8]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you [yourselves] may not be judged. Look! The Judge is [already] standing at the very door. American Standard Version (1901) Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors. Common English Bible Don’t complain about each other, brothers and sisters, so that you won’t be judged. Look! The judge is standing at the door! Catholic Public Domain Version Brothers, do not complain against one another, so that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door. |
In the same way also, when you see all these things happening, you [should] know that He [i.e., Jesus] is as near as your [front] door.
In the same way also, when you see these things happening, you [should] know that He [i.e., Jesus] is as near as your [front] door.
Now [because of this] Herodias had a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but had not been able to.
Now these events happened to those people as examples [to us], and they were written as warnings to us, to whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. [Note: This refers to past ages concluding with the coming of Christ in that day].
So, do not judge anything until the appointed time, when the Lord returns [i.e., to do the judging] He will both shed light on the hidden things done in the dark and make known the motives of people’s hearts. Then each person [i.e., who deserves it] will receive praise from God.
Each person should give what he has decided to in his heart, not grudgingly, nor out of a feeling that he has to, for God loves a cheerful giver.
For the whole Law of Moses can be fulfilled by [obeying this] one requirement [Lev. 19:18]: “You should love your neighbor the way you love yourself.”
We should avoid foolish pride as well as provoking or envying one another.
Do not slander one another, brothers, [for] the person who speaks against his brother, or judges him, is [guilty of] speaking against the law [of God]. But when you judge the law, you are not obeying it but acting as its judge.
There is only One Lawgiver and Judge [i.e., God or Christ]. It is He who is able to save and destroy [people]. So, who [do you think] you are, judging your neighbor?
Brothers, take the [Old Testament] prophets, who spoke in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord, as your examples of suffering and patience.
So, be patient, brothers, until the Lord comes. Look, the farmer waits for his land to produce the valuable crop and is patient with it until it receives the fall and spring rains.
But, they will have to answer to God, who will judge both those who are now alive and those who have already died, [for the way they have lived].
Extend hospitality to one another without complaining [that you have to].
Look, I am standing at [your] door and knocking; if anyone hears my voice [i.e., the sound of my knocking], and opens the door, I will [surely] come in to him and eat with him and he [will eat] with me.