So I am becoming weaker and weaker\par like a piece of wood rotting away,\par like a piece of cloth eaten by moths.”\par
James 5:2 - Easy To Read Version Your riches will rot and be worth nothing. Your clothes will be eaten by moths. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your abundant wealth has rotted and is ruined, and your [many] garments have become moth-eaten. American Standard Version (1901) Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Common English Bible Your riches have rotted. Moths have destroyed your clothes. Catholic Public Domain Version Your riches have been corrupted, and your garments have been eaten by moths. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten. |
So I am becoming weaker and weaker\par like a piece of wood rotting away,\par like a piece of cloth eaten by moths.”\par
Lord, you punish people for doing wrong\par to teach them the right way to live.\par Like a moth destroys cloth,\par you destroy the things people love.\par Yes, our lives are like a small cloud \{that quickly disappears\}.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [240]})\i0 \par
But look, the Lord my Master helps me. So no person can show me to be evil. All those people will become like worthless old clothes. Moths will eat them.
Why? Because they will be like\par old clothes.\par Moths will eat them.\par They will be like wool.\par Worms will eat them.\par But my goodness will continue forever.\par My salvation will continue\par forever and ever.”\par
Sometimes a bird will hatch an egg\par that it did not lay.\par A person that cheats to get money\par is like that bird.\par When that man’s life is half finished,\par he will lose the money.\par At the end of his life, it will be clear\par that he was a foolish person.”\par
I will destroy Ephraim,\par like a moth destroys a piece of cloth.\par I \{will destroy\} Judah,\par like rot \{destroys a piece of wood\}.\par
Sell the things you have and give that money to people that need it. The riches of this world don’t continue. So get the kind of riches that continue. Get the treasure of heaven. That treasure continues forever. Thieves can’t steal your treasure in heaven, and moths can’t destroy it.
Suppose a person comes into your group. This person is wearing very nice clothes and a gold ring. At the same time a poor person comes in wearing old, dirty clothes.
Now we wait to get the blessings God has for his children. Those blessings are kept for you in heaven. Those blessings cannot ruin or be destroyed or lose their beauty.