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1. You rich people, listen! Cry and be very sad because much trouble will come to you.
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1. Go to G33 now G3568 , ye rich men G4145 , weep G2799 and howl G3649 for G1909 your G5216 miseries G5004 that shall come upon G1904 you.
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2. Your riches will rot and be worth nothing. Your clothes will be eaten by moths.
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2. Your G5216 riches G4149 are corrupted G4595 , and G2532 your G5216 garments G2440 are G1096 motheaten G4598 .
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3. Your gold and silver will rust, and that rust will be a proof that you were wrong. That rust will eat your bodies like fire. You saved your treasure in the last days.
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3. Your G5216 gold G5557 and G2532 silver G696 is cankered G2728 ; and G2532 the G3588 rust G2447 of them G846 shall be G2071 a G1519 witness G3142 against you G5213 , and G2532 shall eat G5315 your G5216 flesh G4561 as it were G5613 fire G4442 . Ye have heaped treasure together G2343 for G1722 the last G2078 days G2250 .
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4. People worked in your fields, but you did not pay them. They are crying out against you. They harvested your crops. Now the Lord All-Powerful has heard their cries.
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4. Behold G2400 , the G3588 hire G3408 of the G3588 laborers G2040 who have reaped down G270 your G5216 fields G5561 , which is of G575 you G5216 kept back by fraud G650 , crieth G2896 : and G2532 the G3588 cries G994 of them which have reaped G2325 are entered G1525 into G1519 the G3588 ears G3775 of the Lord G2962 of Sabaoth G4519 .
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5. Your life on earth was full of rich living. You pleased yourselves with everything you wanted. You made yourselves fat, like an animal ready for the day of slaughter.
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5. Ye have lived in pleasure G5171 on G1909 the G3588 earth G1093 , and G2532 been wanton G4684 ; ye have nourished G5142 your G5216 hearts G2588 , as in G1722 a day G2250 of slaughter G4967 .
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6. You showed no mercy to good people. They were not against you, but you killed them.
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6. Ye have condemned G2613 and killed G5407 the G3588 just G1342 ; and he doth not G3756 resist G498 you G5213 .
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7. Brothers and sisters, be patient; the Lord will come. So be patient until that time. Look at the farmers. They have to be patient. They have to wait for their valuable crop to grow and produce a harvest. They wait patiently for the first rain and the last rain.
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7. Be patient G3114 therefore G3767 , brethren G80 , unto G2193 the G3588 coming G3952 of the G3588 Lord G2962 . Behold G2400 , the G3588 husbandman G1092 waiteth for G1551 the G3588 precious G5093 fruit G2590 of the G3588 earth G1093 , and G2532 hath long patience G3114 for G1909 it G846 , until G2193 G302 he receive G2983 the early G4406 and G2532 latter G3797 rain G5205 .
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8. You must be patient too. Never stop hoping. The Lord is coming soon.
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8. Be ye also patient G3114 G5210 G2532 ; establish G4741 your G5216 hearts G2588 : for G3754 the G3588 coming G3952 of the G3588 Lord G2962 draweth nigh G1448 .
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9. Brothers and sisters, don't complain against each other. If you don't stop complaining, you will be judged guilty. And the Judge is ready to come!
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9. Grudge G4727 not G3361 one against another G240 G2596 , brethren G80 , lest G3363 ye be condemned G2632 : behold G2400 , the G3588 judge G2923 standeth G2476 before G4253 the G3588 door G2374 .
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10. Brothers and sisters, follow the example of the prophets who spoke for the Lord. They suffered many bad things, but they were patient.
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10. Take G2983 , my G3450 brethren G80 , the G3588 prophets G4396 , who G3739 have spoken G2980 in the G3588 name G3686 of the Lord G2962 , for an example G5262 of suffering affliction G2552 , and G2532 of patience G3115 .
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11. And we say that those who accepted their troubles with patience now have God's blessing. You have heard about Job's patience. You know that after all his troubles, the Lord helped him. This shows that the Lord is full of mercy and is kind.
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11. Behold G2400 , we count them happy G3106 which endure G5278 . Ye have heard G191 of the G3588 patience G5281 of Job G2492 , and G2532 have seen G1492 the G3588 end G5056 of the Lord G2962 ; that G3754 the G3588 Lord G2962 is G2076 very pitiful G4184 , and G2532 of tender mercy G3629 .
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12. My brothers and sisters, it is very important that you not use an oath when you make a promise. Don't use the name of heaven, earth, or anything else to prove what you say. When you mean yes, say only "yes." When you mean no, say only "no." Do this so that you will not be judged guilty.
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12. But G1161 above G4253 all things G3956 , my G3450 brethren G80 , swear G3660 not G3361 , neither G3383 by heaven G3772 , neither G3383 by the G3588 earth G1093 , neither G3383 by any G243 other G5100 oath G3727 : but G1161 let your G5216 yea G3483 be G2277 yea G3483 ; and G2532 your G3588 nay G3756 , nay G3756 ; lest G3363 ye fall G4098 into G1519 condemnation G5272 .
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13. Are you having troubles? You should pray. Are you happy? You should sing.
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13. Is any among you afflicted G2553 G5100 G1722 G5213 ? let him pray G4336 . Is any merry G2114 G5100 ? let him sing psalms G5567 .
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14. Are you sick? Ask the elders of the church to come and rub oil on you in the name of the Lord and pray for you.
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14. Is any sick G770 G5100 among G1722 you G5213 ? let him call for G4341 the G3588 elders G4245 of the G3588 church G1577 ; and G2532 let them pray G4336 over G1909 him G846 , anointing G218 him G846 with oil G1637 in G1722 the G3588 name G3686 of the G3588 Lord G2962 :
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15. If such a prayer is offered in faith, it will heal anyone who is sick. The Lord will heal them. And if they have sinned, he will forgive them.
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15. And G2532 the G3588 prayer G2171 of faith G4102 shall save G4982 the G3588 sick G2577 , and G2532 the G3588 Lord G2962 shall raise him up G1453 G846 ; and if G2579 he have G5600 committed G4160 sins G266 , they shall be forgiven G863 him G846 .
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16. So always tell each other the wrong things you have done. Then pray for each other. Do this so that God can heal you. Anyone who lives the way God wants can pray, and great things will happen.
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16. Confess G1843 your faults G3900 one to another G240 , and G2532 pray G2172 one for another G240 G5228 , that G3704 ye may be healed G2390 . The effectual fervent G1754 prayer G1162 of a righteous man G1342 availeth G2480 much G4183 .
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17. Elijah was a person just like us. He prayed that it would not rain. And it did not rain on the land for three and a half years!
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17. Elijah G2243 was G2258 a man G444 subject to like passions G3663 as we G2254 are, and G2532 he prayed earnestly G4336 G4335 that it might not G3361 rain G1026 : and G2532 it rained G1026 not G3756 on G1909 the G3588 earth G1093 by the space of three G5140 years G1763 and G2532 six G1803 months G3376 .
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18. Then Elijah prayed that it would rain. And the rain came down from the sky, and the land grew crops again.
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18. And G2532 he prayed G4336 again G3825 , and G2532 the G3588 heaven G3772 gave G1325 rain G5205 , and G2532 the G3588 earth G1093 brought forth G985 her G848 fruit G2590 .
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19. My brothers and sisters, if anyone wanders away from the truth and someone helps that person come back,
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19. Brethren G80 , if G1437 any G5100 of G1722 you G5213 do err G4105 from G575 the G3588 truth G225 , and G2532 one G5100 convert G1994 him G846 ;
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20. remember this: Anyone who brings a sinner back from the wrong way will save that person from eternal death and cause many sins to be forgiven.
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20. Let him know G1097 , that G3754 he which converteth G1994 the sinner G268 from G1537 the error G4106 of his G846 way G3598 shall save G4982 a soul G5590 from G1537 death G2288 , and G2532 shall hide G2572 a multitude G4128 of sins G266 .
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