The Pulpit Commentary on James 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Application of illustration, repeating the exhortation of James 5:7, and supporting it by the assurance that "the coming of the Lord," till which they are to endure, "is at hand." Stablish your hearts.

The coming of the Lord draweth nigh. So Isaiah had announced (Isaiah 13:6), "The day of the Lord is near ( ἐγγὺς ἡμέρα κυρίου)."

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