Yakobus 1:21

1:21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly ¹  welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

Yakobus 5:7

Patience in Suffering

5:7 So be patient, brothers and sisters, ²  until the Lord’s return. ³  Think of how the farmer waits ⁴  for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient ⁵  for it until it receives the early and late rains.

[1:21]  ¹ tn Or “with meekness.”

[5:7]  ² tn Grk “brothers”; this phrase occurs again three times in the paragraph. See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[5:7]  ³ tn Or “advent”; or “coming” (also in v. 8).

[5:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “Behold! The farmer waits.”

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “being patient.”