Is any suffering? (κακοπαθε τισ; ). See verse 10 for κακοπαθια. The verb in N.T. occurs only here and in 2 Timothy 2:3…

Is any among you afflicted? By sickne , bereavement, disappointment, persecutions, lo of health or property. The word used here refers to …

We now pass on to advice of different kinds—to the heavy-laden or light-hearted, to the suffering and afflicted. Prayer is to be the refuge of one,…

One circumstance that calls for prayer is the experience of being “in trouble” (GK 2802). When such an experience comes, Christians need patience. …

Is any among you afflicted? He means that there is no time when God does not invite us to Himself. For afflictions ought to stimulate us t…

Is any among you afflicted ?
&c.] As the people of God generally are; they are commonly a poor, and an afflicted peo…

The sin of swearing is condemned; but how many make light of common profane swearing! Such swearing expre ly shows contempt for God's name and auth…