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Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
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The Prophets' Example
James encourages believers to look to the Old Testament prophets as a model for enduring suffering with patience. Commentators explain that if these men, who were God's chosen spokespeople, faced intense persecution (like Jeremiah in the stocks or Isaiah being sawn asunder), then believers should not be surprised by their own trials. Their lives serve as a pattern to imitate.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Take, my brethren, the prophets. That is, in your trials and persecutions. To encourage them to the exercise of patience, he points them t…
For an example (υποδειγμα). Late word for the old παραδειγμα, from υποδεικνυμ, to copy under, to teach (Luke 6:47), he…
19th Century
Anglican
For an example.—Another reason for endurance is an example of affliction and patience: the prophets who spoke in the name of t…
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The second illustration of patience is that of “the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.” In their position as God’s representatives, they e…
16th Century
Protestant
Take, my brethren, the prophets. The comfort he offers is not that of the common proverb, where the miserable hope for companions in simil…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord Men who have…
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