← James

Chiasm

James 5:7–11

James 5:7–115 matched frames1 pivot

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

  • A 7a "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord."
    • B 7b "Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth,"
      • C 7c "and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain."
        • D 8a "Be ye also patient;"
          • E 8b "stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh."
            • F 9a "Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned:"
          • E' 9b "behold, the judge standeth before the door."
        • D' 10 "Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience."
      • C' 11a "Behold, we count them happy which endure."
    • B' 11b "Ye have heard of the patience of Job,"
  • A' 11c "and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy."
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