7Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.
8Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.
9Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.
10Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.
11We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
12But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
13Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.
