“Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.”
Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains — the shift from condemnation to exhortation addresses the believers who suffer injustice. The call to patience (makrothymia, long-suffering) extends to the parousia (coming/presence of the Lord), establishing eschatological hope as the basis for endurance. The farmer's patient waiting for rain (opon) provides an image of necessary patience grounded in trust that divine provision will come.
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