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Since a commentary is a fundamental tool for the expositor or teacher who seeks to interpret and apply Scripture in the church or classroom, the NAC focuses on communicating the theological structure and content of each biblical book. The writers seek to illuminate both the historical meaning and contemporary significance of Holy Scripture. In its attempt to make a unique contribution to the...

The Lord’s coming4 will be as judge of humanity. When Christ comes, he will reveal the opposition of God against the rich who have been unmerciful. Until then he waits, and believers also should wait. James used the example of a farmer who must labor without knowing what the weather will bring or the degree of abundance of crops. This illustration is appropriate in that the oppressed believers of the previous section were also agrarian laborers. Again the farmer’s patience was like God’s (cf. John
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