James 5 in the early church

96 passages quote, allude to, or echo James 5, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

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James 5:1

Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:1	Epistle of the Apostles 46 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	ca. 140-170
Jas 5:1	Eleven Tractates 1.19 · Priscillian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–385
Jas 5:1	To the Church 1.33 · Salvian of Marseilles	quotation, high confidence	ca. 435-440
Jas 5:1	To the Church 1.34 · Salvian of Marseilles	allusion, high confidence	ca. 435-440

James 5:2

Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:2	Eleven Tractates 1.19 · Priscillian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–385
Jas 5:2	On Naboth 59 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-390
Jas 5:2	Homilies on Matthew 47.4 · John Chrysostom	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390
Jas 5:2	To the Church 1.33 · Salvian of Marseilles	quotation, high confidence	ca. 435-440

James 5:3

Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:3	Eleven Tractates 1.19 · Priscillian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–385
Jas 5:3	On Naboth 59 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-390
Jas 5:3	Homilies on Matthew 47.4 · John Chrysostom	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390
Jas 5:3	Poem 20, lines 286–320 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, medium confidence	ca. 393–431
Jas 5:3	To the Church 1.33 · Salvian of Marseilles	quotation, high confidence	ca. 435-440
Jas 5:3	To the Church 1.34 · Salvian of Marseilles	allusion, high confidence	ca. 435-440
Jas 5:3	To the Church 1.35 · Salvian of Marseilles	quotation, high confidence	ca. 435-440
Jas 5:3	To the Church 1.36 · Salvian of Marseilles	quotation, high confidence	ca. 435-440

James 5:4

Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:4	Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 3.9.6 (17.6) · Hermas	echo, medium confidence	ca. 100–150

James 5:5

You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:5	Instructions 2.25 · Commodian	echo, low confidence	3rd century (disputed)

James 5:7

Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:7	Letters 13.24 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, medium confidence	ca. 394–413
Jas 5:7	Apologetic Book 19.7 · Orosius	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 415–416
Jas 5:7	Sermon on the Barbarian Time 3 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 437-450
Jas 5:7	Part 1, chapter 7 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

James 5:10

Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:10	On Pascha 59 · text not on this site · Melito of Sardis	echo, low confidence	ca. 160-180

James 5:11

See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:11	Dialogue with Trypho 108.3 · Justin Martyr	echo, low confidence	ca. 155–160
Jas 5:11	Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 39.6 · Clement of Alexandria	echo, medium confidence	ca. 190–210
Jas 5:11	On the Witch of Endor 21 · Eustathius of Antioch	echo, low confidence	ca. 324–337
Jas 5:11	Oration 18.21 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
Jas 5:11	Homilies 21.10 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 363-378
Jas 5:11	Question 118, section 9 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–384
Jas 5:11	Letter 140.26 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Jas 5:11	Part 1, chapter 22 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

James 5:12

Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:12	First Apology 16 · Justin Martyr	echo, medium confidence	ca. 150–155
Jas 5:12	6 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	ca. 180–185
Jas 5:12	Miscellanies 7.8.50 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
Jas 5:12	Miscellanies 7.11.67 · Clement of Alexandria	echo, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
Jas 5:12	Acts of Phileas and Philoromus 1.6 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 306-311
Jas 5:12	Preparation for the Gospel 1.4.10 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, low confidence	ca. 313–324
Jas 5:12	Preparation for the Gospel 13.13.21 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 313–324
Jas 5:12	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 19.6.2 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, medium confidence	374-377
Jas 5:12	Letter 125.3 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386–430
Jas 5:12	Homily 13 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390–394
Jas 5:12	Sermon 180.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Jas 5:12	Sermon 180.9 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430

James 5:13

Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:13	PG 12:1205 (Ps 12–13 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Jas 5:13	PG 12:1433 (Ps 46–47 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Jas 5:13	PG 12:1495 (Ps 65 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Jas 5:13	PG 12:1623 (Ps 118 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Jas 5:13	Letter to Marcellinus 28 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	uncertain, after 335
Jas 5:13	Letter 9 · Ammonas	quotation, high confidence	ca. 340-360
Jas 5:13	Letter 55.34 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386–430

James 5:14

Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:14	Homilies on Leviticus 2.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Jas 5:14	Homilies on Matthew 32.6 · John Chrysostom	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390
Jas 5:14	Life of Saint Martin 16 · Sulpicius Severus	echo, low confidence	ca. 396–397
Jas 5:14–15	Letter 25, chapter 8 · Innocent I, bishop of Rome	quotation, high confidence	401–417
Jas 5:14	The Conferences 20.8 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429

James 5:15

And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:15	Homilies on Leviticus 2.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Jas 5:15	The Conferences 20.8 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:16	Didache 4.14 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100)
Jas 5:16	Epistle of the Apostles 40 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	ca. 140-170
Jas 5:16	Fragments on Proverbs, column 241 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Jas 5:16	Oration to the Assembly of the Saints 26.2 · Constantine the Great	echo, medium confidence	ca. 325 (dated variously 317–325)
Jas 5:16	On Ecclesiastical Theology 3.2.12 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 337–339
Jas 5:16	Letter 153.10 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Jas 5:16	Tractates on the Gospel of John 58.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
Jas 5:16	Commonitorium 2.391–418 · Orientius of Auch	echo, low confidence	ca. 420-450

James 5:17

Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:17	On Prayer 29 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 198–206
Jas 5:17	On Prayer 13.5 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 233–234
Jas 5:17	Homilies on Psalms 36-38 3.10 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Jas 5:17–18	Homilies on Psalms 36-38 7.3 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Jas 5:17	Recognitions 5.29 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407
Jas 5:17	On Saint Athanasius 1.16 · Lucifer of Cagliari	echo, low confidence	ca. 356–361
Jas 5:17	Homilies on the Psalms 28.2 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360-378
Jas 5:17	Oration 42.5 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
Jas 5:17	Question 115, section 39 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–384
Jas 5:17	On Virginity 6 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–371
Jas 5:17	On the Duties of the Clergy 3.1 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386–390
Jas 5:17	Homilies on Matthew 12.3 · John Chrysostom	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390
Jas 5:17	Homilies on Matthew 56.2 · John Chrysostom	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390
Jas 5:17	On Elijah and Fasting 2 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-390
Jas 5:17	On Elijah and Fasting 84 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-390
Jas 5:17	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 35.15.3 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-397
Jas 5:17	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 45.2.4 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397
Jas 5:17	Life of Hilarion 32 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390–392
Jas 5:17	Poem 26, lines 227–254 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 393–431
Jas 5:17	Sermon 127 · Peter Chrysologus	allusion, low confidence	ca. 425-450
Jas 5:17	Part 2, chapter 28 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 445-450

James 5:18

Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:18	On Prayer 13.5 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 233–234
Jas 5:18	On Elijah and Fasting 84 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-390
Jas 5:18	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 45.2.4 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397

James 5:19

My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:19	Sentences of Sextus 331 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	2nd-early 3rd cent.

James 5:20

consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jas 5:20	2 Clement 15.1 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	ca. 100–150
Jas 5:20	2 Clement 16.4 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	ca. 100–150
Jas 5:20	Epistle of the Apostles 47 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 140-170
Jas 5:20	Homilies on Leviticus 2.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Jas 5:20	Commentary on Galatians 5:10 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
Jas 5:20	The Conferences 20.8 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429