James 5:11 refers to the "patience of Job" (KJV). If we take a detour through the book of Job and notice how the Greek vocabulary of perseverance (the KJV's "patience") is used in James' letter, we gain insight into human suffering as something properly to lament. Dr. Grant Flynn is Visiting Assistant Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. His Ph.D. (Wheaton Graduate School) dealt with lament in the Epistle of James.

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