ACC ~ James 5 v3

LUXURY COMES TO NOTHING. CHRYSOSTOM: Let us go in by the narrow way. How long will luxury last? How long will there be licentiousness? Have not the heedless among us been warned? What about the mockers and the procrastinators? Will not their banquets and gluttony and self-satisfaction, not to mention their wealth, their possessions and their property all disappear? What reward have they got? Death. And what will their end be? Dust and ashes, urns and worms. CATENA.

YOUR RICHES HAVE ROTTED. HILARY OF ARLES: It is true of course that gold does not rust, but James is comparing it to material things which do rust in the course of time. INTRODUCTORY TRACTATE ON THE LETTER OF JAMES.

THEIR TREASURE THEIR CONDEMNATION. BEDE: By refusing to give alms the rich think that they have done well in saving their treasure, and indeed they have, though they have not seen what it will be used for, namely, their own condemnation. CONCERNING THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES.

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