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James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
JAMES 1:19 i;ste( avdelfoi, mou avgaphtoi,\ e;stw de, {B} Instead of reading the abrupt i;ste, the Textus Receptus connects the following e;stw (dropping de,) more closely with ver....
Verse 19. _SWIFT TO HEAR_] _Talk little and work much_, is a rabbinical adage.-_Pirkey Aboth_, cap. i. 15. _The righteous speak little, and do much; the wicked speak much,_ _and do nothing_.-_Bava Me...
WHEREFORE, MY BELOVED BRETHREN - The connection is this: “since God is the only source of good; since he tempts no man; and since by his mere sovereign goodness, without any claim on our part, we have...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. TRIALS AND THE EXERCISE OF FAITH CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Trials and the power of faith (James 1:1)_ 2. The resources of faith (James 1:5) 3. The realization of faith (James 1:9...
Be sure of it (_cf. mg.),_ he goes on, and turns to ask what conduct right views of God should produce. Humility and self-control, firstly, then purity, gentleness, and teachableness, with unsparing h...
GREETINGS (James 1:1) _ 1:1 James, the slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greetings to the twelve tribes who are scattered throughout the world._ At the very beginning of his letter Ja...
All this, my dear brothers, you already know. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness which God desires. There are few wi...
SWIFT. Greek. _tachus._ Only here, but the adverb occurs frequently. SPEAK. App-121....
Man's wrath, and God's righteousness 19. _Wherefore_ The better MSS. give "Ye know this … but let every man." _my beloved brethren_ The formula of address was common to all the four great writers of...
19–27. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, CHARACTER AND WORSHIP This theme incidentally arises from the thought of temptation, as moral or religious error, and is immediately connected with the expression ἀπαρχήν τ...
ἼΣΤΕ. So אcABC and old Latin (_scitote_) and Vulgate (_scitis_). KLP have ὤστε. The change from ἴστε to ὤστε was probably the correction of an expert who inferred some error from the occurrence of the...
_SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF THE_ WORD OF GOD -- JAMES 1:18-25 : The person who loves God will respond to his word. It is God alone who is able to save us. "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth.....
ΪΣΤΕ _praes. imper. act. 2 pers. pl. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со значением _praes._ ΈΣΤΩ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΤΑΧΎΣ (G5036) быстрый, скорый, проворный. ΆΚΟΫ́ΣΑΙ _aor...
SWIFT TO HEAR, SLOW TO SPEAK— Agreeably to this inspired direction of the apostle, and the sentiments of the wisest of the Jews, the ancient philosophers have taken notice, that men have _two ears,_ a...
CHAPTER III _RECEIVING FROM GOD_ James 1:16-27 _Introduction_ After fourteen verses of showing the Way of the Wise, James has concluded that our trials are good for us, producing steadfastnessthat...
TO LISTEN IS BETTER THAN TO SPEAK _Text 1:19-21_ 19. Ye know this, my beloved brethren, But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20. for the wrath of man worketh not the...
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: WHEREFORE - as your evil is of yourselves, but your good from God. A B C, Vulgate, read [ iste (G1492)...
VERSE 19. WHEREFORE, MY BELOVED BRETHREN. For the reason that you are begotten of God by the word of truth, you are under obligations to be swift, prompt, anxious to hear not only the gospel, but all...
1 James is never called an apostle and does not write this epistle in that character. Rather, he puts himself in the place of a slave. Hence the epistle is not concerned with authoritative teaching so...
WHEREFORE] RV 'ye know this.'...
THE POWER OF FAITH UNDER TEMPTATION 1. Servant] better, 'slave.' The word does not suggest any degradation, but only absolute surrender to the Master. St. James's humility prevents the mention of the...
WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO JAMES _IAN MACKERVOY_ The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. INTRODUCTION 1 THE WRITER James is the writer of the letter. But he does not tell us...
We come now to the third subdivision of the chapter. By reason of the Divine benevolence, the Apostle urges his readers — (1) to meekness, (2) self-knowledge, (3) practical religion. WHEREFORE, MY BEL...
(2-27) Immediately after the salutation, and with more or less a play upon the word which we translate “greeting” (“rejoice,” James 1:1; “count it all joy,” James 1:2) there follow appeals on behalf o...
ταχὺς εἰς τὸ ἀκοῦσαι βραδὺς εἰς τὸ λαλῆσαι : _Cf._ Sir 5:11, γίνου ταχὺς ἐν ἀκροάσει σου, καὶ ἐν μακροθυμίᾳ φθέγγου ἀπόκρισιν; see Sir 4:29, Sir 20:7. A similar precept is quoted in _Qoheleth Rabba_,...
Another isolated saying, strongly reminiscent of the Wisdom literature; the frequent recurrence (see below) of words of this import suggests that here again the writer is recalling to the minds of his...
DOERS, NOT HEARERS ONLY James 1:19 Keep your mouth closed when you are angry; the inner fire will die out of itself, if you keep the doors and windows shut. In James 1:18 we are taught that God's tru...
James wrote to Christians in the midst of temptation and trial. He showed first that the issue of testing is that they "may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing." It is therefore to be looked upo...
QUICK TO HEAR Because we are born of God's word, we ought to be quick to hear it (Matthew 11:15; Matthew 13:9). The Bereans show us how to do this (Acts 17:11) and Cornelius, with his friends and fami...
You know, or you are sufficiently instructed in these things. --- Let every man be swift to hear the word of God, but slow, or cautious in speaking, especially slow to anger, or to that rash passion o...
Do not err, my beloved brethren. (17) Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. (18) Of...
To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
_A RULE OF CHRISTIAN CAUTION_ ‘Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.’ James 1:19 In trying to lead a Christian life we have two main things to do. We have to keep trying to...
19_Let every man_. Were this a general sentence, the inference would be farfetched; but as he immediately adds a sentence respecting the word of truth suitable to the last verse, I doubt not but that...
The Epistle of James is not addressed to the assembly, and does not take the ground of apostolic authority over the persons to whom it is sent. It is a practical exhortation which still recognises the...
WHEREFORE, MY BELOVED BRETHREN,.... Since the Gospel, the word of truth, is the means and instrument which God makes use of in regeneration, and in forming people for himself: LET EVERY MAN BE SWIFT...
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: Ver. 19. _Swift to hear_] Reaching after that word of truth, the gospel,James 1:18, and drinking it in as...
_Wherefore_ As if he had said, Since you are regenerated, and that by the word of God, therefore _let every man be swift to hear_ That word; let him be willing and desirous to receive instruction from...
WHEREFORE; in consistency with your new character as God's children. SWIFT TO HEAR; the instructions which God gives him. SLOW TO SPEAK; either by way of usurping the office of a teacher, chap James...
This chapter has a very close relationship to the Old Testament, for all is seen in connection with God; and Christ is not yet spoken of as the center and essence of all blessing and of all direction...
Why should we be swift to hear? Hear what? What does the word “hear” mean? What is the intent of “slow to speak”? Why should we be slow to wrath? Is there a difference in wrath and anger?...
Our Attitude Towards The Word of Truth James now makes. quick shift from God's word, to our words. This is something which people in every generation need to heed. For we often rely upon our own human...
19-21 Instead of blaming God under our trials, let us open our ears and hearts to learn what he teaches by them. And if men would govern their tongues, they must govern their passions. The worst thin...
LET EVERY MAN BE SWIFT TO HEAR; prompt and ready to hear God speaking in THE WORD OF TRUTH, before mentioned. SLOW TO SPEAK; either silently and submissively hear the word, or speak not rashly and pre...
James 1:19 then G5620 my G3450 beloved G27 brethren G80 let G2077 every G3956 man G444 be G2077 ...
‘You know this, my beloved brothers. And let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,' And his beloved brothers are aware of this, or are told to be aware of it (the verb could be imp...
James 1:19. WHEREFORE. There is a diversity in the reading of this verse. The most important manuscripts, instead of ‘Wherefore,' read ‘Ye know,' or ‘Know ye,' according as the verb is understood as i...
James 1:19-27. In this passage St. James exhorts his readers to be not only hearers but doers of the word. They are to be swift to hear, and to receive the word implanted within them with freedom from...
YE KNOW THIS (ιστε). Or "know this." Probably the perfect active indicative (literary form as in Ephesians 5:5; Hebrews 12:17, unless both are imperative, while in James 4:4 we have οιδατε, the usua...
James 1:19 The Judicial Temper. This is one of the wisest and most difficult sayings in Holy Scripture. It commends itself to our good sense, and yet it is one of the hardest to be observed, for in o...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._ According to the teaching of some in the present day, the apostle should...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._ The apostle James evidently believed in no lost ten tribes, as some nowad...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._ «Where are the lost ten tribes?» asks somebody. They never were lost. Tha...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._ James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was an apostle,...
CONTENTS: Testing of faith. Solicitation to evil not of God. Obedience as a test of true faith. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, James. CONCLUSION: Such as have a true title in Jesus Christ through faith may...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ._ He does not style himself an _apostle,_ because he would not assume any superiority; yet the majesty of his address is the language...
REMEMBER THIS. This verse begins a new thought. Compare Romans 12:1, EVERYONE MUST BE. "Be quick to hear the Good News of God's act in Christ; but be slow to speak about it until you understand it; an...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 1:19 Hearing and Doing the Word. This section focuses on living as a Christian directed by “the word of truth,” the gospel (v. James 1:18). Christian living
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 1:19. WRATH.—ὀργήν; an abiding, settled habit of mind with the purpose of revenge. James 1:21. FILTHINESS.—Not limited to sensualities, but including everything...
EXPOSITION JAMES 1:1 SALUTATION. JAMES, A SERVANT OF GOD AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. (On the person who thus describes himself, see the Introduction) It is noteworthy that he keeps entirely out of...
Let's turn to James chapter one. James introduces himself as the bondslave of God and of Jesus Christ. It's a title that most of the apostles delighted to take. Renouncing any claim for any rights, tu...
1 Thessalonians 2:13; Acts 10:33; Acts 13:42; Acts 13:48; Acts 17:11
Wherefore. The A. V. follows the reading wste. But the correct reading is iste, ye know, and so Rev. Others render it as imperative, know ye, as calling attention to what follows....
Let every man be swift to hear — This is treated of from James 1:21 to the end of the next chapter. Slow to speak — Which is treated of in he third chapter. Slow to wrath — Neither murmuring at God, n...
As if the apostle had said, "Seeing God has put such an honour upon his word, the word of truth, as by it to beget us to himself; therefore be swift to hear it, prize it highly, and wait upon the mean...