Wesley's Explanatory Notes
James 1:13
But let no man who is tempted — To sin. Say, I am tempted of God — God thus tempteth no man.
But let no man who is tempted — To sin. Say, I am tempted of God — God thus tempteth no man.
Verse 13. _LET NO MAN SAY_] Lest the former sentiment should be misapplied, as the word _temptation_ has two grand meanings, _solicitation to sin_, and trial from _providential situation_ or _circums...
LET NO MAN SAY WHEN HE IS TEMPTED, I AM TEMPTED OF GOD - See the remarks on the previous verse. The apostle here seems to have had his eye on whatever there was in trial of any kind to induce us to co...
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...
The Beatitude on Endurance (_cf. James 5:11_ and note). Trial is still neutral: it is affliction which tests and develops loyalty. But since human nature has a bias towards evil, a trial exerted upon...
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...
Let no man say when he is tempted, "My temptation comes from God." For God himself is untemptable by evil and tempts no man. But temptation comes to every man, because he is lured on and seduced by hi...
NO MAN. no one. Greek. _medeis._ OF. from. App-104. CANNOT BE, &C. = is incapable of being tempted. Greek. _apeirastos._ Only here. EVIL. App-128. NEITHER TEMPTETH HE ANY MAN. and He Himself tempt...
Temptation, and its history 12. _Blessed is the man that endureth temptation_ The mode of teaching by Beatitudes reminds us at once of the Sermon on the Mount, with which, it will be seen afterwards,...
_Let no man say when he is tempted_ The thought of trial as coming from outward circumstances, and forming part of man's spiritual education, leads to a deeper inquiry as to its nature, and so passes...
2–18. (_a_) TEMPTATION FROM WITHOUT, 2–4; (1) WISDOM, PRAYER, STEDFASTNESS, THE DIVINE HELPS IN TEMPTATION, 5–8; (2) A SPECIAL FORM OF TEMPTATION—OPPRESSION BY THE RICH—THE OLD TESTAMENT PROBLEM OF T...
ΠΑΡΑΖΌΜΕΝΟΣ, WHILE TEMPTED, in the course of temptation. Such a primitive form of error may have arisen from a perverted inference from the petition in the Lord’s Prayer: μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασ...
_SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF TRIALS -- JAMES 1:2-17:_ Christians must be "positive" when trials come their way. The man who properly reacts to trials must not react as a pessimist. "My brethren, count it all j...
ΠΕΙΡΑΖΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. pass. part. (temp.) от_ ΠΕΙΡΆΖΩ (G3985) испытывать, искушать (TDNT; TLNT). Здесь это слово обозначает "искушение согрешить" (Ropes). _Praes._ обозначает одновременное действие: "п...
DISCOURSE: 2357 SIN THE OFFSPRING OF OUR OWN HEARTS James 1:13. _Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: but every ma...
JAMES 1:13. St. James had said so much about the benefit of temptations, or trials, that he thought it necessary to guard his readers against so dangerous a mistake, as that of making God the author o...
_SERMON OUTLINES_ IS TEMPTATION A JOY? James 1:2-4 Proposition: When should a Christian not have joy in temptation, and how could a Christian find joy in temptation? I. Temptation is no joy. A....
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: WHEN HE IS TEMPTED - by solicitation to evil. Heretofore the "temptation" w...
VERSE 13. I AM TEMPTED OF GOD. The Judaizer and the enemy of the cross may suggest the thought and urge its reception that because of the trials that befall us in this life, God is thereby seducing th...
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...
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...
(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...
(12-18) The Apostle returns to the consideration of the afflicted Christian. Such a one has a blessedness, greater infinitely than any earthly happiness, already in possession, and the promise of a fu...
LET NO MAN SAY WHEN HE IS TEMPTED, I AM TEMPTED OF GOD. — Far be it from the true Christian either to give way to sin “that grace may abound” (Romans 6:1), or to suppose for one moment that God, and t...
CHAPTER 8 THE SOURCE OF TEMPTATIONS AND THE REALITY OF SIN THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE DETERMINIST. James 1:12 AFTER the slight digression respecting the short-lived glory of the rich man, St. James ret...
Μηδεὶς πειραζόμενος λεγέτω : In view of the specific doctrine which is being combated in these verses, it is probable that the verb πειράζω is here used in the restricted sense of temptation to lust,...
GOD REWARDS, NOT TEMPTS James 1:12 The word _temptation_ may stand for trial and testing, without implying that there is any necessary impulse toward evil; or it may stand for the direct impulse of t...
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...
PUT THE BLAME ON SELF In the first part of James 1:1-27, trials, or external hardships are considered. Then, as Woods notes, James changes from the noun form to a verb in his consideration of temptati...
(11) Let no man say when he is (m) tempted, I am tempted of God: (12) for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: (11) The third part of this epistle, in which he descends from o...
_God is not a tempter [5] of evils, and he tempteth no man. Here to tempt, is to draw and entice another to the evil of sin, which God cannot do. The Greek may also signify, he neither can be tempted,...
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. (13) Let no man say when he is tempted, I am...
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...
13_Let no man, when he is tempted_. Here, no doubt, he speaks of another kind of temptation. It is abundantly evident that the external temptations, hitherto mentioned, are sent to us by God. In this...
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...
LET NO MAN SAY WHEN HE IS TEMPTED,.... Here the apostle uses the word "tempted", in another sense than he did before. Before he speaks of temptations, as matter of joy and boasting, here of temptation...
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: Ver. 13. _I am tempted of God_] The inclination of man's heart to good, is of...
_Let no man say, when he is tempted_ To commit sin, in whatever way it may be; _I am tempted of God_ God has laid this temptation in my way; _for God cannot be tempted with evil_ It cannot appear desi...
WHEN HE IS TEMPTED; to commit sin. NEITHER TEMPTETH HE ANY MAN; to commit sin: that is not God's design in sending trials, or in any thing he does: what he does is designed to promote holiness and hap...
LET NO MAN SAY WHEN HE IS TEMPTED, I AM TEMPTED OF GOD; FOR GOD CANNOT BE TEMPTED WITH EVIL, NEITHER TEMPTETH HE ANY MAN;...
Temptations from within:...
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...
What does “temp” mean in this verse? Does God tempt us? Why isn't it God's fault when we are tempted? If God does not tempt me, how am I tempted? Explain Genesis 22:1 Can we tempt God? Compare with De...
EVIL: Or, evils...
The Truth About Temptation In Jewish thought there were many ideas concerning the source of temptation. Some said it started with Satan, or fallen angels were responsible. Some even argued that since...
12-18 It is not every man who suffers, that is blessed; but he who with patience and constancy goes through all difficulties in the way of duty. Afflictions cannot make us miserable, if it be not our...
LET NO MAN SAY; neither with his mouth, nor so much as in his heart, blasphemously cast the blame of his sins upon God, to clear himself. WHEN HE IS TEMPTED; so stirred up to sin as to be drawn to it....
James 1:13 Let G3004 one G3367 say G3004 (G5720) tempted G3985 (G5746) G3754 tempted G3985 ...
THERE IS ONE KIND OF TESTING THAT IS NOT TO BE SEEN AS OF GOD AND THAT IS THE TEMPTATION TO SIN. THAT SPRINGS FROM THE LUSTS OF THE HUMAN HEART AND LEADS TO DEATH (JAMES 1:13). James now moves from th...
‘Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no man.' There is a play on the meaning of temptation here. James has been speaking...
James 1:13. LET NO MAN SAY WHEN HE IS TEMPTED. The connexion is: if, instead of enduring the temptation, we yield to it and are overcome by it, we must not lay the blame of our fall from virtue upon G...
LET NO ONE SAY (μηδεις λεγετω). Present active imperative, prohibiting such a habit.WHEN HE IS TEMPTED (πειραζομενος). Present passive participle of πειραζω, here in evil sense of tempt, not test,...
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._ James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was an apostle,...
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._ According to the teaching of some in the present day, the apostle should...
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...
IF A MAN IS TEMPTED. "If trials and suffering cause a man to fall into sin, he must not say, This temptation comes from God,' as the false teachers are saying." FOR GOD. "God cannot be seduced by evil...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 1:13 James turns to the other side of trials, when testing becomes temptation. ⇐ ⇔...
JAMES 1:2 The Testing of Faith. Trials are part of God’s “good gifts” (v. James 1:17) to his people, to strengthen them in their faith....
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 1:12. IS TRIED.—Better, “hath been approved.” δόκιμος is properly spoken of money as having been tried and refined. CROWN OF LIFE.—See figure in Isaiah 28:5; and...
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...
Genesis 3:12; Habakkuk 2:12; Habakkuk 2:13; Isaiah 63:17; James 1:12;...
Of God [α π ο θ ε ο υ]. Lit., from God. Not by God, as the direct agent, but by agency proceeding from God. Compare Matthew 4:1, where the direct agency, "by the spirit," " by the devil, "is expressed...
There are three sorts of temptations spoken of in scripture, temptations of SEDUCTION, temptations of SUGGESTION, and temptations of AFFLICTION; the last were spoken of, in the former verses, BLESSED...