Wesley's Explanatory Notes
James 3:13
Let him show his wisdom as well as his faith by his works; not by words only.
Let him show his wisdom as well as his faith by his works; not by words only.
Verse 13. _WHO_ IS _A WISE MAN_] One truly religious; who, although he can neither bridle nor tame other men's tongues, can restrain his own. _AND ENDUED WITH KNOWLEDGE_] και επιστημων. And qualified...
WHO IS A WISE MAN, AND ENDUED WITH KNOWLEDGE AMONG YOU? - This is spoken with reference to the work of public teaching; and the meaning of the apostle is, that if there were such persons among them, t...
III. THE EVILS OF THE TONGUE CORRECTED CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The tongue and its work (James 3:1)_ 2. The wisdom which is earthly and the wisdom that is from above (James 3:13) James 3:1 The practical cha...
Who is enlightened among you, and a man of knowledge? Let him exhibit the fruits of it by a noble life, with the humility that true enlightenment brings. We must be careful to remember that meekness i...
Who among you is a man of wisdom and of understanding? Let him show by the loveliness of his behaviour that all he does is done with gentleness. If in your hearts you have a zeal that is bitter, and s...
THE TEACHER'S PERIL (James 3:1) _ 3:1 My brothers, it is a mistake for many of you to become teachers, for you must be well aware that those of us who teach will receive a greater condemnation._ In...
ENDUED WITH KNOWLEDGE. Greek. _epistemon._ Only here. Compare App-132. See Deuteronomy 1:13; Deuteronomy 1:15; Deuteronomy 4:6; Isaia
The false Wisdom and the true 13. _Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you?_ The adjective corresponding to "endued with knowledge" (literally KNOWING or _understanding_) is not found el...
13–18. BUT BESIDES THE EFFECT AND DANGERS OF SPEECH, THE TOPIC OF TEACHING SUGGESTS ANOTHER POINT—THE POSSESSION AND USE OF WISDOM. HENCE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TRUE WISDOM AND THE FALSE WISDOM...
ΤΊΣ ΣΟΦῸΣ ΚΑῚ ἘΠΙΣΤΉΜΩΝ. St James is here thinking of σοφία and ἐπιστήμη as practical systems of life. σοφία as well as πίστις and ἔλεος must have its ἔργα. Comp. Ephesians 5:15 βλέπετε οὖν�ʼ ὡς σοφοί...
_CONCERN FOR TRUE WISDOM -- JAMES 3:13-18:_ If one is to be a teacher of God's word he must be a truly wise person. True wisdom is found only in those of Christ-like character. A correct, consistent,...
ΣΟΦΌΣ (G4680) мудрый. Термин для обозначения учителя; для иудеев — тот, кто обладает практической моральной мудростью, основанной на знании Бога (Ropes). В отличие от иудеев, в _греч._ философии этот...
DISCOURSE: 2368 INFLUENCE OF WISDOM UPON THE CONDUCT James 3:13. _Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom_. TH...
WHO IS A WISE MAN, &C.— "Who is there then among you, that would approve himself to be wise towards God, and for himself and others; prudent in his conduct; and endued with the true knowledge of God,...
_THIRTEEN THREE-POINT SERMON STARTERS_ WISDOM DEMONSTRATED James 3:13 Introduction: We are here for the purpose of demonstrating wisdom and understanding in the ways of God. 1. How we show it. (By...
WISDOM DEMONSTRATED James 3:13 _Text 3:13_ James 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom. _Queries_ 234. Why the question in J...
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. WHO - (cf. Psalms 34:12.) All wish to appear "wise:" few are so....
VERSE 13. WHO IS A WISE MAN AND ENDUED WITH KNOWLEDGE? The thought the apostle would here inculcate is this: While we may not successfully contend with and subdue the tongues of others, the wise man a...
20 The case of Abraham is most helpful in further defining the distinct viewpoints of Paul and James. The former refers us to the fifteenth chapter of Genesis, the latter to the twenty-second. In the...
3:13 conversation (d-15) Or 'conduct,' 'manner of life,' as 1 Timothy 4:12 ....
Here St. James returns from the digression of James 3:3 to the subject of James 3:1; James 3:2. His readers desired to become teachers. But the first qualification for a teacher is wisdom. True wisdom...
THE CONTROL OF THE TONGUE 1, 2. Warning against undue eagerness to teach: cp. Matthew 12:37; Matthew 23:7; Romans 2:19; 1 Corinth
WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO JAMES _IAN MACKERVOY_ The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 3 RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TEACHER 3:1-5A V1 My Christian brothers and sisters,...
WHO IS A WISE MAN AND ENDUED WITH KNOWLEDGE? — Who is wise, _i.e.,_ in the wisdom of God, and learned in that of man? The latter state is of knowledge natural or acquired, the former is _Sophia,_ the...
CHAPTER 16 THE WISDOM THAT IS FROM BELOW. James 3:13 THIS section, which again looks at first sight like an abrupt transition to another subject, is found, upon closer examination, to grow quite nat...
Τίς σοφὸς καὶ ἐπιστήμων ἐν ὑμῖν : The writer's appeal to the self-respect of his hearers. σοφός and ἐπιστήμων (the latter does not occur elsewhere in the N.T.) are connected in Deuteronomy 1:13, where...
James 3:1-18 form a self-contained section; the subject dealt with is the bridling of the tongue, see above James 1:19; James 1:26-27....
SEEK WISDOM FROM ABOVE James 3:13 The true wisdom is not the child of the intellect, but of the heart. It consists not only in what we know, but in what we are. It is in this sense that it is used in...
The writer now proceeded to show the effect of faith on speech. Beginning with the warning against every man setting up to teach, he proceeded to deal with the power of speech. He likened the tongue t...
A WISDOM FROM THE DEVIL Some of those rushing to be teachers may have claimed great book knowledge. They may also have claimed to have wisdom, or the ability to apply knowledge. The test of that comes...
(9) Who [is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. (9) The eighth part, which goes with the former concerning meekn...
By it we bless God, &c. Such different effects from the same cause, as of blessing God, and cursing men, created to the likeness of God, seem contrary to the ordinary course of nature; from a fountain...
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. (2) For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also...
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_Who is a wise man_. As the lust of slandering arises mostly from pride, and as the false conceit of wisdom for the most part generates pride, he therefore speaks here of wisdom. It is usual with hy...
In Chapter 3 the apostle recurs to the tongue, the most ready index to the heart, the proof whether the new man is inaction, whether nature and self-will are under restraint. But there is hardly anyth...
WHO IS A WISE MAN. Meaning, not in things natural and civil, or merely moral, but in things spiritual: and he is a wise man, who is both wise to do good, and wise unto salvation; who has learned to kn...
Who _is_ a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. Ver. 13. _Who is a wise man_] Not he that words it most; for _multi...
_Who is a wise man_, &c. People are naturally desirous of the reputation of possessing an understanding superior to that of others. Now, let us consider in what way the sense we have may be best manif...
WHO IS A WISE MAN; would any man show his wisdom? Let him do it by eagerly assuming the office of a teacher, and occupying his tongue with words of contention and bitterness, but by showing out of a g...
WHO IS A WISE MAN AND ENDUED WITH KNOWLEDGE AMONG YOU? LET HIM SHOW OUT OF A GOOD CONVERSATION HIS WORKS WITH MEEKNESS OF WISDOM....
Warning against strife:...
Here we begin a fourth division of the book, which continues to the end of Ch.4; in which our walk is tested by the circumstances of the world. Certainly in the previous Chapter s there is emphasis al...
Do you know any “wise” men? Is this the same as the wise men who visited the child Jesus? Discuss the wise men in Daniel 2:1-49. How would you define “wise” and “understanding”? What is meekness? Does...
THE CHALLENGE TO LIVE WISELY At this point it appears that James goes back to James 3:1 and admonishes the teacher or the person who wants to be. teacher to live up to what they believe, to practice...
13-18 These verses show the difference between men's pretending to be wise, and their being really so. He who thinks well, or he who talks well, is not wise in the sense of the Scripture, if he does...
WHO IS A WISE MAN AND ENDUED WITH KNOWLEDGE AMONG YOU? i.e. if there be a wise man, &c. See PSALMS 25:12, and 1 PETER 3:10, where what David speaks by way of interrogation, Peter explains by way of as...
James 3:13 Who G5101 wise G4680 and G2532 understanding G1990 among G1722 you G5213 show G1166 (G5657) by...
WHAT IS REQUIRED THEREFORE IS NOT EARTHLY WISDOM BUT WISDOM FROM ABOVE (JAMES 3:13) Having warned against the unruly tongue, James now explains how men can ensure that their tongues are under control...
‘Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.' These words take us back to James 3:1 and to what is required of the ‘perfect' Teacher, and al...
James 3:13. With this verse a new section of the Epistle apparently begins, and yet in strict connection with what precedes. The connection appears to be as follows: The want of command over our tongu...
WHO (Τις). Rhetorical interrogative like Luke 11:11. Common in Paul and characteristic of the diatribe. James here returns to the standpoint of verse James 3:1 about many teachers. Speech and wisdom...
CONTENTS: Control of the tongue. CHARACTERS: God, James. CONCLUSION: The Christian who is not affected by the sins of the tongue but takes care to avoid them, has an undoubted sign of true grace. Th...
James 3:1. _Be not many masters:_ διδασκαλοι, teachers. In some assemblies they might all prophesy one by one, but no man should be too forward; he will never shine as a teacher, unless he _be_ a teac...
IS THERE SOMEONE? "Although you cannot control other men's tongues, you can control your own. Someone who is wise and understanding must prove it by his good life. True wisdom shows itself in good act...
_Who is a wise man, and endued with knowledge_ DIVINE WISDOM In Scripture the term “wisdom” ordinarily signifies the knowledge and fear of God, especially that enlightening of the mind which flows f...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 3:13 MEEKNESS OF WISDOM. Meekness (translated “gentleness” in Galatians 5:23) does not come from cowardice or passivity. It comes from trusting God. This
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 3:13. GOOD CONVERSATION.—Or, his “good life”; “good conduct.” The usual New Testament idea of “conversation.” James 3:14. STRIFE.—Prefer “rivalry.” James 3:15....
EXPOSITION JAMES 3:1 WARNING AGAINST OVER-READINESS TO TEACH, LEADING TO A DISCOURSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNMENT OF
Let's turn to James chapter three. James first of all warns against a desire to teach the Word of God that would stem or emanate just from your own desire to be in front of people or whatever. My bre...
1 Corinthians 6:5; 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 3:1; 1 Peter 3:15
Wise and endued with knowledge [σ ο φ ο ς κ α ι ε π ι σ π η μ ω ν]. A rendering needlessly verbose, yet substantially correct. Probably no very nice distinction was intended by the writer. It is somew...
As if our apostle had said, "If any among you desire to approve yourselves more knowing than others, wiser and better than others, as you would be thought when you censure and despise others, shew it...