Wesley's Explanatory Notes
James 3:14
If ye have bitter zeal — True Christian zeal is only the flame of love. Even in your hearts — Though it went no farther. Do not lie against the truth — As if such zeal could consist with heavenly wisdom.
If ye have bitter zeal — True Christian zeal is only the flame of love. Even in your hearts — Though it went no farther. Do not lie against the truth — As if such zeal could consist with heavenly wisdom.
Verse 14. _IF YE HAVE BITTER ENVYING AND STRIFE_] If ye be under the influence of an _unkind, fierce_, and _contemptuous_ spirit, even while attempting or pretending to defend true religion, _do_ _no...
BUT IF YE HAVE BITTER ENVYING AND STRIFE IN YOUR HEARTS - If that is your characteristic. There is reference here to a fierce and unholy zeal against each other; a spirit of ambition and contention....
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...
IF. App-118. ENVYING. Greek. _zelos._ See Acts 5:17. STRIFE. Greek. _eritheia._ See Romans 2:8. GLORY. boast. Greek. _katakauchaomai._ See Romans 11:18. NOT. Does not appear in G
_But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts_ Better, _envy and_ RIVALRY. The latter substantive, formed from a word which means a "day-labourer", expresses primarily the temper of competi...
ΖΗ͂ΛΟΝ ΠΙΚΡΌΝ, in strong contrast to πραϋ̓τητι σοφίας. ἘΡΙΘΕΊΑΝ (ἐριθίαν W. H.), PARTY SPIRIT, intrigue, contention. The derivation is from ἔριθος, a day labourer; ἐν δʼ ἐτίθει τέμενος βαθυλήιον· ἔνθα...
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...
_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,...
ΖΉΛΟΣ (G2205) рвение, зависть, ревность, горечь, сильное чувство горечи и зависти к кому-л. (LN, 1:760). Это сильное желание стремиться к своей цели, не обращая внимание на других (Ropes), ΠΙΚΡΌΣ (G4...
BUT IF YE HAVE BITTER ENVYING, &C.— "But if ye have bitter zeal against each other, and uncharitable contention in your hearts, boast not of your improvements in Christianity, and lie not against the...
THE SOURCE OF FACTION _Text 3:14-16_ James 3:14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. 15. This wisdom is not a wisdom that cometh down...
_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...
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. IF YE HAVE - as is the case (Greek indicative). BITTER (Ephesians 4:31). ENVYING, [ zeelon (G2...
VERSE 14. BUT IF YOU HAVE BITTER ENVYINGS AND STRIFES. One exhibiting envy in his speech can not boast of wisdom. In the estimation of the apostle, one properly instructed, and who becomes thereby wi...
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...
3:14 boast (e-14) 'Against truth' is connected with 'boast,' as with 'lie.'...
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,...
BUT IF YE HAVE BITTER ENVYING AND STRIFE IN YOUR HEARTS. — Rather, it should be, _bitter zeal and party-spirit. “_Above all no zeal” was the worldly caution of an astute French prelate. But that again...
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...
εἰ δὲ ζῆλον πικρὸν ἔχετε καὶ ἐριθείαν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν : This makes it quite clear that what has been referred to all along is controversial strife; the bitter use of the tongue which the writer has...
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...
But if you have bitter zeal. He hints at that bitter, false zeal, which many teachers among the Jews, even after their conversion, were apt to retain against the converted Gentiles, pretending with li...
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...
l4_But if ye have bitter envying_. He points out the fruits which proceed from that extreme austerity which is contrary to meekness; for immoderate rigor necessarily begets mischievous emulations, whi...
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...
BUT IF YE HAVE BITTER ENVYING AND STRIFE IN YOUR HEARTS,.... Though these may not be expressed by words, or actions: envy at the happiness of others, whether at the external blessings of Providence, a...
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. Ver. 14. _Bitter envying_] Properly so called; for it flows from the gall; it shows that the man is...
_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...
GLORY NOT, AND LIE NOT AGAINST THE TRUTH; by falsely boasting of these as the fruits of true wisdom, which is to slander God's truth....
Warning against strife:...
BUT IF YE HAVE BITTER ENVYING AND STRIFE IN YOUR HEARTS, GLORY NOT, AND LIE NOT AGAINST THE TRUTH....
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...
What is envy? What is bitter envy? Why is self-seeking (selfish ambition in KJV) included here? What is boasting? Why is boasting wrong? Is it ever OK to boast?...
"But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth."But if you have" -Which infers that. Christian could fall into this trap."bitter j...
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...
BITTER ENVYING; Greek, zeal, which he calls bitter, partly to distinguish it from that zeal which is good, whereas this he speaks of is evil, and though it pretends to be zeal, yet is really no other...
James 3:14 But G1161 if G1487 have G2192 (G5719) bitter G4089 envy G2205 and G2532 self-seeking G2052 in...
‘But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not glory and do not lie against the truth.' In contrast to this wisdom from above is man's wisdom, which results in jealousy, d...
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...
James 3:14. BUT IF YE HAVE BITTER ENVYING zeal or emulation in a bad sense, as is evident from the epithet ‘bitter,' AND STRIFE, or rather factiousness, contention, party-strife; the reference being...
BITTER JEALOUSY (ζηλον πικρον). Ζηλος occurs in N.T. in good sense (John 2:17) and bad sense (Acts 5:17). Pride of knowledge is evil (1 Corinthians 8:1) and leaves a bitter taste. See "root of bitte...
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...
BUT IF IN YOUR HEART. Compare Matthew 15:18 and note. "If you have jealousy, bitterness, and selfishness in your heart against others, and this comes off your tongue as curses against others, you must...
_Bitter envying and strife in your hearts_ ENVYING AND STRIFE 1. Envy is the mother of strife. They are often coupled (Romans 1:29 1 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 12:20;...
_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 13:4; 1 Corinthians 3:3; 1 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Corinthians 4:8;...
Envying [ζ η λ ο ν]. The word is used in the New Testament both in a bad and a good sense. For the latter, see John 2:17; Romans 10:2; 2 Corinthians 9:2. From it is our word zeal, which may be either...
Observe here, 1. How the apostle points at the root of all tongue evils; we pretend zeal and justice, zeal for God, and doing right to ourselves; but the true cause is ENVY, called BITTER ENVYING, as...