Wesley's Explanatory Notes
James 3:9
Men made after the likeness of God — Indeed we have now lost this likeness; yet there remains from thence an indelible nobleness, which we ought to reverence both in ourselves and others.
Men made after the likeness of God — Indeed we have now lost this likeness; yet there remains from thence an indelible nobleness, which we ought to reverence both in ourselves and others.
JAMES 3:9 ku,rion {A} Instead of ku,rion, the Textus Receptus reads qeo,n, with K L most of the minuscules vg syrh copsa, bo _al_. The reading ku,rion is to be preferred (_a_) because the combination...
Verse 9. _THEREWITH BLESS WE GOD_] The tongue is capable of rehearsing the praises, and setting forth the glories, of the eternal King: what a pity that it should ever be employed in a contrary work!...
THEREWITH BLESS WE GOD - We men do this; that is, all this is done by the tongue. The apostle does not mean that the same man does this, but that all this is done by the same organ - the tongue. EVEN...
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...
Do not crowd into the ranks of the teachers, my brothers. You know that we teachers shall be judged more severely than other men; and there are many things in which all of us stumble. This leads to th...
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...
With it we bless the Lord and Father and with it we curse the men who have been made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth there emerge blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my br...
THERE WITH. With (App-104.) it. GOD. App-98., but the texts read "the Lord" (App-98. b). FATHER. App-98. AFTER. App-104. SIMILITUDE. Greek. _homoiosis._ Only here. In the Septuagint in Genesis 1:26...
_Therewith bless we God, even the Father …_ Many of the better MSS. give "the Lord" instead of "God". The fact dwelt on comes in to illustrate the strange inconsistency, even of men who professed fait...
2–12. FROM THIS THOUGHT OF THE TEACHING OFFICE AND ITS RESPONSIBILITIES AND FAILURES THERE IS A NATURAL TRANSITION TO THE USE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE. Yet so passionate and agitated is the rebuk...
ΚΎΡΙΟΝ with אABCP, Old Latin and other versions; KL and a majority of later authorities have θεόν. But it is more probable that θεὸν should have been substituted for κύριον, than that the reverse shou...
_CONSTANT IN TAMING -- JAMES 3:7-12:_ Man has had success in taming or subduing all of creation, except the tongue. He has had no success in the effort to tame that one thing. The tongue is a restless...
ΕΎΛΟΓΟΎΜΕΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΕΎΛΟΓΈΩ (G2127) благословлять. _Praes._ является обыденным, обозначает то, что делается обычно (_см._ Ephesians 1:3). ΚΑΤΑΡΏΜΕΘΑ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΚΑΤΑΡΌΩ...
MR. TWO-FACED _Text 3:9-12_ 9. Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God: 10. Out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and curs...
CHAPTER VI _THE FOOLISH TEACHER_ James 3:1-12 _Introduction_ In James 1:16; James 1:26 James said Be swift to hear, slow to speak. In a sense, the balance of chapter one develops the thought of how...
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. GOD. 'Aleph (') A B C read 'Lord' [ ton (G3588) kurion (G2962) kai (G2532) pate...
VERSE 9. THEREWITH BLESS WE GOD, EVEN THE FATHER. The tongue is used in offering our praises to the Most High. With it we thank God for his goodness and mercy; with it we utter the gratitude of our he...
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...
3:9 Father, (c-7) Or, perhaps, 'the Lord and [the] Father.' The form of the phrase must be noted. it is one article with two nouns, and so they are in some respect one, _ perhaps_ here only in respect...
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,...
THEREWITH BLESS WE GOD, EVEN THE FATHER. — A strange reading of this verse in the more ancient manuscripts makes it, _Therewith bless we the Lord and Father._ And it may serve to remind us of the onen...
CHAPTER 15 THE MORAL CONTRADICTIONS IN THE RECKLESS TALKER. James 3:9 IN these concluding sentences of the paragraph respecting sins of the tongue St. James does two things-he shows the moral chaos...
ἐν αὐτῇ : this is Hebrew usage, _cf._ εἰ πατάξομεν ἐν μαχαίρῃ, Luke 22:49; ἀποκτεῖναι ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ, Revelation 6:8. εὐλογοῦμεν : this use is Hellenistic. Both in speaking and writing the Jews always add...
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....
BRIDLE THE TONGUE James 3:1 It is much easier to teach people what they should be and do than to obey our own precepts. Even the best of us stumble in many respects; but our most frequent failures ar...
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...
NO ONE CAN TAME THE TONGUE Mankind has been able to subdue all the animals, but not his tongue. Woods notes that the verb indicates momentary action in regard to taming. One may control his tongue for...
(6) Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the (7) similitude of God. (6) Among other faults of the tongue, the apostle chiefly reproves slandering a...
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...
9_Therewith_, or, _by it, bless we God_. It is a clear instance of its deadly poison, that it can thus through a monstrous levity transform itself; for when it pretends to bless God, it immediately cu...
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...
THEREWITH BLESS WE GOD, EVEN, THE FATHER,.... Of Jesus Christ, and of spirits, and of mercies: this is the instrument that is used in blessing God daily every meal that is eaten; and in joining with t...
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Ver. 9. _Therewith bless we God_] And so make our tongues our glory. _ Therewith curs...
_Therewith bless we God_ That is, therewith mankind bless God; for the apostle, as appears from the next clause, did not speak of himself particularly, or of his fellow-apostles, or even of true priva...
BLESS WE GOD; thus professing our love for him. CURSE WE MEN; thus showing that our profession of love towards God is empty and insincere. Compare 1 John 4:20. MADE AFTER THE SIMILITUDE OF GOD; bear...
Warning against the abuse of the tongue:...
THEREWITH BLESS WE GOD, EVEN THE FATHER, AND THEREWITH CURSE WE MEN, WHICH ARE MADE AFTER THE SIMILITUDE OF GOD....
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...
How do we “bless” with the tongue? List some ways we use the word “bless” today. How do we “curse” with the tongue? Does this mean we use profanity or take God's name in vain? What is the contradictio...
"With it we bless our Lord and Father; and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God";"bless" -to speak well of, praise, extol. "John Bunyan tells us of Talkative: 'He is. saint...
1-12 We are taught to dread an unruly tongue, as one of the greatest evils. The affairs of mankind are thrown into confusion by the tongues of men. Every age of the world, and every condition of life...
THEREWITH BLESS WE GOD; pray, and speak well of God. EVEN THE FATHER; of Christ, and in him of all true believers. AND THEREWITH CURSE WE MEN; rail on, revile, speak evil of, as well as wish evil to....
James 3:9 With G1722 it G846 bless G2127 (G5719) God G2316 and G2532 Father G3962 and G2532 with...
‘But the tongue can no man tame. It is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.' For the on...
James 3:9. THEREWITH: literally, ‘in it,' ‘acting in the sphere of the tongue;' hence, instrumentally, ‘by it.' BLESS WE GOD, EVEN THE FATHER. The best manuscripts read, ‘bless we the Lord and Fathe...
THEREWITH (εν αυτη). This instrumental use of εν is not merely Hebraistic, but appears in late _Koine_ writers (Moulton, _Prol._, pp. 11f., 61f.). See also Romans 15:6.WE BLESS (ευλογουμεν). Prese...
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...
WE USE IT. James includes himself, but he aims this in particular against certain Jewish "teachers." They would never speak the name of God without adding: "Blessed be He." But these same Jews (who di...
_Therewith bless we God_ THE MORAL CONTRADICTIONS IN THE RECKLESS TALKER In these concluding sentences of the paragraph respecting sins of the tongue St. James does two things--he shows the moral ch...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 3:1 The Sin of Dissension in the Community. This section is the longest in the letter. It discusses the problems people cause with their speech (James 3:1;...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 3:5. A MATTER.—Better, “a forest.” The picture presented is of the wrapping of some vast forest in a flame by the falling of a single spark. _Philo_ uses the same...
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 Chronicles 29:10; 1 Chronicles 29:20; 1 Corinthians 11:7; 1 Peter 1:3;...
God, even the Father [τ ο ν θ ε ο ν κ α ι π α τ ε ρ α]. The proper reading, is ton Kurion, the Lord, and the kai, and, is simply connective. Read, therefore, as Rev., the Lord and Father. This combina...
Observe here, 1. Our apostle informs us what is the proper use of the tongue: namely, to bless and praise God; speech being the most excellent faculty, is to be consecrated to divine uses: it is both....