if the Lord will See James 4:13-15, who "justly derides that rashness among men, in that they plan what they shall do ten years hence, when they are not certain that they shall live another hour." Calvin in loc. The Roman Catholic commentator, Estius, makes a similar observation.

not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power The power that is derived from Christ, which He Himself possessed to influence the heart of man. Such seems to be the more usual meaning of the word δύναμις in St Paul's Epistles. Cf. Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 2:4, &c. It includes, no doubt, the power of working miracles, for with one or two exceptions, the miracles of the gospel were manifestations of Christ's power to deliver humanity from the dominion of evil and its consequences.

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