But you must believe. This is absolutely necessary to SINCERE prayer. Compare what Jesus said in Mark 11:23-24. and notes. Whoever doubts. Aphraates quotes the following as something which Jesus said; "Do not doubt, so that you will not sink into the world, as Simon (Peter), when he doubted, began to sink into the lake." As a wave in the sea is driven first one way and then the other, so one who sinks in indecision never really comes to trust God.
Verse 6. _LET HIM ASK IN FAITH_] Believing that God IS; that he has all good; and that he is ever ready to impart to his creatures whatever they need. _NOTHING WAVERING._] μηδεν διακρινομενος. _Not...
BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH - See the passages referred to in James 1:5. Compare the Matthew 7:7 note, and Hebrews 11:6 note. We cannot hope to obtain any favor from God if there is not faith; and where,...
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 paragraph, like its successors, has no special link with its context: it is the writer's habit to throw out a series of aphoristic comments on topics, with as much connexion as there is between th...
If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask it from God, who gives generously to all men and never casts up the gift, and it will be given to him. Let him ask in faith, with no doubts in his min...
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...
NOTHING. Greek. _medeis,_ as James 1:4. WAVERING. App-122. Compare Matthew 7:7; Matthew 7:8. IS LIKE. Greek. _eoika_. Only here and Jam
_let him ask in faith_ The prominence thus given to faith at the very outset of the Epistle must be borne in mind in connection with the subsequent teaching of ch. James 2:14-26. Faith, i.e. trust in...
Wisdom, and the Prayer that gains it 5. _If any of you lack wisdom_ As before, in James 1:1-2, the prominent word of the preceding clause suggests the opening of the next, the word for "lack" being th...
ἘΝ ΠΊΣΤΕΙ. πίστις here, reliance on a promise, trust in the character of God, the faith which was the necessary condition of a miracle. ΔΙΑΚΡΙΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ. In middle voice διακρίνεσθαι=to get a thing decid...
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...
_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...
ΑΙΤΕΊ ΤΩ _praes. imper. act. 3 pers. sing. от_ ΑΊΤΈΩ (G154) просить (_см._ James 1:5). ΠΊΣΤΙΣ (G4102) вера. Здесь имеется в виду не настойчивая преданность христианской религии, как в ст. 3. Здесь ре...
DISCOURSE: 2353 THE WAY TO OBTAIN TRUE WISDOM James 1:5. _If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him a...
BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, &C.— "But then let him take care that he ask in steadyfaith, nothing wavering, nor divided by the desires of obtaining, and the fears of not obtaining, the grace he asks, or...
_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....
TRUE WISDOM IS GOD-GIVEN _Text 1:5-8_ 5. But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6. But let him ask in fai...
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. ASK IN FAITH - i:e., the persuasion that God can and will give James beg...
VERSE 6. LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, NOTHING WAVERING. The Revised Version is clearer "nothing doubting." Doubting conveys the idea evidently intended much more distinctly than the word "wavering." At least...
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...
WAVERETH] RV' doubteth.' WAVE] RV 'surge.' St. James is thinking of the sudden storms on the lake of Galilee. This is the first of the eleven metaphors drawn from the natural phenomena of Palestine wh...
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...
BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, NOTHING WAVERING. — Surely this verse alone would redeem the Apostle from the charge of slighting the claims of faith. It is here put in the very forefront of necessity; with...
(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...
CHAPTER 6 THE RELATION OF THIS EPISTLE TO THE BOOKS OF ECCLESIASTICUS AND OF THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON-THE VALUE OF THE APOCRYPHA, AND THE MISCHIEF OF NEGLECTING IT. James 1:5 THE previous section led u...
ἐν πίστει : πίστις, as used in this Epistle, refers to the state of mind in which a man not only believes in the existence of God, but in which His ethical character is apprehended and the evidence of...
STEADFAST FAITH James 1:1 This Epistle is marked by the austere features of the Jerusalem church, which refused to be affected by that wider contact with the Gentile world, by which the life and teac...
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...
ASK GOD FOR WISDOM Having said that patient endurance of trials will lead to spiritual maturity, James seems to anticipate his readers' thoughts. Some would probably wonder how they could approach the...
But let him ask in faith, (f) nothing wavering. (6) For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. (f) Why then, what need is there of another mediator or priest? (6)...
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. (6) But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is...
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...
_THE WAVERER_ ‘He that wavereth is like a wave of the sea.’ James 1:6 The picturesque imagery of this Epistle discloses the mind of one who communed with God as the God of human life, and also as t...
6_But let him ask in faith_. He shews here, first the right way of praying; for as we cannot pray without the word, as it were, leading the way, so we must believe before we pray; for we testify by pr...
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...
BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH,.... Not only in the faith of the divine Being that God is; but in the faith of the promises he has made; and in the faith of his power and faithfulness to perform them; and i...
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. Ver. 6. _But let him ask in faith_] _See Trapp on "_ Heb 11:6 _"_ Nothing...
_If any of you_ In whole or in part; _lack wisdom_ To understand whence and why temptations come, and how they are to be improved, or for any other purpose. Wisdom, in the common acceptation of the wo...
IN FAITH; in confidence that God will do as he has declared, and give to those who thus ask him the wisdom which they need. NOTHING WAVERING; not doubting the truth of his declarations. LIKE A WAVE;...
Temptation and prayer:...
BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, NOTHING WAVERING. FOR HE THAT WAVERETH IS LIKE A WAVE OF THE SEA DRIVEN WITH THE WIND AND TOSSED....
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...
Why is doubt dangerous? List some reasons we begin to doubt. How do we ask in faith? Explain how we are like a ship tossed by the wind. James 1:7 7. Why do we NOT get what we seek from the Lord? Why...
'But let him ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.' 'But let him ask in faith' -(Matthew 21:21; James 5:15). God has. rea...
1-11 Christianity teaches men to be joyful under troubles: such exercises are sent from God's love; and trials in the way of duty will brighten our graces now, and our crown at last. Let us take care...
BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH; with confidence of God's hearing, grounded on the Divine attributes and promises, MARK 11:24 1 JOHN 5:14. NOTHING WAVERING; either not disputing God's power or promise; or ra...
James 1:6 But G1161 ask G154 (G5720) in G1722 faith G4102 no G3367 doubting G1252 (G5734) for...
‘But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who doubts is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and troubled.' But those who would receive God's wisdom must come to God with full confid...
IN THE FACE OF TEMPTATION AND TESTING CHRISTIANS ARE TO SEEK WISDOM FROM GOD WITHOUT DOUBTING, FOR THEN THEY WILL KNOW THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE IT AND THUS BE ABLE TO OVERCOME IN HIS STRENGTH AND WISDOM...
THOSE WHO FACE TRIAL FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR FAITH IN GOD AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WILL BE BLESSED (JAMES 1:2). The letter commences by outlining the basic themes that will be dealt with later (see Ana...
James 1:6. BUT, as an essential prerequisite to our obtaining an answer to our prayers. LET HIM ASK IN FAITH; that is, not believing that God will give us the precise thing that we ask, for we may as...
IN FAITH (εν πιστε). Faith here "is the fundamental religious attitude" (Ropes), belief in God's beneficent activity and personal reliance on him (Oesterley).NOTHING DOUBTING (μηδεν διακρινομενος)...
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...
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._ «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._ James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was an apostle,...
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...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 1:6 FAITH. A settled trust and confidence in God, based on his character and promises revealed in Scripture (see Hebrews 11:1). doubtin
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 1:5. WISDOM.—Here, the wisdom of the book of Proverbs; practical skill in the ordering and management of life (Proverbs 19:20). LIBERALLY.—With single heart, fran...
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...
1 Timothy 2:8; 2 Peter 2:17; Ephesians 4:14; Genesis 49:4; Hebrews 10
Doubting [δ ι α κ ρ ι ν ο μ ε ν ο ς]. Compare Matthew 21:21. Not equivalent to unbelief, but expressing the hesitation which balances between faith and unbelief, and inclines toward the latter. This i...
But let him ask in faith — A firm confidence in God. St. James also both begins and ends with faith, James 5:15; the hinderances of which he removes in the middle part of his epistle. He that doubteth...