John Calvin's Bible Commentary
James 1:11
Though the received reading is ἐν ταῖς πορείαις, yet I agree with Erasmus, and read the last word, πορίαις, without the diphthong “in his riches,” or, with his riches; and the latter I prefer. (104)
Though the received reading is ἐν ταῖς πορείαις, yet I agree with Erasmus, and read the last word, πορίαις, without the diphthong “in his riches,” or, with his riches; and the latter I prefer. (104)
Verse 11. _FOR THE SUN IS NO SOONER RISEN_] We need not pursue this metaphor, as St. James' meaning is sufficiently clear: All human things are transitory; _rise_ and _fall_, or _increase_ and _decay...
FOR THE SUN IS NO SOONER RISEN WITH A BURNING HEAT - Isaiah Isaiah 40:7 employs the word “wind,” referring to a burning wind that dries up the flowers. It is probable that the apostle also refers not...
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 paradox of a bragging that comes of humility and faith is common to James and Paul: it starts from Jeremiah 9:23 t The brotherhood which levels all differences into a glorious liberty, fraternity,...
Let the lowly brother be proud of his exaltation; and let the rich brother be proud of his humiliation; for he will pass away like a flower of the field. The sun rises with the scorching wind and with...
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...
IS NO SOONER RISEN. Literally rose. A. the. BURNING HEAT. Greek. _kauson._ Only here; Matthew 20:12.Luke 12:55. BUT, &C. = and withered. FALLETH. fell. Same word in Romans 9:6.
_For the sun is no sooner risen … but it withereth_ Better, FOR THE SUN AROSE AND WITHERED. The Greek has nothing that answers to "no sooner," and the verbs are throughout in the past tense as in a na...
Riches, and their perishableness 9. _Let the brother of low degree_ The Greek joins the sentence on to the preceding with the conjunction which may be either "and," or "but," implying that there is a...
ἈΝΈΤΕΙΛΕΝ … ἘΞΉΡΑΝΕΝ … ἘΞΈΠΟΣΕΝ … ἈΠΏΛΕΤΟ. The use of the aorist here is to express the instantaneous effect produced by the καύσων. In English the present tense would be used to express this point of...
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...
ΆΝΈΤΕΙΛΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΤΈΛΛ(Λ (G393) подниматься, вставать. Гномический _aor._, обозначающий то, что обычно происходит (Ropes), ΚΑΎΣΩΝ (G2742) пылающий зной. Это слово может обозначать горя...
FOR THE SUN IS NO SOONER RISEN, &C.— _For the sun ariseth with burning heat; it withereth the grass; the flower thereof falleth; and all the beauty of its colour perisheth: Even so shall the rich man...
_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....
THE ANTICIPATION OF THE RICH AND LOWLY _Text 1:9-11_ 9. But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate: 10. and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he...
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in h...
VERSE 11. A BURNING HEAT WITHERETH. In this verse the apostle enforces the idea advanced in the former verse by an expansion of the figure he there introduces. The rich must understand that no relianc...
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...
BURNING HEAT] better, 'sirocco,' the hot wind of Palestine which parches vegetation. WAYS] better, 'goings'; perhaps used of the journeyings of rich merchants (James 4:13)....
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...
(9-11) Lowly-mindedness is the subject of the next paragraph. There is wide misapprehension of our state of trial: the poor and humble are apt to forget the honour thus vouchsafed to them, worthier in...
FOR THE SUN IS NO SOONER RISEN... — Translate, _the sun arose with the burning heat, and dried up the grass; and the flower thereof fell away, and the grace of its fashion perished._ The grace, the lo...
(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 7 THE EXALTATION OF THE LOWLY AND THE FADING AWAY OF THE RICH-THE METAPHORS OF ST. JAMES AND THE PARABLES OF CHRIST. James 1:9 IN this section St. James returns to what is the main thought o...
ἀνέτειλεν : the “gnomic” aorist, _i.e._, expressive of what always happens; it gives a “more vivid statement of general truths, by employing a distinct case or several distinct cases in the past to re...
An entirely new subject is now started, which has no connection with what has preceded; such a connection can only be maintained by supplying mental links artificially, for which the text gives no war...
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...
LESSONS FROM THE RICH AND POOR BROTHER In demonstrating the maturity brought by patient endurance of trials, James uses the example of the poor and the rich brothers. The Christian who is poor can rej...
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in hi...
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] Decor vultus ejus,_ Greek: euprepeia tou prosopou; the Hebrew says, faciem, c\'9cli, terræ, gladii, &c._...
The brother of low condition. Literally, humble. [3] See Luke i. 48. The sense is, that a Christian, of never so low and poor a condition, may glory, and rejoice even in his poverty, that he is not on...
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 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...
FOR THE SUN IS NO SOONER RISEN WITH A BURNING HEAT,.... As it is about the middle of the day, when it shines in its full strength, and its heat is very great and scorching, especially in the summer se...
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in hi...
_Let the brother_ St. James does not give this appellation to the rich; _of low degree_ Poor and tempted, or brought low by his sufferings for Christ, and humbled in spirit thereby; _rejoice that he i...
FADE AWAY; earthly glory is transient; and a man may well rejoice in what leads him to feel this, and secure the glory which is abiding. Thus will the poor be kept from envying the rich, and the rich...
The need of humility:...
FOR THE SUN IS NO SOONER RISEN WITH A BURNING HEAT, BUT IT WITHERETH THE GRASS, AND THE FLOWER THEREOF FALLETH, AND THE GRACE OF THE FASHION OF IT PERISHETH; SO ALSO SHALL THE RICH MAN FADE AWAY IN HI...
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...
What is the message of this verse? Does this passage teach that beauty fades? How does this illustration apply to the rich?...
'For the sun rises with. scorching wind, and withers the grass; and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away...
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...
WITH A BURNING HEAT; or, the scorching east wind, which in those countries was wont to rise with the sun, JONAH 4:8. SO ALSO SHALL THE RICH MAN FADE AWAY; either _shall_ is here put for _may, _ the fu...
James 1:11 For G1063 has G393 sun G2246 risen G393 (G5656) with G4862 heat G2742 than G2532 withers...
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...
TRIALS COMBINED WITH WISDOM ARE INTENDED TO BRING HOME TO MEN WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM. ‘But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate, and the rich, in that he is made low, because as...
James 1:11. FOR THE SUN IS NO SOONER RISEN. In the original the words are in the lively style of a narrative: ‘For the sun arose.' WITH A BURNING HEAT. The word here rendered ‘burning heat' is often...
ARISETH (ανετειλεν). Gnomic or timeless aorist active indicative of the old compound ανατελλω, used here of plants (cf. αναθαλλω in Philippians 4:10), often of the sun (Matthew 13:6).WITH THE SCORC...
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...
IN THE SAME WAY. The unbelieving Jews believed wealth was proof of God's blessing. James shows how temporary it really is! As a rich man is conducting his affairs, a robber, or inflation, or some othe...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 1:9 Given the context, James seems to be saying that the challenges of both poverty and wealth may be among the greatest “trials” for Christians (see v. James 1:12)....
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 1:9. HE IS EXALTED.—Or, “in his exaltation”; “in his high estate.” LOW DEGREE does not suggest _caste_, but _poverty_ involving humiliation. James 1:10. MADE LOW...
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 Corinthians 7:31; 1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 5:4; Ecclesiastes 5:15;...
For the sun is no sooner risen, etc. [α ν ε τ ε ι λ ε ν γ α ρ ο η λ ι ο ς]. By the use of the aorist tense James graphically throws his illustration into the narrative form : "For the sun arose - and...
For the sun arose and withered the grass — There is an unspeakable beauty and elegance, both in the comparison itself, and in the very manner of expressing it, intimating both the certainty and the su...