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Verse 11. _SPEAK NOT EVIL ONE OF ANOTHER_] Perhaps this exhortation
refers to evil speaking, slander, and backbiting in general, the
writer having no particular persons in view. It may, however, refer...
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SPEAK NOT EVIL ONE OF ANOTHER, BRETHREN - It is not known to whom the
apostle here particularly refers, nor is it necessary to know. It is
probable that among those whom he addressed there were some w...
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IV. FURTHER EXHORTATIONS TO RIGHT LIVING
CHAPTER 4
_ 1. Fightings and worldliness rebuked (James 4:1)_
2. The Godly walk (James 4:7)
James 4:1
A strong rebuke follows the statements concerning the...
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JAMES 4:11 F. A return to the topic of James 1:26; James 2:12; James
3:1. Backbiting was a conspicuous habit among these Jews, who applied
to one another some of the
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MAN'S PLEASURE OR GOD'S WILL? (James 4:1-3)...
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Stop talking harshly about each other. He who speaks harshly of his
brother, or who judges his brother, speaks harshly of the law and
judges the law; and, if you judge the law, you are not a doer of t...
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SPEAK... EVIL. Speak against, or backbite. Greek. _katalaleo._ Only
here and 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 3:16. Compare Romans 1:30; 2 Corinthi
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Rebuke of Evil-speaking
11. _Speak not evil one of another, brethren_ The last word indicates
the commencement of a new section. It scarcely, however, introduces a
new topic. The writer dwells with an...
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CH.
4:1–12. THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH WHICH ARE THE
CAUSE OF EVIL CONTENTION...
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ΜῊ ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΕΙ͂ΤΕ�. The argument reverts to the main
subject. It is a last thought on the evils of the tongue. It is a
warning against evil speaking and slandering. The mention of the law
however points...
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_DO NOT JUDGE A BROTHER -- JAMES 4:11-12:_ Everything that we say
about others must be guided by the law of kindness and the spirit of
Christ. Solomon said of the worthy woman, "She openeth her mouth...
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ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΈΩ
(G2635) высказываться против, злословить,
хулить. Обычно относится к грубым
высказываниям об отсутствующем (Ropes),
ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ КАΤΑ...
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SPEAK NOT EVIL, &C.— St. James here returns to what he had touched
upon, ch. James 3:9. By the _law_ in this place we understand _the law
of Christ,_ which is so called, Galatians 6:2. St. James calls...
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JUDGING OUR BRETHREN
_Text 4:11-12_
11.
Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a
brother or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth
the law: but if tho...
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CHAPTER VIII
_CAUSE AND REMEDY OF STRIFE_
James 4:1-12
_Introduction_
Can it be possible that the church of Jesus Christ could descend to
the sins mentioned here so soon after Pentecost? In less th...
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Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his
brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and
judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer o...
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VERSE 11 SPEAK NOT EVIL ONE OF ANOTHER, BRETHREN.
This great sin has prevailed in all ages of the Church, although
directly forbidden. The blessed Master commands us to love one
another. One can not l...
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5 This passage has puzzled the commentators, and there are many and
various explanations offered to solve what seems to be one of the most
difficult passages in the Scriptures. A simple explanation, w...
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When a man speaks against his brother he is practically condemning the
Law of Love, and thus arrogating to himself the office of a judge. In
criticising that Law he is virtually criticising the divine...
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DENUNCIATION OF GREED AND LOVE OF PLEASURE
1. Lusts] better, 'pleasures.'...
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WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO
JAMES
_IAN MACKERVOY_
The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them.
CHAPTER 4
DESIRES AND DIVISIONS 4:1-10
V1 You know where all the fights and quarrels...
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SPEAK NOT EVIL... — Do not “back-bite,” as the same word is
translated in Romans 1:30, and 2 Corinthians 12:20. The good reason
why not is given in the graceful interjection “brothers.” Omit the
conju...
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CHAPTER 21
SELF-ASSURANCE AND INVASION OF DIVINE PREROGATIVES INVOLVED IN THE
LOVE OF CENSURING OTHERS.
James 4:11
FROM sins which are the result of a want of love to God St. James
passes on, and ab...
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CHAPTER 18
ST. JAMES AND PLATO ON LUSTS AS THE CAUSES OF STRIFE; THEIR EFFECT ON
PRAYER.
James 4:1
THE change from the close of the third chapter to the beginning of the
fourth is startling. St. Jam...
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Μὴ καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων, ἀδελφοί, etc.:
this speaking against one another must be taken together with the
judging of one another; it is a question of deciding who is and who is
not observing the _Torah...
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The subject of these verses, speaking against and judging others, is
the same as that of the section James 2:1-13; they follow on quite
naturally after James 4:12-13 of that chapter, while they have n...
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“IF THE LORD WILL”
James 4:11
When we speak evil of another, we usurp the functions of the only
lawgiver and judge. If that other is endeavoring to model his life by
the law, to speak evil of him is...
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The writer now dealt with the effect of faith on character. Everything
depends on desire. To attempt to satisfy a natural desire without
reference to God is futile, and issues in internal conflict and...
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BRETHREN SHOULD NOT JUDGE ONE ANOTHER
The verb James used in 4:11 is in the present durative tense and
actually means "stop speaking evil of one another". Evidently, they
had already been doing such s...
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(7) Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of
[his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and
judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a d...
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Detract not one another, (nor judge rashly) brethren. Though he spoke
so much against the evils of the tongue, he give them a special
admonition against the vice of detraction, so common in the world,...
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(7) Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you. (8) Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doub...
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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...
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11_Speak not evil, _or, _defame not_. We see how much labor James
takes in correcting the lust for slandering. For hypocrisy is always
presumptuous, and we are by nature hypocrites, fondly exalting
ou...
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In all that follows we have still the judgment of unbridled nature, of
will in its different forms: contentions that arise from the lusts of
the natural heart; request made to God proceeding from the...
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SPEAK NOT EVIL ONE OF ANOTHER, BRETHREN,.... The apostle here returns
to his former subject, concerning the vices of the tongue, he had been
upon in the preceding chapter, James 3:6, and here mentions...
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Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of
_his_ brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and
judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer...
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_Speak not evil one of another_ See on Titus 3:2. Evil- speaking is a
grand hinderance of peace and comfort; yea, and of holiness. O who is
sufficiently aware of the evil of that sin? _He that speaket...
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JUDGETH THE LAW; he practically condemns it. It is the royal law of
love which the apostle has specially in mind, which forbids slander,
and every thing else that can injure our neighbor....
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SPEAK NOT EVIL ONE OF ANOTHER, BRETHREN. HE THAT SPEAKETH EVIL OF HIS
BROTHER, AND JUDGETH HIS BROTHER, SPEAKETH EVIL OF THE LAW, AND
JUDGETH THE LAW; BUT IF THOU JUDGE THE LAW, THOU ART NOT A DOER OF...
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Against uncharitable judging:...
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This chapter, to the end of v.6, continues the subject begun in
Ch.3:13. Sensual. devilish wisdom was accompanied by wars and
fightings: but this proceeded from the lusts of the flesh active
within th...
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Does this passage deal with gossip and tale bearing? Is there ever a
situation where evil about someone SHOULD be told? How is speaking
evil the same as judging? Can gossip and tale bearing speak good...
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The next two sections (James 4:11-12) and (James 4:13-17) are related
to what has been previously said. What is commonly known as
worldliness or being. friend of the world includes much more than what...
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11-17 Our lips must be governed by the law of kindness, as well as
truth and justice. Christians are brethren. And to break God's
commands, is to speak evil of them, and to judge them, as if they lai...
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SPEAK NOT EVIL ONE OF ANOTHER; viz. unless in the way of an ordinance,
by reproof, admonition, &c., Leviticus 5:1 1 Corinthians 1:11, 1
Corinthians 11:18...
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HE NOW REMINDS THEM THAT THEY NEED TO SEE LIFE IN TERMS OF THE LAST
DAY (JAMES 4:11 TO JAMES 5:12).
From this point on until James 5:12 there will be an emphasis on
judgment, and on seeing life in the...
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A WARNING AGAINST BEING JUDGES OF OTHERS AND THUS PRE-EMPTING GOD
(JAMES 4:11 A).
The passage commences with a warning. Aware that his strong words and
his appeal to repentance could now result in som...
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‘Do not speak one against another, brothers.'
The idea here is that they ought not to speak against one another
critically or in condemnation, often without being aware of the facts.
Thereby they coul...
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James 4:11. Here a new sentence begins, and yet in close connection
with the preceding. St. James returns to the sins of the tongue, and
cautions his readers against that sinful judging and censuring...
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James 4:1-12. St. James warns his readers against those evil passions
which gave rise to wars and fightings among them. They must moderate
their desires, and guard against self-gratification. If they...
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SPEAK NOT ONE AGAINST ANOTHER
(μη καταλαλειτε αλληλων). Prohibition against such
a habit or a command to quit doing it, with μη and the present
imperative of καταλαλεω, old compound usually with the...
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James 4:11
Evil-speaking.
Part of the Christian life has to do with the tongue, and looking at
it in its social aspect, the greatest part. The ways in which the sin
forbidden in the text may be comm...
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James 4:1. _From whence come wars and fightings among you?_
Whether between nations, or parties or individuals,-if there be wars
and fightings, whence do they come?
James 4:1. _Come they not hence,...
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CONTENTS: Rebuke of worldliness and exhortation to humility before
God.
CHARACTERS: God, Satan.
CONCLUSION: Worldly and fleshly lusts are the distemper which will not
allow contentment or satisfacti...
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James 4:1. _From whence come wars and fightings among you?_ St. James
saw in the Spirit the bloody and cruel wars which would rise among
christian powers, much the same as among the heathen. He had a...
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DO NOT CRITICIZE. "Do not slander each other because of your opinions
in religion," Whoever. "In criticizing and judging your brother in
matters of conscience (Romans 14:1-4), you are opposing the Law...
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 4:11 James restates the basic problem behind the
issues discussed in James 3:1: the misuse of speech to SPEAK EVIL or
to slander others. Such conduct is rejected in
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
James 4:11. SPEAK NOT EVIL.—Backbite (Romans 1:30; 2 Corinthians
12:20). Omit “and” before “judgeth.”...
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EXPOSITION
JAMES 4:1
REBUKE OF QUARRELS ARISING FROM PRIDE AND GREED. A terribly sadden
transition from the "peace" with which James 3:1. closed....
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This chapter could be entitled how to win friends and influence
people. Guard your tongue, bring your tongue under control, use it for
good, use it to encourage to build up, don't use it to tear down,...
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1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Peter 2:1; 1 Timothy 3:11; 2 Timothy 3:3;...
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Speak not evil one of another — This is a grand hinderance of peace.
O who is sufficiently aware of it! He that speaketh evil of another
does in effect speak evil of the law, which so strongly prohibi...
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These words, as generally delivered by our apostle, are. disuasive
from the sin of detraction, or speaking evil of one another, either by
secret whispering, or open backbiting;. very common but most
u...