James 1:7
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What does James 1:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord."
What does James 1:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord."
Verse 7. _LET NOT THAT MAN THINK_] The man whose mind is divided, who is not properly persuaded either of his own wants or God's sufficiency. Such persons may pray, but having no faith, they can get n...
FOR LET NOT THAT MAN THINK THAT HE SHALL RECEIVE ANYTHING OF THE LORD - Compare Hebrews 11:6. A man can hope for favor from God only as he puts confidence in him. He sees the heart; and if he sees tha...
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...
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...
MAN. App-123. THINK. Only here and Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:16. See John 21:25. ANY THING. Neut. of _tis_. App-123. LORD. App-98....
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...
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...
ΟΊΈΣΘΩ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) 3 sing. от_ Ο'ΊΟΜΑΙ (G3633) полагать. Это слово часто используется в отр. значении, обозначая неверное суждение или представление (Ropes), ΛΉΜΨΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. ...
_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....
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. FOR - Resumed from James 1:6. THAT MAN - such a wavering self-deceiver. THINK. Real faith is something more than a mere...
VERSE 7. FOR LET NOT THAT MAN THINK. This is sufficiently set forth in the exposition of verse 6. The wavering man, that is, the man who asks for wisdom doubting God's willingness to grant his reques...
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...
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...
(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...
μὴ γὰρ οἰέσθω, etc.: γὰρ almost in the sense of διὰ τοῦτο. The verb occurs very rarely, see John 21:25; Philippians 1:17. There is a ring of contempt in the passage at the idea of a man with halting f...
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 tea...
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...
_Let not that man think that he shall receive. He that has not a lively faith and firm hope, wavering with a distrust of God's power or goodness, must not imagine to receive what he so faintly asks. ...
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 LET NOT THAT MAN THINK,.... Imagine, conclude, or please himself with such thoughts, THAT HE SHALL RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE LORD; wisdom, or anything else, he is seeking after; for wanting faith...
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. Ver. 7. _That he shall receive_] Unless he strive against his doubting, and wade out of it, as the moon doth out of the cloud....
_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...
Temptation and prayer:...
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...
'For let not that man expect that he will receive anything from the Lord', 'let not that man expect' -Don't even entertain the thought that God will answer any of your prayers if this is your spiritu...
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...
FOR LET NOT THAT MAN; he that wavers, in opposition to him that asks in faith: all doubting doth not hinder the hearing of prayer, but that which excludes faith, MARK 9:23,24. THINK; vainly conceit, o...
James 1:7 For G1063 let G3633 not G3361 that G1565 man G444 suppose G3633 (G5737) that G3754 receive G2983 (G5695) anything G5100 from G3844 Lord G2962 James 4:3; Proverbs 15:8,...
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 1:7. FOR LET NOT THAT MAN, namely, the doubter, THINK. This warning supposes that the doubter fancies that he will receive an answer to his prayers; but it is a vain delusion: his expectations w...
THAT MAN (ο ανθρωπος εκεινος). Emphatic use of εκεινος.OF THE LORD (παρα του κυριου). Ablative case with παρα like θεου in verse James 1:5....
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 ma...
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...
SUCH A PERSON IS A HYPOCRITE. He is unreliable, and has no _standard plan_ of conduct or goal. Because he doesn't really know what he wants, he can never get anything! THAT HE WILL RECEIVE ANYTHING. _...
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (v...
_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, fra...
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...
Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 58:3; Isaiah 58:4; James 4:3; Proverbs 15:8; Proverbs 21:27...
That man [ε κ ε ι ν ο ς]. Emphatic, and with a slightly contemptuous force. Anything. i e. which he asks for....