James 1:5-6 ESV

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - James 1:1-11

Steadfast Faith James 1:1-11 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 teachings of St. Paul were so powerfully influenced. “Brother to Jesus” was the designation that James might have used, but he preferred the more modest title of bond-servant . The slaves of such a king are nobles! The times were full of severe testing. Each believer had to face ignominy, loss... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - James 1:1-27

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 upon as a means of blessing and received with joy. He clearly pointed out that God is never the Author of temptation as enticement toward evil, and in a passage full of remarkable force revealed the process of such temptation. It is an appeal through desire to some perfectly legitimate need of life,... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - James 1:5

THE GIFT OF WISDOM‘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.’ James 1:5 This is one of the many beautifully practical thoughts which fill and characterise St. James. I. What is wisdom?—‘Wisdom’ is not knowledge, though it involves knowledge, for the most learned persons are often the least wise. ‘Wisdom’ is the right use of knowledge. Or take it thus. ‘Wisdom’ is that union of the heart and head when right... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - James 1:6

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 the God of nature. The practical, almost proverbial mould of instruction which the writer employs gives to many of the sentences the familiar shape of the so-called ‘Sapiential Books’ of the Old Testament. Wisdom is the Christian grace especially specified ( James 1:5). This is a thoroughly Hebrew... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:2-12

Those Who Face Trial for The Sake Of Their Faith in God and the Lord Jesus Christ Will Be Blessed (James 1:2-12 ). The letter commences by outlining the basic themes that will be dealt with later (see Analysis above), for as we have seen the whole letter is in the form of a chiasmus based on those themes. But it is also interesting that the opening verses of the letter after the greeting may also be seen as a chiasmus, coming between the two inclusios of James 1:2; James 1:12. James 1:2;... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:5

‘But if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and does not upbraid, and it will be given him.’ In the face of many trials and temptations they may often be brought to a standstill. They may wonder what they should do in the light of them, and may need wisdom and guidance along the way. God therefore tells them that if they need wisdom in the light of trials they should ask it of Him and He promises that He will give it to them, for He is the One Who gives to all... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:5-8

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 (James 1:5-8 ). read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:6

‘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 confidence in His willingness to respond. They must ‘ask in faith, nothing doubting’. And as the writer in Proverbs tells us, they must do it by ‘choosing the fear of the Lord’ (Proverbs 1:29). In other words it requires a single eye (Matthew 6:22). For ‘the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:2-8

James 1:2-Ruth : . 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 the essays of Bacon or successive cantos of Tennyson’ s In Memoriam. It is the manner of “ Wisdom” literature ( cf. especially Ecclus.). The paradox with which the epistle opens is an expansion of the Beatitudes ( Luke 6:20-Isaiah :). The tense of the verb, “ when you have... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 1:5

If any of you lack wisdom; if, doth not imply a doubt, but supposeth something which they themselves would grant; viz. that they did lack wisdom, either in whole or in part. It is as if he had said, Since, or seeing, ye lack, &c. See the like, Malachi 1:6. Though this hold true of wisdom taken more generally, yet wisdom here is to be restrained, according to the circumstances of the text, and taken for wisdom or skill to bear afflictions so as to rejoice in them. Let him ask of God; by... read more

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - James 1:1-11

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - James 1:1-27

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - James 1:5

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - James 1:6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:2-12

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:5

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:5-8

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:6

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:2-8

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 1:5

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