James 1:20-22 ESV

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - James 1:22-27

Doers of the Word: v. 22. But be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. v. 23. For if any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass; v. 24. for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. v. 25. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - James 1:19-27

IV. SECOND ADMONITION WITH REFERENCE TO THE SECOND FROM OF TEMPTATION—FANATICISMCAUTION AGAINST YIELDING TO THE WARTH OF MAN (SEXUAL), WHICH THANKS ITSELF COMPETENT TO ADMINSTER THE JUSTICE OF GOD BUT IS INCOMPETENT TO DO IT. THE INSTRUMENT OF DELIVERANCE AND PRESERVATION FROM THIS ZEAL.: THE CULTURE OF INNER LIFE IN FAITH AND THE VERITABLE RELIGIOUS PROOF OF THIS FAITH IN ACTS OF MERCY.James 1:19-27(James 1:22-27. Epistle for 5th Sunday after Easter)19 Wherefore,38 my beloved brethren, let... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - James 1:19-27

Doers, Not Hearers Only James 1:19-27 Keep your mouth closed when you are angry; the inner fire will die out of itself, if you keep the doors and windows shut. In James 1:18 we are taught that God’s truth is the agent of regeneration; in James 1:21 it is the means of deepening our consecration. It is a blessed thing, when not only the words , but the Word of God is engrafted on the wild stock of our nature. The one and only way of making holy impressions permanent is by translating them... 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 1:21

UNION WITH CHRIST‘The engrafted Word, which is able to save your souls.’ James 1:21 How is the engrafted Word able to save the soul? I. How does the graft save the tree?( a) By changing it.( b) By infusing new life and vigour into it.( c) By bringing it into subjection to itself. II. In like manner, the Word saves the soul.( a) It makes it holy.( b) Changes its character.( c) Brings it into vital union with Christ, making it a branch in that heavenly Vine of which God is the... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - James 1:22

EGOISM AND ALTRUISM‘Be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.’ James 1:22 (R.V.) There are two great classes of human lives; there are two fundamental differences which separate them. The one class is egoistic, it lives simply for itself; the other, if you will pardon me the word, is altruistic, it lives mainly for the good of others. The one is epicurean; the other is Christlike. I. The self-indulgent, self-absorbed life ranges up and down many degrees in the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:20

‘For the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.’ ‘The anger of man.’ Note the emphasis on ‘of man’ or ‘of a man’ (andros is used rather than anthrowpos) . It is of course different with God. But the point is that His anger is always rightly directed and has behind it a continuing underlying compassion. In His case it is always a just anger against sin coming from One Who is without sin. But man is to be more wary, ‘be you angry and sin not, do not let the sun go down on your... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:21

‘For which reason, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.’ ‘For which reason’ may apply to the previous verse, with the emphasis being on the fact that rather than behaving angrily they are to receive the implanted word with a meek and gentle spirit, or it may look back to the whole passage and the fact that they are dealing with heavenly and glorious Creator. In this case the emphasis is on the need... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:22

‘But be you doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.’ James is very conscious of the danger of hearing and not doing. He had previously been like this himself, and he had seen among the Jews how easy it was to be a hearer in the synagogues every Sabbath and yet not be a doer. He had seen it also among the Pharisees. He does not want this repeated among the new Israel. So he calls on them not only to be hearers of the word which is proclaimed to them, as those who have... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:22-27

It Is Not Sufficient Only To Be A Hearer, It Is Necessary Also To Be A Doer (James 1:22-27 ). Having laid a careful foundation in demonstrating that God’s People are those whom He has sovereignly begotten, in whose hearts his word of truth has been received and implanted, and is to grow, (their side has been through the response of faith both to His word and to His begetting), James now emphasises that that truth must be carried out into practise. It was very necessary that they hear His... read more

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - James 1:22-27

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - James 1:19-27

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - James 1:19-27

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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - James 1:21

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - James 1:22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:20

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:21

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:22-27

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