James 1:20-22 ESV

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:19-27

James 1:19-Daniel : . “ Be sure of it” ( cf. mg.) , he goes on, and turns to ask what conduct right views of God should produce. Humility and self-control, firstly, then purity, gentleness, and teachableness, with unsparing honesty that turns every creed into a code of action. “ Quick to hear” not only God’ s warning, but both sides of a human quarrel, “ slow to speak” angry words, the peril of which James expounds in ch. 3 , such conduct will be free from that “ human wrath which can never... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 1:19-20

Let every man be swift to hear; prompt and ready to hear God speaking in the word of truth, before mentioned. Slow to speak; either silently and submissively hear the word, or speak not rashly and precipitately of the things of faith, but be well furnished yourselves with spiritual knowledge, ere you take upon you to teach others. Slow to wrath; either, be not angry at the word, or the dispensers of it, though it come close to your consciences, and discover your secret sins; the word is salt,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 1:21

Wherefore lay apart; not only restrain it, and keep it in; but put off, and throw it away as a filthy rag, Isaiah 30:22; see Ephesians 4:22; Colossians 3:8; 1 Peter 2:1. All, of every kind. Filthiness; or, sordidness; a metaphor borrowed from the filth of the body, 1 Peter 3:21, and thence transferred to the soul; and it here seems to imply, not only sensuality or covetousness, but all sorts of lusts, whereby men are defiled, 2 Corinthians 7:1; 2 Peter 2:20. And superfluity of naughtiness; i.e.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 1:22

But be ye doers of the word; the same as doers of the work, James 1:25, namely, which the word prescribes; q.d. Receive the word by faith into your hearts, and bring forth the fruit of it in your lives: see Luke 11:28; John 13:17. And not hearers only; not contenting yourselves with a bare hearing the word, though it have no influence upon you. Deceiving your own selves; playing the sophisters with, or putting a fallacy upon, yourselves; particularly, persuading yourselves into a good opinion... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - James 1:19-21

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESJames 1:19. Wrath.—ὀργήν; an abiding, settled habit of mind with the purpose of revenge.James 1:21. Filthiness.—Not limited to sensualities, but including everything that defiles the soul. Superfluity of naughtiness.—“Overflow of mental wickedness,” or of malice. Or, “the remains of your perversity.” See 1 Peter 3:21. Plumptre renders, “excess characterised by malice.” “The Greek word had come to be associated mainly with the sins that have their root in wrath and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - James 1:22-25

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESJames 1:23. Natural face.—Lit. “face of his birth”; “the face he has by corporeal birth.” γενέσεως is used in distinction from the notion which follows of spiritual features. The tenses of the verbs (aorist) imply, “looks at himself once for all”; “has taken his departure and is gone”; “forgets and thinks of it no more.”James 1:25. Looketh.—παρακύψας; to lean aside, to stoop to look, at something which attracts attention; hence to look particularly, to scrutinise;... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 1:22-24

James 1:22-24 The Danger of mistaking Knowledge for Obedience. I. Knowledge without obedience ends in nothing. It is, as St. James says, like a man who looks at his own face in a glass. For a time he has the clearest perception of his own countenance; every line and feature, even the lightest expression, is visible, and by the mysteriously retentive power of the mind he holds it for a while in what we call the mind's eye; but when he has gone his way, the whole image fades, and the vividness of... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - James 1:20

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C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - James 1:21

save (See Scofield " :-") . read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - James 1:1-27

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, turning their lives over totally to God and to the lordship of Jesus Christ, they did not consider their lives their own. They were bereft of ambitions in a personal way. They lived solely to serve the Lord and to please Him.A bondslave was just that, one who lived completely for his master. He had... read more

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:19-27

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 1:19-20

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 1:21

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 1:22

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - James 1:19-21

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - James 1:22-25

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 1:22-24

Scofield's Reference Notes - James 1:20

Scofield's Reference Notes - James 1:21

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - James 1:1-27

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