Verse 8
In this context the "double-minded" (dipsychos, lit. two-sided; cf. James 4:8) man is one who trusts and obeys God part of the time but not consistently. A double-minded person is one who has a divided opinion or allegiance (e.g., Lot; cf. 1 Clem. 11:2). He is unsteady, fickle, staggering, and reeling like a drunken man. [Note: Robertson, 6:15.]
". . . the man is a walking civil war in which trust and distrust of God wage a continual battle against each other." [Note: William Barclay, The Letters . . ., p. 54.]
In summary, God will help us take His view of trials, which James explained in James 1:3-4, if we ask Him to do so in prayer. We can and should be joyful while experiencing trials that constitute temptations to depart from God’s will. We can do so because we know that, if we remain faithful to God, He will use these trials to produce what is glorifying for Him and what is good for us, namely, our spiritual maturity.
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