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James 4:8 - Exposition

Draw nigh to God ( ἐγγίσατε τῷ θεῷ ). A phrase used of approach to God under the old covenant (see Exodus 19:22 ; Exodus 34:30 ; Le Exodus 10:3 ). Equally necessary under the new covenant is it for those who draw near to God to have "clean hands and a pure heart" ( Psalms 24:4 ). Hence the following injunction: "Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded."

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

The Pulpit Commentary is a homiletic commentary on the Bible created during the nineteenth century under the direction of Rev. Joseph S. Exell and Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones. It consists of 23 volumes with 22,000 pages and 95,000 entries, and was written over a 30-year period with 100 contributors.... Show more

James 4:8 - Exposition

James 4:8 - Exposition

The Pulpit Commentary

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