Verse 6
6. In faith The hearty and loving trust that God is ready and willing.
Nothing wavering The measure of waver is the measure of the want of faith. And the want of faith arises from the lack of real sympathy and communion with God and real wish for the perfect life. A half wish would ask, and a half not-wish would contradict and cancel the ask; so that nothing is really asked, and the man will be quite as unsteady in his practice as in his prayer.
Wave of the sea He is not a sailor, nor even a ship tossed on the waves; he is merely a pure wave. One wind blows this wave shoreward, and the next one drives it seaward, so that the shore is never reached. Vivid Greek epithets follow to finish the description.
Driven with the wind A single word in Greek; winded, blast-driven.
Tossed The Greek verb is derived from a word signifying to throw, to cast; hence, tossed or thrown by the winds.
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