Verse 12
6. Cautions against use of violent language, James 5:12.
12. Above all things Not that this was the greatest of crimes, but that it was one of the greatest sins that a good Christian would be likely to incur.
Swear not A precept of holy patience. It inculcates a preservation of moral serenity by an avoidance of profane and violent speech. The conversational oath, which is not content with the simple yea and nay, is the result and the token of an impatient and peremptory spirit, akin to the violence of persecutors and brigands. That recklessness which constitutes the charm is the reverse of the calm spirit that rests on God and reveres his name. Of course this has nothing to do with the solemn oath in the court of justice, in which reverence is the spirit, and an end of strife is the aim. Let your yea, your affirmation, be not an oath, but a simple yea.
Condemnation From violent feeling or action, produced by violent language.
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