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Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - James 1:1-27

God's Gifts James 1:0 James is always thought to be a very stern man. We think of him as never smiling, never bending in familiar and companionable intercourse, but always standing upon a crag of granite, and telling men what they ought to do; and telling men their duty in a voice that indicates no disposition to be trifled with. We have done wrong by some of these men. They are not so stern when we come to know them. It would be impossible for a preacher of Christ to be stern in any sense... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - James 1:12-15

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. (13) Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: (14) But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. (15) Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. The case of a single... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - James 1:9-12

The brother of low condition. Literally, humble. [3] See Luke i. 48. The sense is, that a Christian, of never so low and poor a condition, may glory, and rejoice even in his poverty, that he is not only the servant, but even the adoptive son of God. But the rich, in his being low. Some word must be here understood to make the sense complete. If we understand, let the rich man glory, it must be expounded by irony, by what follows, of his passing away like a flower. But others rather... read more

马太.亨利

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - James 1:12-18

12-18 It is not every man who suffers, that is blessed; but he who with patience and constancy goes through all difficulties in the way of duty. Afflictions cannot make us miserable, if it be not our own fault. The tried Christian shall be a crowned one. The crown of life is promised to all who have the love of God reigning in their hearts. Every soul that truly loves God, shall have its trials in this world fully recompensed in that world above, where love is made perfect. The commands of God,... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - James 1:1-99

James 1 THE EPISTLE is not written to any particular assembly of believers, nor even to the whole church of God. It is addressed rather to “the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad,” and it is this which accounts for its unusual character. Let us attempt to seize the view-point from ‘which James speaks before we consider any of its details. Although the Gospel began at Jerusalem and there won its earliest triumphs, the Christians of that city were slower than others in entering into the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - James 1:12-15

Temptations from within: v. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him. v. 13. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man; v. 14. but every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust and enticed. v. 15. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it is finished,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - James 1:12

II. THE THEMETHE BEATITUDE OF ENDURANCE IN TEMPTATION AS A WARNING AGAINST YIELDING TO ITJames 1:1212     Blessed is the man32 that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord33 hath promised to them that love him.34EXEGETICAL AND CRITICALThat this verse contains the proper theme of the whole Epistle and indicates tie dominant fundamental idea of the same follows from the twofold consideration that 1. the same thought comes up already in the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - James 1:12-18

God Rewards, Not Tempts James 1:12-18 The word temptation may stand for trial and testing, without implying that there is any necessary impulse toward evil; or it may stand for the direct impulse of the evil one. Here, however, it is used in this latter sense. But of whatever kind the temptation is, whether upward or downward, whether of pain and sorrow at the permission of God, or of direct solicitation to evil at the suggestion of Satan, those who refuse to swerve from their high quest of... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - James 1:1-27

James wrote to Christians in the midst of temptation and trial. He showed first that the issue of testing is that they "may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing." It is therefore to be looked upon as a means of blessing and received with joy. He clearly pointed out that God is never the Author of temptation as enticement toward evil, and in a passage full of remarkable force revealed the process of such temptation. It is an appeal through desire to some perfectly legitimate need of life,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:2-12

Those Who Face Trial for The Sake Of Their Faith in God and the Lord Jesus Christ Will Be Blessed (James 1:2-12 ). The letter commences by outlining the basic themes that will be dealt with later (see Analysis above), for as we have seen the whole letter is in the form of a chiasmus based on those themes. But it is also interesting that the opening verses of the letter after the greeting may also be seen as a chiasmus, coming between the two inclusios of James 1:2; James 1:12. James 1:2;... read more

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