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Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. 10. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up ] Better, he shall exalt, so as to preserve the manifest allusion to our Lord’s words as recorded in Mat 23:12; Luk 14:12; Luk 18:14. Here … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of James 4:10”

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness. 9. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep ] The words are nearly synonymous, the first pointing to the sense of misery (as in “O wretched man that I am” in Rom 7:24), the second to its general … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of James 4:9”

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded. 8 10. The Call to Repentance 8. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you ] The “nearness to God,” to which the promise is attached, is primarily that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of James 4:8”

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 7. Submit yourselves therefore to God ] The forms of the Greek verbs express a somewhat sharper antithesis than the English. God setteth himself against the proud, therefore, set yourselves as under God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of James 4:7”

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 6. But he giveth more grace ] Following the explanation already given, the sequence of thought seems to run thus: God loves us with a feeling analogous to the strongest form of jealousy, or even envy, but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of James 4:6”

Do ye think that the Scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 5. the spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? ] The words present a two-fold difficulty: (1) They are quoted as Scripture, and yet no such words are found either in the Canonical or even in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of James 4:5”

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 4. Ye adulterers and adulteresses ] The better MSS. give ye adulteresses only. The use of the feminine alone in this connexion, where the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of James 4:4”

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts. 3. Ye ask, and receive not ] The words are obviously written as in answer to an implied objection: “Not ask,” a man might say; “come and listen to our prayers; no one can accuse us of neglecting … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of James 4:3”

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 2. Ye lust and have not ] The genesis of evil is traced somewhat in the same way as in ch. Jas 1:15. The germ is found in desire … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of James 4:2”

From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members? Ch. Jas 4:1-7. God’s giving and the World’s getting 1. whence come wars and fightings among you? ] One source of discord had been touched in the “Be not many masters” of Chap. Jas … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of James 4:1”