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The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1

The origin of strife sad conflict to be sought in selfish lust. Our "members" are the field of battle in which, or rather the instruments with which, the conflict is fought; and all the while they are really warring against the soul ( 1 Peter 2:11 ). The conflict, therefore, is a suicidal one. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1-3

Wars and fightings. Gazing upon the fair portraiture of the heavenly wisdom with which James 3:1-18 . closes, we perhaps feel as if we could make tabernacles for ourselves in its peaceful presence, that we might continue always to contemplate its beauty. Immediately, however, James brings us down again from the holy mount into the quarrelsome and murderous world. He points us to the "wars" and "fightings" that rage throughout the human family. He returns to the " bitter jealousy and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1-10

War or peace? He has just been speaking of peace. But this leads him to survey the actual state of things: disputes, strifes, murders. (For condition of Jewish society at this time, see Plumptre's notes: " rife with atrocities.") And he will ascend to the origin of them. Whence come they? They proceed from the restlessness of the unregenerate nature, seeking, but seeking in vain, its satisfaction in the world. These two topics, then, are introduced to us: dissatisfaction with the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1-12

REBUKE OF QUARRELS ARISING FROM PRIDE AND GREED . A terribly sadden transition from the "peace" with which James 3:1-18 . closed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:2

Gives us an insight into the terrible difficulties with which the apostles had to contend. Those to whom St. James was writing were guilty of lust, which actually led to murder. So the charge in 1 Peter 4:15 evidently presupposes the possibility of a professing Christian suffering as a murderer or thief. Ye kill . The marginal rendering " envy " supplies a remarkable instance of a false reading once widely adopted, although resting simply on conjecture. There is no variation in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:2-3

"Ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it on your pleasures." Prayer is not to be selfish, or for the satisfaction of corrupt appetites; and where the spirit of prayer is absent there is no promise to prayer. "Incredible as it might seem that men plundering and murdering, as the previous verses represent them, should have been in any sense men who prayed, the history of Christendom presents but too many instances of like anomalies. Cornish wreckers going from church to their accursed work;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 4:1

From whence come wars and fightings among you? - Margin, “brawlings.” The reference is to strifes and contentions of all kinds; and the question, then, as it is now, was an important one, what was their source or origin? The answer is given in the succeeding part of the verse. Some have supposed that the apostle refers here to the contests and seditions existing among the Jews, which afterwards broke out in rebellion against the Roman authority, and which led to the overthrow of the Jewish... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 4:2

Ye lust, and have not - That is, you wish to have something which you do not now possess, and to which you have no just claim, and this prompts to the effort to obtain it by force. You desire extension of territory, fame, booty, the means of luxurious indulgence, or of magnificence and grandeur, and this leads to contest and bloodshed. These are the causes of wars on the large scale among nations and of the contentions and strifes of individuals. The general reason is, that others have that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 4:1

James 4:1. The crimes condemned in this and the following chapter were so atrocious, and of so public a nature, that we can hardly suppose them to have been committed by any who bore the name of Christians. Wherefore, as this letter was directed to the twelve tribes, (James 1:1,) it is reasonable to think that the apostle, in writing these chapters, had the unbelieving Jews, not only in the provinces, but in Judea, chiefly in his eye. From whence come wars and fightings among you Some... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 4:2-3

James 4:2-3. Ye lust Επιθυμειτε , ye covet, or eagerly desire; and have not What you desire; you are, some way or other, hindered from attaining that of which you are so greedy; ye kill In your heart; for he that hateth his brother is a murderer. Or he speaks of the actual murders which the carnal Jews, called zealots, committed of the heathen, and even those of their own nation who opposed them. Accordingly, he says, ye kill, Και ζηλουτε , and are zealous, thereby showing,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:2

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:2-3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 4:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 4:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 4:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 4:2-3

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