The Pulpit Commentary - James 1:2-18
THE SUBJECT OF TEMPTATION . This section may be subdivided as follows:— read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - James 1:5-11
Digression suggested by the thought of perfection. There can be no true perfection without wisdom, which is the gift of God, and must be sought from him. It is possible that the thought and connection of the passage is due to a reminiscence of Wis. 9:6, "For though a man be never so perfect ( τέλειος ) among the children of men, yet if thy wisdom be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded." But whether this be so or not, the teaching is manifestly founded on our Lord's words with... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - James 1:9-11
A very difficult passage, three interpretations of which are given, none of them entirely satisfactory or free from difficulties. (a) that the "rich" are never elsewhere spoken of as "brothers" in this Epistle. See James 2:6 ; James 5:1 , and cf. the way in which they are spoken of in other parts of the New Testament ( e.g. Luke 6:24 ; Matthew 19:23 ; Revelation 6:15 ); and in Ecclesiasticus 13:3; (b) that in verse 11 the thought is, not of riches which make to themselves... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - James 1:9-11
The poor and the rich brother. The counsels contained in these verses spring out of the general exhortation of James 1:2 . Riches and poverty are among the "manifold trials" which the subjects of them are to "count all joy." This passage has also a real connection with James 1:8 , as the introductory conjunction in the original shows. The connection may be either in the thought that the love of money is a prevailing source of" double-mindedness;" or, that the comparison of one's own... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - James 1:9-11
The glory of manhood in Christ. Diversities of condition among men—the millionaire and the pauper, the autocrat and the slave. The cry for a leveling—communism, socialism, nihilism. So other differences—of station, of education, and even of natural gifts. But, after all, what are these differences in comparison with that which is common to all—the royal humanity which each one has received from God? For take the highest, the most cultured, the best endowed, and again a poor peasant man or... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - James 1:9-12
The only true ground for boasting. High and low, rich and poor, can glory in their Christian exaltation. "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ," said St. Paul; and, referring to that same cross, the Savior said, "I, if I he lifted up, will draw all men unto me." Thus the cross forms part of the "lifting up," the "exaltation" in which the Christian is to glory. " Per crucem ad lucem. " Our Christian privileges cannot be separated from our Christian... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - James 1:11
ἀνέτειλε ἐξήρανε ἐξέπεσε … ἀπώλετο . Observe the aorists here and in James 1:24 . The illustration or case mentioned by way of example is taken as an actual fact, and the apostle falls into the tone of narration. Render, For the sun arose with the scorching wind , and withered the grass ; and the flower thereof fell away , and the grace of the fashion of it perished. καύσων may refer to read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 1:9
Let the brother of low degree - This verse seems to introduce a new topic, which has no other connection with what precedes than that the apostle is discussing the general subject of trials. Compare James 1:2. Turning from the consideration of trials in general, he passes to the consideration of a particular kind of trials, that which results from a change of circumstances in life, from poverty to affluence, and from affluence to poverty. The idea which seems to have been in the mind of the... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 1:10
But the rich, in that he is made low - That is, because his property is taken away, and he is made poor. Such a transition is often the source of the deepest sorrow; but the apostle says that even in that a Christian may find occasion for thanksgiving. The reasons for rejoicing in this manner, which the apostle seems to have had in view, were these:(1)Because it furnished a test of the reality of religion, by showing that it is adapted to sustain the soul in this great trial; that it can not... read more
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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:11
Verse 11 Though the received reading is ἐν ταῖς πορείαις, yet I agree with Erasmus, and read the last word, πορίαις, without the diphthong “in his riches,” or, with his riches; and the latter I prefer. (104) read more