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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:2

Verse 2 2Ye lust, or covet, and have not. He seems to intimate that the soul of man is insatiable, when he indulges wicked lusts; and truly it is so; for he who suffers his sinful propensities to rule uncontrolled, will know no end to his lust. Were even the world given to him, he would wish other worlds to be created for him. It thus happens, that men seek torments which exceed the cruelty of all executioners. For that saying of Horace is true: The tyrants of Sicily found no torment greater... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:3

Verse 3 3Ye seek and receive not. He goes farther: though they sought, yet they were deservedly denied; because they wished to make God the minister of their own lusts. For they set no bounds to their wishes, as he had commanded; but gave unbridled license to themselves, so as to ask those things of which man, conscious of what is right, ought especially to be ashamed. Pliny somewhere ridicules this impudence, that men so wickedly abuse the ears of God. The less tolerable is such a thing in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1

Whence wars and whence fightings among you? The second "whence" ( πόθεν ) is omitted in the Received Text, after K, L, Syriac, and Vulgate; but it is supported by א , A, B, C, the Coptic, and Old Latin. Wars … fightings ( πόλεμοι … μάχαι ). To what is the reference? ΄άχαι occurs elsewhere in the New Testament only in 2 Corinthians 7:5 , "Without were fightings, within were fears;" and 2 Timothy 2:23 ; Titus 3:9 , in both of which passages it refers to disputes and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:3

An evident allusion to the sermon on the mount, Matthew 7:7 , " Ask , and it shall be given to you … for every one that asketh receiveth." And yet St. James says, "Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss;" for our Lord elsewhere limits his teaching, " All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer believing ," etc. ( Matthew 21:22 ). αἰτεῖτε … αἰτεῖσθε . The active and middle voices are similarly interchanged in 1 John 5:15 , on which Dr. Westcott writes as... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:3

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1

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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

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:3

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