The Pulpit Commentary - James 1:19
The text requires correction. For ὥστε … ἔστω πᾶς of the Textus Receptus, read, ἴστε ἀδελφοί μοι ἀγαπητοι ἔστω δὲ πᾶς , א , A, B, C, Latt. ἴστε is probably indicative, and refers to what has gone before. "Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man," etc. The verse gives us St. James's version of the proverb, "Speech is silver. Silence is golden." Similar maxims were not infrequent among the Jews. So in Ecclesiasticus 5:11, "Be swift to hear; and let... read more
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:21
Verse 21 21Wherefore lay apart. He concludes by saying how the word of life is to be received. And first, indeed, he intimates that it cannot be rightly received except it be implanted, or strike roots in us. For the expression, to receive the implanted word, ought to be thus explained, “to receive it, that it may be really implanted.” For he alludes to seed often sown on and ground, and not received into the moist bosom of the earth; or to plants, which being cast on the ground, or laid on... read more