Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - James 4:6-10
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Thomas Constable
John Darby
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - James 4:6
4:6 says, (k-8) See Proverbs 3:34 . read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:1-17
Denunciation of Greed and Love of Pleasure1. Lusts] better, ’pleasures.’2. ’You eagerly desire something which another has and you have not. This unregulated desire may lead to hate and even murder (cp. Ahab, 1 Kings 21), but even so your covetous desires go on; they grow by what they feed on. Still you have not got your desire. Then comes the wholesale murder of unjust war; and yet you are unsatisfied, because you try to get things for yourselves, instead of asking God for them.’ The chief... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - James 4:6
(6) But he giveth more grace—i.e., because of this very presence of the Holy Ghost within us. He, as the author and conveyer of all good gifts, in their mystic seven-fold order (Isaiah 11:2) adds to the wasted treasure, and so aids the weakest in his strife with sin, resisting the proud, lest he be led to destruction (Proverbs 16:18), and helping the humble, lest he be “wearied and faint in his mind” (Hebrews 12:3).God resisteth the proud . . .—Excepting “God,” instead of “Lord,” this is an... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - James 4:1-17
James 4:1 At the coiner of old maps of the world, of the fifteenth century, may be noted a large, blank space, without form and without name, whereon these three words are inscribed: Hic sunt leones . This sombre corner exists also in man. The passions prowl around and mutter, somewhere within us, and it may be said also of one dark spot in our souls: 'Here are lions'. Victor Hugo. 'Politics, domestic and foreign, are very discouraging,' wrote Sydney Smith in a letter in 1827. 'Jesuits abroad,... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - James 4:1-13
Chapter 18ST. JAMES AND PLATO ON LUSTS AS THE CAUSES OF STRIFE; THEIR EFFECT ON PRAYER.James 4:1-13THE change from the close of the third chapter to the beginning of the fourth is startling. St. James has just been sketching with much beauty the excellences of the heavenly wisdom, and especially its marked characteristic of always tending to produce an atmosphere of peace, in which the seed that produces the fruit of righteousness will grow and flourish. Gentleness, good-will, mercy,... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - James 4:4-6
Chapter 19THE SEDUCTIONS OF THE WORLD AND THE JEALOUSY OF THE DIVINE LOVE.James 4:4-6THE Revisers are certainly right in rejecting, without even mention in the margin, the reading, "Ye adulterers and adulteresses." The difficulty of the revised reading pleads strongly in its favor, and the evidence of MSS. and versions is absolutely decisive. The interpolation of the masculine was doubtless made by those who supposed that the term of reproach was to be understood literally, and who thought it... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - James 4:1-17
IV. FURTHER EXHORTATIONS TO RIGHT LIVING CHAPTER 4 1. Fightings and worldliness rebuked (James 4:1-6 ) 2. The Godly walk (James 4:7-17 ) James 4:1-6 A strong rebuke follows the statements concerning the wisdom from beneath and the wisdom from above. It must be borne in mind that these exhortations are addressed to the twelve tribes scattered abroad; to say that these words mean believers only would be a serious mistake; while Christians are contemplated, those of the tribes of Israel who... read more
L.M. Grant
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:1-17
This chapter, to the end of v.6, continues the subject begun in Ch.3:13. Sensual. devilish wisdom was accompanied by wars and fightings: but this proceeded from the lusts of the flesh active within the hearts of men. We must remember that James is not addressing the assembly of God, but Jews in the synagogue who at least acknowledged the Name of Jesus. It would be most abnormal and reprehensible if any assembly of saints of God were guilty of such contention. The flesh here is exposed in its... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - James 4:6
God has set a high standard of wholehearted love and devotion for His people, but He gives grace that is greater than His rigorous demand. Proverbs 3:34, quoted here, reminds us that God opposes the proud: those who pursue their own pleasures. However, He gives grace to the humble: those who put God’s desires first in their lives. He gives grace (help) to withstand the onslaughts of the flesh within and the world without. read more