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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 4:8

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you ,.... This must be understood consistently with the perfection of God's immensity and omnipresence: the saints draw nigh to God when they present their bodies in his sanctuary; when they tread in his courts, and attend his ordinances; where they always find it good for them to draw nigh unto him; and blessed is the man that approaches to him in faith and fear: they draw nigh to him when they come to the throne of his grace, for grace and mercy... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep ,.... Not in a bare external way; not by afflicting the body with fastings and scourgings, by renting of garments, and clothing with sackcloth, and putting ashes on the head, and other such outward methods of humiliation; but afflicting the soul is meant, an inward mourning and weeping over the plague of the heart, the impurity of nature, and the various sins of life; after a godly sort, and because contrary to a God of infinite love and grace; in an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord ,.... Which is done, when men, before the Lord, and from their hearts, and in the sincerity of their souls, acknowledge their meanness and unworthiness, their vileness, sinfulness, and wretchedness, and implore the grace and mercy of God in Christ, as did Abraham, Jacob, Job, Isaiah, Paul, and the publican; and when they walk humbly with God, acknowledging they can do nothing without him; owning their dependence on his grace, and ascribing all they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 4:11

Speak not evil one of another, brethren ,.... The apostle here returns to his former subject, concerning the vices of the tongue, he had been upon in the preceding chapter, James 3:6 , and here mentions one, which professors of religion were too much guilty of, and that is, speaking evil one of another; which is done either by raising false reports, and bringing false charges; or by aggravating failings and infirmities; or by lessening and depreciating characters, and endeavouring to bring... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 4:12

There is one lawgiver ,.... The Alexandrian copy, and others, and the Syriac, Ethiopic, and Vulgate Latin versions, add, "and judge". Who is the one only Lord God, Isaiah 33:22 . This is a character that may be applied to God the Father, who gave the law to the people of Israel, both the judicial and ceremonial law, and also the moral law; from his right hand went a fiery law, and to him belongs the giving of it; and also to the Son of God, the Lord Jesus who is King of saints, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 4:13

Go to now, ye that say ,.... The apostle passes from exposing the sin of detraction, and rash judgment, to inveigh against those of presumption and self-confidence; and the phrase, "go to now", is a note of transition, as well as of attention, and contains the form of a solemn and grave address to persons, who either think within themselves, or vocally express, the following words, or the like unto them: today, or tomorrow, we will go into such a city ; in such a country, a place of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:1

From whence come wars and fightings - About the time in which St. James wrote, whether we follow the earlier or the later date of this epistle, we find, according to the accounts given by Josephus, Bell. Jud. lib. ii. c. 17, etc., that the Jews, under pretense of defending their religion, and procuring that liberty to which they believed themselves entitled, made various insurrections in Judea against the Romans, which occasioned much bloodshed and misery to their nation. The factions also,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:2

Ye lust, and have not - Ye are ever covetous, and ever poor. Ye kill, and, desire to have - Ye are constantly engaged in insurrections and predatory wars, and never gain any advantage. Ye have not, because ye ask not - Ye get no especial blessing from God as your fathers did, because ye do not pray. Worldly good is your god; ye leave no stone unturned in order to get it; and as ye ask nothing from God but to consume it upon your evil desires and propensities, your prayers are not... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:3

Ye ask, and receive not - Some think that this refers to their prayers for the conversion of the heathen; and on the pretense that they were not converted thus; they thought it lawful to extirpate them and possess their goods. Ye ask amiss - Κακως αιτεισθε· Ye ask evilly, wickedly. Ye have not the proper dispositions of prayer, and ye have an improper object. Ye ask for worldly prosperity, that ye may employ it in riotous living. This is properly the meaning of the original, ἱνα εν... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:4

Ye adulterers and adulteresses - The Jews, because of their covenant with God, are represented as being espoused to him; and hence their idolatry, and their iniquity in general, are represented under the notion of adultery. And although they had not since the Babylonish captivity been guilty of idolatry; according to the letter; yet what is intended by idolatry, having their hearts estranged from God, and seeking their portion in this life and out of God, is that of which the Jews were then... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 4:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 4:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 4:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 4:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 4:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 4:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:4

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