james-4:8-11

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:1-10

James 4:1-2 Samuel : . The climax of the last paragraph leads to a diagnosis of the disease that poisoned quarrelsome Jewish communities. Faction fights were the logical outcome of unbridled passions; they “ campaign against man’ s self” ( 1 Peter 2:11), and weaken his power of control. James 4:2 is best rendered, “ You covet, and miss what you want— then you murder. Aye, you are envious and cannot get your desire— then you fight and wage war.” It is hard to see how faction that would not... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:11

James 4:11 f. A return to the topic of James 1:26, James 2:12, James 3:1-2 Kings :. Backbiting was a conspicuous habit among these Jews, who applied to one another some of the censoriousness they freely dealt out to the Gentiles. “ Judge,” here as elsewhere, means “ condemn”— there is no opening for a judge’ s impartiality. James tells them that such conduct abrogates the royal law” of James 2:8, and makes them usurp the function of the One Lawgiver. The thought, of course, was suggested to... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 4:8

Draw nigh to God; by faith, which is a coming to God, Hebrews 7:25; by true repentance, which is a returning to God, Hosea 14:1; Malachi 3:7; and by fervent prayer to him for the help of his grace, Psalms 25:1. And he will draw nigh to you; by the manifestation of his grace and favour to you, particularly giving you strength against the devil and your lusts. Cleanse your hands; reform your actions, amend your lives. Hands, the principal instruments of bodily actions, being put for the actions... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 4:9

Be afflicted; humble yourselves for your sins, before mentioned, and in the sense of wrath approaching, if ye do not. And mourn, with inward sorrow of heart. And weep; show your inward grief by weeping, the usual expression and sign of it. Let your laughter; your carnal rejoicing in what you get by sinful courses, James 4:1,James 4:2, lusting, warring, fighting. Be turned into mourning; exchange your carnal joy for godly sorrow. And your joy; to the same purpose as laughter, before: by it he... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 4:10

Humble yourselves: the same duty pressed again, only with respect to the more internal part of it, the debasement of the heart, lest they should rest too much in the outward exercises before mentioned. They did lift up themselves through pride and emulation, and he shows them the best way to the truest exaltation, viz. humility, Matthew 23:12; Proverbs 15:33; Proverbs 18:12. In the sight of the Lord; sincerely, as in the presence of the Searcher of hearts. And he shall lift you up; as to your... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 4:11

Speak not evil one of another; viz. unless in the way of an ordinance, by reproof, admonition, &c., Leviticus 5:1; 1 Corinthians 1:11; 1 Corinthians 11:18; 2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Timothy 4:14,2 Timothy 4:15. He forbids all detraction, rigid censuring, and rash judging the hearts and lives of others, when men condemn whatever doth not suit with their notions or humours, and make their own moroseness the rule of other men’s manners. Judgeth his brother; finds fault with and condemns him for... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - James 4:5-10

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESJames 4:5.—The precise rendering is doubtful. There is no passage either in the Canonical or Apocryphal Scriptures that is here referred to. The Revised Version gives in the text, “Doth the spirit which He made to dwell in us long unto envying? But He giveth more grace.” And in the margin two renderings: “The spirit which He made to dwell in us He yearneth for even unto jealousy”; “That spirit which He made to dwell in us yearneth for us even unto jealous envy.” In... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - James 4:11-12

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESJames 4:11. Speak not evil.—Backbite (Romans 1:30; 2 Corinthians 12:20). Omit “and” before “judgeth.”James 4:12.—Read, “There is one lawgiver and judge.”MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—James 4:11-12Criticising Persons.—Again and again we are reminded how thoroughly St. James was imbued with the spirit and the teachings of our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount. This paragraph presents a fresh instance. It is an evident echo of our Lord’s familiar words, “Judge not, that... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 4:11-12

James 4:11-12 Evil-speaking. Part of the Christian life has to do with the tongue, and looking at it in its social aspect, the greatest part. The ways in which the sin forbidden in the text may be committed are legion, and time would fail us in any attempt to give them even the barest enumeration. I. The first and most absolute form in which we can speak evil of a brother is by uttering against him a wilfully false accusation. One could have wished, for the sake of the honour of our race, that... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - James 4:8-10

DISCOURSE: 2371REPENTANCE URGED [Note: For Ash-Wednesday.]James 4:8-10. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.THE season of Lent has been set apart by the Church for the purpose of calling all her members to deep humiliation of soul before... read more

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:1-10

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:11

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 4:8

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 4:9

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 4:10

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 4:11

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - James 4:5-10

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - James 4:11-12

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 4:11-12

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - James 4:8-10

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