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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:4

‘You adulteresses. Do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore would be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.’ Thus they are also like adulteresses craving what will satisfy their thirst for pleasure. For adulteresses as a vivid metaphor see Matthew 12:39, and the vivid pictures in Ezekiel 16:0. They have turned from God Who gives to all men liberally, and are looking to the world for their pleasure. And they like what they see in the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:5

‘Or do you think that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the spirit which he made to dwell in us go on enviously longing (or ‘longing until it envies )?’ The second part of this verse can be translated variously, and it can be either a question or a statement. To give but five examples: o ‘Does the spirit which He has made to dwell within us long unto envying (or ‘go on yearning enviously’)?’ (RV). o ‘The spirit which dwells within us lusts to envy’ (AV). o ‘Does the Spirit Whom He has... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:6

‘But he gives more grace. Which is why the scripture says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble”.’ ‘He gives more grace.’ The One Who jealously yearns over their spirits, offers them more than the world can ever do. If they humble themselves He promises that He will cause His grace, His undeserved love and favour, to overflow towards them. For while those who remain proud (having a sense of arrogant superiority over others) and continue to hold to the world will be resisted, He... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:6-10

As A Consequence They Are To Subject Themselves to God, Resist the Devil, And Draw Near to God By Purifying Themselves And Truly Repenting (James 4:6-10 ). The condition of some of God’s professed people having been revealed somewhat emphatically, James now calls on them to get back to God, responding to His jealous love which seeks to bring their spirit back to Him. It is a question of humbling themselves, submitting themselves to God, resisting the Devil, and then drawing near to God so... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:7

‘And resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.’ As a consequence of this submission they will be resisting the Devil and he will flee from them, as Satan fled from before Joshua (after Zechariah 3:3 Satan drops out of sight and is heard of no more). Notice that the way in which we are always to resist Satan when it is a question of dealing with the pride of life and the friendship of the world is by submission to God. Then all Satan can do is run. While for His people all the glories of the... read more

Arthur Peake

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

Matthew Poole

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

Ye adulterers and adulteresses; he means adulterers and adulteresses in a spiritual sense, i.e. worldly-minded Christians, who being, by profession, married to the Lord, yet gave up those affections to the things of the world which were due to God only. The like expression is used, Matthew 12:39; Matthew 16:4. Know ye not; ye ought to know, and cannot but know. That the friendship of the world; inordinate affection to the world, addictedness or devotedness to the things or men of the world. Is... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 4:5

Do ye think that the Scripture saith in vain? Greek, emptily, or vainly, i.e. to no purpose. This question hath the force of a negation, q.d. It doth not speak in vain. Question. What is it which the Scripture doth not speak in vain? Answer. Either those truths he had been speaking of before, particularly in the former verse, that the friendship of the world is enmity with God; or, that which follows in this verse, the spirit that dwelleth in us, & c. The spirit that dwelleth in us; either... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 4:6

But he; either the Spirit of God, if spirit in the former verse be understood of the Spirit of God; or God, if spirit be there taken for the spirit of man. Giveth more grace; either, though we, according to our natural inclination, be envious, yet God (or his Spirit) is bountiful and liberal; or God gives to those that are renewed, more grace than to be hurried on by their own old spirit, to envy, strife, and suchlike lusts. Wherefore he saith; God saith, viz. in the Spripture: or it may be... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 4:7

Submit yourselves therefore to God; viz. voluntarily and freely, and that not only in a way of obedience to all his commands, but (which is chiefly meant here) in a way of humility, and sense of your weakness, and emptiness, and need of his grace. Therefore; both because of the danger of pride, (opposed in the former verse to humility), he resisteth the proud; and because of the benefit that comes by humility, he giveth grace to the humble. Resist, by faith, and the rest of the spiritual... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:4

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:5

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:6-10

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:7

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

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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 4:5

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 4:6

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 4:7

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