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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - James 4:1-4

THE LOWER AND THE HIGHER LIFECRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESJames 4:1. Lusts.—Pleasures, but viewed on their evil side. Desires that are ill regulated. Compare 1 Peter 2:11; Romans 7:23. Evidently James was much distressed by the strife of parties, and the personal quarrellings, in the Jewish communities. Disputing was a besetting sin of the Jewish race. Members.—Organs of sense and action. “The conflict within, in which the evil passion gets the mastery, causes a predisposition to contention,... 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

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - James 4:4

DISCOURSE: 2370FRIENDSHIP OF THE WORLD IS ENMITY WITH GODJames 4:4. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.THERE is a boldness of speech, which not only comports well with the character of God’s ambassadors, but is necessary to the faithful discharge of the ministerial office. To those who are unused to the figurative language of Scripture, the address of St. James to... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - James 4:4

world "kosmos" = world-system. 2 Peter 1:4; John 7:7 (See Scofield "John 7:7- :") read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - James 4:6

grace Grace (imparted). 1 Peter 2:19; Romans 6:1; 2 Peter 3:18 read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - James 4:7

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unconditional Surrender A Sermon (No. 1276) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, January 30th, 1876, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Submit yourselves therefore to God." James 4:7 . THIS ADVICE SHOULD NOT NEED much pressing. "Submit yourselves unto God" is it not right upon the very face of it? Is it not... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - James 4:1-17

Chapter 4This chapter could be entitled how to win friends and influence people. Guard your tongue, bring your tongue under control, use it for good, use it to encourage to build up, don't use it to tear down, to destroy, to cut, to hurt. Your wisdom, let it be Godly wisdom let it be demonstrated in your manner of life, that is your life let it be pure. Let your life be peaceable, merciful. Now this fruit of righteousness that we desire is actually sown in peace and that fruit of righteousness... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - James 4:1-17

James 4:1-2 . From whence come wars and fightings among you? St. James saw in the Spirit the bloody and cruel wars which would rise among christian powers, much the same as among the heathen. He had a clear conviction that the cause of wars is uniformly the same, namely, evil concupiscence, pride, avarice, revenge. The prophet Isaiah assigns the same reason for all wars, the pride of the human heart, Judah envying Ephraim, and Ephraim vexing Judah. Isaiah 11:13. He also adds the promise,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - James 4:4

James 4:4The friendship of the world is enmity with GodThe friendship of the world enmity with GodI.WHAT WE ARE TO UNDERSTAND BY THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE WORLD. 1. In what sense the word “world” is to be taken(1) “The world” is often put to signify the wicked men of the world, whether unbelievers or believers, of evil and profligate lives (1 Corinthians 11:32).(2) It is sometimes put to signify the vicious actions and customs of the Romans 12:2; James 1:27; Titus 2:12; 2 Peter 2:20).(3) It is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - James 4:5

James 4:5The Spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envyThe Spirit’s jealousySt.James probably meant to give the sense of Scripture, and not to quote the exact words. Scripture teaches us the truth that “the Spirit which dwelleth in us lusteth to envy,” or rather, “desireth enviously.” I. The class of passages to which St. James seems to refer would include those in which God speaks of Himself as a “jealous” God, and impresses upon the minds of the Israelites the undivided nature of the worship... read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - James 4:1-4

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

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - James 4:4

Scofield's Reference Notes - James 4:4

Scofield's Reference Notes - James 4:6

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - James 4:7

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - James 4:1-17

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - James 4:1-17

The Biblical Illustrator - James 4:4

The Biblical Illustrator - James 4:5

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