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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:5

Verse 5 5Do ye think. He seems to adduce from Scripture the next following sentence. Hence interpreters toil much, because none such, at least none exactly alike, is found in Scripture. But nothing hinders the reference to be made to what has been already said, that is, that the friendship of the world is adverse to God. Moreover; it has been rightly said, that this is a truth which occurs everywhere in Scripture. And that he has omitted the pronoun, which would have rendered the sentence... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1-10

War or peace? He has just been speaking of peace. But this leads him to survey the actual state of things: disputes, strifes, murders. (For condition of Jewish society at this time, see Plumptre's notes: " rife with atrocities.") And he will ascend to the origin of them. Whence come they? They proceed from the restlessness of the unregenerate nature, seeking, but seeking in vain, its satisfaction in the world. These two topics, then, are introduced to us: dissatisfaction with the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1-12

REBUKE OF QUARRELS ARISING FROM PRIDE AND GREED . A terribly sadden transition from the "peace" with which James 3:1-18 . closed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:4

Ye adulterers and adulteresses . Omit μοιχοὶ καί , with א , A, B. The Vulgate has simply adulteri ; the Old Latin (ff), fornicatores. Similarly the Syriae. Very strange is this sudden exclamation, " ye adulteresses!" and very difficult to explain. The same word ( μοιχαλίς ) is used as a feminine adjective by our Lord in the expression, " an evil and adulterous generation"; and in this possibly lies the explanation of St. James's use of the term. More probably,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:4

"The friendship of the world is enmity with God." And yet men still strive to retain the friendship of both ; to "make the best of both worlds;" to serve God and mammon. Holy Scripture steadily sets its face throughout against compromise in matters of principle, against that spirit of "give and take" which is often the world's highest wisdom, and in which the worldly politician is prone not merely to acquiesce but to delight. God's claims are absolute, and admit no rival. Whoever... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:4-6

Worldliness enmity with God. Here the apostle follows up the words of rebuke and warning with which the chapter opened. The doctrine which he enunciates is uncompromising; and his language startling, as welt as solemn. I. THE ANTAGONISM BETWEEN THE LOVE OF THE WORLD AND THE LOVE OF GOD . ( James 4:4 ) This painful epithet, "Ye adulteresses," is the key-note of the chord which James strikes in his appeal. God is the rightful spiritual Husband of every... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:5-6

The difficulty of the passage is well shown by the hesitation of the Revisers. The first clause is rendered, "Or think ye that the Scripture speaketh in vain?" but as an alternative there is suggested in the margin, "Or think ye that the Scripture saith in vain?" as if the following clause were a quotation from Scripture. And of this following clause three possible renderings are suggested. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 4:4

Ye adulterers and adulteresses - These words are frequently used to denote those who are faithless towards God, and are frequently applied to those who forsake God for idols, Hosea 3:1; Isaiah 57:3, Isaiah 57:7; Ezekiel 16:0; Ezekiel 23:0. It is not necessary to suppose that the apostle meant that those to whom he wrote were literally guilty of the sins here referred to; but he rather refers to those who were unfaithful to their covenant with God by neglecting their duty to him, and yielding... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 4:5

Do ye think that the Scripture saith in vain - Few passages of the New Testament have given expositors more perplexity than this. The difficulty has arisen from the fact that no such passage as that which seems here to be quoted is found in the Old Testament; and to meet this difficulty, expositors have resorted to various conjectures and solutions. Some have supposed that the passage is spurious, and that it was at first a gloss in the margin, placed there by some transcriber, and was then... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 4:4

James 4:4. Ye adulterers and adulteresses Who have broken your faith with God, your rightful spouse. Thus many understand these expressions, because God himself represented his relation to the Jews as his people under the idea of a marriage, and because the prophets, in conformity to that idea, represented the idolatry of the Jews as adultery. But inasmuch as gross idolatry was a sin from which the Jews had long been entirely free, and whereas to adultery, and other sins of the flesh, they... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 4:5

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:4

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:4

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:4-6

The Pulpit Commentary - James 4:5-6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 4:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 4:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 4:4

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