“ Do not err, my beloved brethren. ”
Do not err, my beloved brethren - This is said as if there were great danger of error in the point under consideration. The point on which he would guard them, seems to have been in respect to th...
(13) Do not err, my beloved brethren. (13) Another reason taken from opposites: God is the author of all goodness, and so, since he is always like himself; how then can he be thought to be the autho...
The Beatitude on Endurance ( cf. James 5:11 and note). Trial is still neutral: it is affliction which tests and develops loyalty. But since human nature has a bias towards evil, a trial exerted up...
Do not err . Be not deceived. beloved . App-135.
16 Do not err. This is an argument from what is opposite; for as God is the author of all good, it is absurd to suppose him to be the author of evil. To do good is what properly belongs to hi...
DISCOURSE: 2358 GOD THE ONLY SOURCE OF ALL GOOD James 1:16-17 . Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights,...
Do not err, my beloved brethren. Do not err - By supposing that God is the author of sin, or that he impels any man to commit it.
Do not err, &c.— Or, Be not deceived.
Do not err, my beloved brethren. Do not err in attributing to God temptation to evil; nay "every good," all that is good on earth, comes from God.
The Power of Faith Under Temptation 1. Servant] better, 'slave.' The word does not suggest any degradation, but only absolute surrender to the Master. St. James's humility prevents the mention of...
(2-27) Immediately after the salutation, and with more or less a play upon the word which we translate “greeting” (“rejoice,” James 1:1 ; “count it all joy,” James 1:2 ) there follow appeals on beh...
Chapter 8 THE SOURCE OF TEMPTATIONS AND THE REALITY OF SIN THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE DETERMINIST. James 1:12-18 AFTER the slight digression respecting the short-lived glory of the rich man, St....
God Rewards, Not Tempts James 1:12-18 The word temptation may stand for trial and testing, without implying that there is any necessary impulse toward evil; or it may stand for the direct imp...
James wrote to Christians in the midst of temptation and trial. He showed first that the issue of testing is that they "may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing." It is therefore to be looked up...
Do not err, my beloved brethren. (17) Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. (18) Of...
Do not err, my beloved brethren. For to make God the author of sin, or to charge him with being concerned in temptation to sin, is a very great error, a fundamental one, which strikes at the nature...
Do not err, my beloved brethren. Ver. 16. Do not err ] Wander not, as wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever, Judges 1:13 , by seeking to father your faults upon...
Do not err , &c. By supposing that God is the author of sin, or that any thing which is sinful in the heart or conduct of man can, with truth, be ascribed to him: as well might darkness and cold...
This chapter has a very close relationship to the Old Testament, for all is seen in connection with God; and Christ is not yet spoken of as the center and essence of all blessing and of all direction...
Procedure and Results of Sin. A. D. 61. 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted o...
Viz. in imputing your sins to God, and saying, that when you are tempted you are tempted of him.
‘Be not deceived, my beloved brothers.' He is concerned that his readers as ‘my beloved brothers' are not ‘deceived'. The expression of deep affection stresses the importance of what he is saying. I...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 1:17 . Father of lights. —The luminaries of heaven; as symbols of all kinds of lights, natural, intellectual, spiritual. Shadow of turning. —Or shadow that i...
James 1:1 . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was an apostl...
James 1:1 . James, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He does not style himself an apostle, because he would not assume any superiority; yet the majesty of his address is the langua...
EXPOSITION James 1:1 SALUTATION . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. (On the person who thus describes himself, see the Introduction) It is noteworthy that he keeps e...
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
2 Timothy 2:18 ; Colossians 2:4 ; Colossians 2:8 ; Galatians 6:7 ; Hebrews 13:1 ; James 1:19 ; James 2:5 ; Mark 12:24 ; Mark 12:27 ; Matthew 22:29 ; Philippians 2:12 ; Philippians 4:1
Do not err — It is a grievous error to ascribe the evil and not the good which we receive to God.