“ But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. ”
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only - Obey the gospel, and do not merely listen to it. Compare Matthew 7:21 . Deceiving your own selves - It is implied here, that by merely hea...
(15) But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, (16) deceiving your own selves. (15) Another admonition: therefore God's word is heard, that we may model our lives according to the laws it c...
Be sure of it ( cf. mg.), he goes on, and turns to ask what conduct right views of God should produce. Humility and self-control, firstly, then purity, gentleness, and teachableness, with unsparing...
be . become. hearers . Greek. akroates. Only here, verses: James 1:23 ; James 1:25 . Romans 2:13 . deceiving . Greek. paralogizomai, to deceive by false reasoning. Only here and Colossian...
22 Be ye doers of the word. The doer here is not the same as in Romans 2:13 , who satisfied the law of God and fulfilled it in every part, but the doer is he who from the heart embraces God’...
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. But be ye doers of the word - They had heard this doctrine; they had believed it; but they had put it to no practical use...
Hearers only, deceiving, &c.— The Jews did indeed place much of their religion in going up at proper times to the synagogue to hear the law read; and there may possibly be an allusion to that d...
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. Qualification of "be swift to hear." Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only - not merely 'do,' but 'be...
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 9 THE DELUSION OF HEARING WITHOUT DOING-THE MIRROR OF GOD'S WORD. James 1:22-25 HERE we reach what on the whole seems to be the main thought of the Epistle - the all-importance of Chri...
Doers, Not Hearers Only James 1:19-27 Keep your mouth closed when you are angry; the inner fire will die out of itself, if you keep the doors and windows shut. In James 1:18 we are taught tha...
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...
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. (23) For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: (24...
UNION WITH CHRIST ‘The engrafted Word, which is able to save your souls.’ James 1:21 How is the engrafted Word able to save the soul? I. How does the graft save the tree? ( a ) By cha...
But be ye doers of the word ,.... And they are such, who spiritually understand it; gladly receive it; and from the heart obey it, and make a sincere and ingenuous profession of it; and who submit t...
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. Ver. 22. And not hearers only ] The Panotii in Scythia are said to have such large ears, as that therewith they cover...
But be ye doers of the word See on Matthew 7:21 ; Matthew 7:24 . We are then doers of the word, when, being enlightened by its doctrines, awed by its threatenings, and encouraged by its promises,...
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...
On Suppressing Corrupt Affections; The Duty of Hearers; Practical Religion. A. D. 61. 19...
But be ye doers of the word; the same as doers of the work, James 1:25 , namely, which the word prescribes; q.d. Receive the word by faith into your hearts, and bring forth the fruit of it in...
‘But be you doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.' James is very conscious of the danger of hearing and not doing. He had previously been like this himself, and he had s...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 1:23 . Natural face. —Lit. “face of his birth”; “the face he has by corporeal birth.” γενέσεως is used in distinction from the notion which follows of spiritu...
James 1:22-24 The Danger of mistaking Knowledge for Obedience. I. Knowledge without obedience ends in nothing. It is, as St. James says, like a man who looks at his own face in a glass. For a tim...
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...
But be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
1 Corinthians 15:33 ; 1 Corinthians 3:18 ; 1 Corinthians 6:9 ; 1 John 1:8 ; 1 John 2:3 ; 1 John 3:7 ; 2 Peter 2:13 ; 2 Timothy 3:13 ; 3 John 1:11 ; Colossians 3:17 ; Galatians 6:3 ; Galat...