James 3:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. ”

James 3:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who is a wise man, and endued with knowledge among you? - This is spoken with reference to the work of public teaching; and the meaning of the apostle is, that if there were such persons among th...
James 3:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(9) Who [is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. (9) The eighth part, which goes with the former concerning mee...
James 3:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Who is enlightened among you, and a man of knowledge? Let him exhibit the fruits of it by a noble life, with the humility that true enlightenment brings. We must be careful to remember that meekness...
James 3:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

endued with knowledge . Greek. epistemon. Only here. Compare App-132. See Deuteronomy 1:13 ; Deuteronomy 1:15 ; Deuteronomy 4:6 ; Isaiah 5:21 . where the same word is used in the Septuagint...
James 3:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13 Who is a wise man. As the lust of slandering arises mostly from pride, and as the false conceit of wisdom for the most part generates pride, he therefore speaks here of wisdom. It is usual...
James 3:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2368 INFLUENCE OF WISDOM UPON THE CONDUCT James 3:13 . Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom...
James 3:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. Who is a wise man - One truly religious; who, although he can neith...
James 3:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Who is a wise man, &c.— "Who is there then among you, that would approve himself to be wise towards God, and for himself and others; prudent in his conduct; and endued with the true knowledge o...
James 3:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. Who - (cf. Psalms 34:12-13 .) All wish to appear "wise:" few...
James 3:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Control of the Tongue 1, 2. Warning against undue eagerness to teach: cp. Matthew 12:37 ; Matthew 23:7 ; Romans 2:19-20 ; 1 Corinthians 12:28 ; 1 Corinthians 14:26-40 ; Ephesians 4:11 ....
James 3:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge? — Who is wise, i.e., in the wisdom of God, and learned in that of man? The latter state is of knowledge natural or acquired, the former is Sophia, t...
James 3:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 16 THE WISDOM THAT IS FROM BELOW. James 3:13-16 THIS section, which again looks at first sight like an abrupt transition to another subject, is found, upon closer examination, to grow...
James 3:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Seek Wisdom from Above James 3:13-18 The true wisdom is not the child of the intellect, but of the heart. It consists not only in what we know, but in what we are. It is in this sense that it i...
James 3:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The writer now proceeded to show the effect of faith on speech. Beginning with the warning against every man setting up to teach, he proceeded to deal with the power of speech. He likened the tongue...
James 3:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. (2) For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also...
James 3:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who is a wise man. Meaning, not in things natural and civil, or merely moral, but in things spiritual: and he is a wise man, who is both wise to do good, and wise unto salvation; who has learned to...
James 3:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. Ver. 13. Who is a wise man ] Not he that words it most; for mu...
James 3:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Who is a wise man , &c. People are naturally desirous of the reputation of possessing an understanding superior to that of others. Now, let us consider in what way the sense we have may be best...
James 3:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Here we begin a fourth division of the book, which continues to the end of Ch.4; in which our walk is tested by the circumstances of the world. Certainly in the previous Chapter s there is emphasis a...
James 3:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Properties of Wisdom. A. D. 61. 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you?...
James 3:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? i.e. if there be a wise man, &c. See Psalms 25:12 , and 1 Peter 3:10 , where what David speaks by way of interrogation, Peter explai...
James 3:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.' These words take us back to James 3:1 and to what is required of the ‘perfect' Teacher, an...
James 3:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 3:13 . Good conversation. —Or, his “good life”; “good conduct.” The usual New Testament idea of “conversation.” James 3:14 . Strife. —Prefer “rivalry.” J...
James 3:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 3:1 . Be not many masters: διδασκαλοι, teachers. In some assemblies they might all prophesy one by one, but no man should be too forward; he will never shine as a teacher, unless he be a t...
James 3:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Who is a wise man, and endued with knowledge Divine wisdom In Scripture the term “wisdom” ordinarily signifies the knowledge and fear of God, especially that enlightening of the mind which flow...
James 3:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION James 3:1-59 WARNING AGAINST OVER - READINESS TO TEACH , LEADING TO A DISCOURSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE . James 3:1 (...
James 3:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
James 3:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:5 ; 1 Peter 2:12 ; 1 Peter 2:9 ; 1 Peter 3:1 ; 1 Peter 3:15 ; 1 Peter 3:16 ; 1 Peter 3:2 ; 1 Peter 3:4 ; 1 Timothy 4:12 ; 1 Timothy 6:11 ; 2 Chronicles 2:12 ; 2 Chronicles...
James 3:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let him show his wisdom as well as his faith by his works; not by words only.

James 3:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

James 3:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

James 3:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

James 3:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

James 3:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

James 3:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

James 3:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

James 3:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

James 3:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

James 3:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

James 3:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

James 3:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

James 3:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

James 3:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James 3:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James 3:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

James 3:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

James 3:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 3:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

James 3:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

James 3:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

James 3:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

James 3:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

James 3:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 3:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

James 3:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

James 3:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

James 3:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 3:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes