James 3:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. ”

James 3:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therewith bless we God - We men do this; that is, all this is done by the tongue. The apostle does not mean that the same man does this, but that all this is done by the same organ - the tongue....
James 3:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the (7) similitude of God. (6) Among other faults of the tongue, the apostle chiefly reproves slandering...
James 3:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Do not crowd into the ranks of the teachers, my brothers. You know that we teachers shall be judged more severely than other men; and there are many things in which all of us stumble. This leads to t...
James 3:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

There with . With (App-104.) it. God . App-98., but the texts read "the Lord" (App-98. b). Father . App-98. after . App-104. similitude . Greek. homoiosis. Only here. In the Septuagint in...
James 3:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9 Therewith, or, by it, bless we God. It is a clear instance of its deadly poison, that it can thus through a monstrous levity transform itself; for when it pretends to bless God, it immedi...
James 3:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Therewith bless we God - The tongue is capable of rehearsing the praises, and setting...
James 3:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. God. 'Aleph (') A B C read 'Lord' х ton ( G3588 ) kurion ( G2962 )...
James 3:9 - 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 3:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Therewith bless we God, even the Father. — A strange reading of this verse in the more ancient manuscripts makes it, Therewith bless we the Lord and Father. And it may serve to remind us of the o...
James 3:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 THE MORAL CONTRADICTIONS IN THE RECKLESS TALKER. James 3:9-12 IN these concluding sentences of the paragraph respecting sins of the tongue St. James does two things-he shows the mor...
James 3:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Bridle the Tongue James 3:1-12 It is much easier to teach people what they should be and do than to obey our own precepts. Even the best of us stumble in many respects; but our most frequent fa...
James 3:9 - 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 3:9 - 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 3:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therewith bless we God, even, the Father ,.... Of Jesus Christ, and of spirits, and of mercies: this is the instrument that is used in blessing God daily every meal that is eaten; and in joining wit...
James 3:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Ver. 9. Therewith bless we God ] And so make our tongues our glory. Therewith...
James 3:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therewith bless we God That is, therewith mankind bless God; for the apostle, as appears from the next clause, did not speak of himself particularly, or of his fellow-apostles, or even of true priv...
James 3:9 - 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 3:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Government of the Tongue. A. D. 61. 1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall...
James 3:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Therewith bless we God; pray, and speak well of God. Even the Father; of Christ, and in him of all true believers. And therewith curse we men; rail on, revile, speak evil of, as well as wish ev...
James 3:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But the tongue can no man tame. It is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.' For the...
James 3:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 3:5 . A matter. —Better, “a forest.” The picture presented is of the wrapping of some vast forest in a flame by the falling of a single spark. Philo uses th...
James 3:9 - 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 3:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Therewith bless we God The moral contradictions in the reckless talker In these concluding sentences of the paragraph respecting sins of the tongue St. James does two things--he shows the mora...
James 3:9 - 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 3:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning against the abuse of the tongue:
James 3:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 29:10 ; 1 Chronicles 29:20 ; 1 Corinthians 11:7 ; 1 Peter 1:3 ; 2 Samuel 16:5 ; 2 Samuel 19:21 ; Acts 2:26 ; Ecclesiastes 7:22 ; Ephesians 1:3 ; Genesis 1:26 ; Genesis 1:27 ;...
James 3:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Men made after the likeness of God — Indeed we have now lost this likeness; yet there remains from thence an indelible nobleness, which we ought to reverence both in ourselves and others.

James 3:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

James 3:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

James 3:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

James 3:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

James 3:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

James 3:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

James 3:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

James 3:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

James 3:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

James 3:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

James 3:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

James 3:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James 3:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James 3:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

James 3:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

James 3:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 3:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

James 3:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

James 3:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

James 3:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

James 3:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

James 3:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 3:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

James 3:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

James 3:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

James 3:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 3:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes