James 4:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. ”

James 4:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whereas, ye know not what shall be on the morrow - They formed their plans as if they knew; the apostle says it could not be known. They had no means of ascertaining what would occur; whether the...
James 4:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

This and the next paragraph denounce the vices of the rich, in the spirit of Amos and Isaiah; that they are Jews, and not Christians, seems obvious, if this epistle is to be got into the first centur...
James 4:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Whereas ye . Such as ye are. know . App-132. life . App-170. It is even . For it is. The texts read "For ye are". vapour . Greek. atmis . See Acts 2:19 . appeareth . App-106. vanisheth...
James 4:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14 For what is your life? He might have checked this foolish license in determining things to come by many other reasons; for we see how the Lord daily frustrates those presumptuous men who...
James 4:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2372 THE FOLLY OF UNDUE SECURITY James 4:13-14 . Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: wh...
James 4:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Whereas ye know not - This verse should be...
James 4:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. What, х poia ( G4169 )] - 'of what...
James 4:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Denunciation of Greed and Love of Pleasure 1. Lusts] better, 'pleasures.'
James 4:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Whereas ye know not.... — Read, Whereas ye know not aught of the morrow — what, i.e., the event may be. The hopeless misery of the unfaithful servant comes into mind at this; he has left the gr...
James 4:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 22 SELF-ASSURANCE AND INVASION OF DIVINE PREROGATIVES INVOLVED IN PRESUMING UPON OUR FUTURE-THE DOCTRINE OF PROBABILISM. James 4:13-17 WORLDLINESS and want of humility are the two kind...
James 4:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“If the Lord Will” James 4:11-17 When we speak evil of another, we usurp the functions of the only lawgiver and judge. If that other is endeavoring to model his life by the law, to speak evil o...
James 4:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The writer now dealt with the effect of faith on character. Everything depends on desire. To attempt to satisfy a natural desire without reference to God is futile, and issues in internal conflict an...
James 4:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(13) Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: (14) Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what i...
James 4:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE ‘For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.’ James 4:14 To this question we must expect many different answe...
James 4:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow ,.... Whether there would be a morrow for them or not, whether they should live till tomorrow; and if they should, they knew not what a morrow would b...
James 4:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Ver. 14. Ye know not what, &c. ] Go...
James 4:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Go to now Αγε νυν, come now , an interjection, calculated to excite attention; ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go, &c. As if future events were in your own power, and your health an...
James 4:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter, to the end of v.6, continues the subject begun in Ch.3:13. Sensual. devilish wisdom was accompanied by wars and fightings: but this proceeded from the lusts of the flesh active within t...
James 4:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Caution against Slander; Caution against Presumption. A. D. 61. 11 Speak not evil one of ano...
James 4:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow; whether ye yourselves shall continue till then, or what else shall then be, or not be. In vain do ye boast of whole years, when ye cannot command th...
James 4:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Christians Need To Face Up To The Frailty Of Their Lives ( James 4:12-17 ). The contrast between man in his inability to act as judge in contrast with the great Judge Himself, now leads up to the...
James 4:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 4:13 . Such a city. —“This city”; the one the speaker is supposed to have in mind. James 4:14 . What shall be. —“What your life shall be on the morrow.” V...
James 4:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

James 4:13-15 What is your life? I. It is a very mysterious part of God's dealings, this making our life so uncertain. If we were not so thoroughly accustomed to the fact, we should, I think, all...
James 4:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 4:1 . From whence come wars and fightings among you? Whether between nations, or parties or individuals,-if there be wars and fightings, whence do they come? James 4:1 . Come they not h...
James 4:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 4:1 . From whence come wars and fightings among you? St. James saw in the Spirit the bloody and cruel wars which would rise among christian powers, much the same as among the heathen. He had...
James 4:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION James 4:1-59 REBUKE OF QUARRELS ARISING FROM PRIDE AND GREED . A terribly sadden transition from the "peace" with which James 3:1-59 . closed. James 4:1...
James 4:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Trust in God's providence essential:
James 4:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:17 ; 1 Peter 1:24 ; 1 Peter 4:7 ; Isaiah 38:12 ; James 1:10 ; Job 14:1 ; Job 14:2 ; Job 7:6 ; Job 7:7 ; Job 9:25 ; Job 9:26 ; Psalms 102:3 ; Psalms 39:5 ; Psalms 89:47 ; Psalm...

James 4:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

James 4:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

James 4:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

James 4:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

James 4:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

James 4:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

James 4:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

James 4:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

James 4:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James 4:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James 4:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

James 4:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

James 4:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

James 4:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 4:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

James 4:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

James 4:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

James 4:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

James 4:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 4:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 4:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

James 4:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

James 4:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge