“ Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. ”
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin - That is, he is guilty of sin if he does not do it. Cotton Mather adopted it as a principle of action, “that the abil...
(9) Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin. (9) The conclusion of all the former treatise. The knowledge of the will of God does not only not at all profit, u...
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...
sin . App-128.
DISCOURSE: 2373 SINS OF OMISSION CONSIDERED James 4:17 . To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin . THERE is not any thing of which men are more convinced, than the sh...
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. To him that knoweth to do good - As if he had said: After this warning none of you can plead ignorance; if, therefore,...
Therefore, to him that knoweth to do good, &c.— "Perhaps some of you, who so much value yourselves for your uncommon wisdom and knowledge, may object and say, These are plain obvious truths, an...
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. The general principle is here stated: knowledge without practice is imputed to a man as presumptuous sin. James re...
Denunciation of Greed and Love of Pleasure 1. Lusts] better, 'pleasures.'
Therefore.... — A difficulty presents itself in this verse — whether the application be general, or a particular comment on the words preceding. Probably both ideas are correct. We learn the conver...
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...
“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...
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...
(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...
SINFUL NEGLECT ‘Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.’ James 4:17 It is with the Divine, as it is with the human, statute book—no man convicted at the...
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good ,.... This may regard not only the last particular of referring all things to the will of God, the sovereign disposer of life, and all events, which some mig...
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. Ver. 17. To him that knoweth ] Lest they should reply, we know all this, that except we live and God list, we can d...
Now ye rejoice Καυχασθε, ye glory, in your boastings Ye please yourselves in the vain thoughts which you entertain of these worldly projects and successes, and you boast of them. All such rejoic...
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...
Caution against Slander; Caution against Presumption. A. D. 61. 11 Speak not evil one of ano...
Either this may relate to all that the apostle had been before speaking of; q.d. I have admonished you of your duty, and now ye know what ye are to do, and therefore if you do it not it will be your...
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...
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...
sin Sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:23 ).
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 4:1 . 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...
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...
Trust in God's providence essential:
John 13:17 ; John 15:22 ; John 9:41 ; Luke 12:47 ; Luke 12:48 ; Romans 1:20 ; Romans 1:21 ; Romans 1:32 ; Romans 2:17-23 ; Romans 7:13
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not — That knows what is right, and does not practise it. To him it is sin — This knowledge does not prevent, but increase, his condemnation.