James 4:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. ”

James 4:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye lust, and have not - That is, you wish to have something which you do not now possess, and to which you have no just claim, and this prompts to the effort to obtain it by force. You desire ext...
James 4:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, (2) because ye ask not. (2) He reprehends them by name, who are not ashamed to make God the...
James 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The climax of the last paragraph leads to a diagnosis of the disease that poisoned quarrelsome Jewish communities. Faction fights were the logical outcome of unbridled passions; they campaign against...
James 4:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

desire to have . covet earnestly. Greek. zeloo. See Acts 7:9 . cannot . are not (App-105) able to. obtain . See Romans 11:7 . fight . Greek. machomai. See Acts 7:26 . war . Greek. po...
James 4:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Ye lust, or covet, and have not. He seems to intimate that the soul of man is insatiable, when he indulges wicked lusts; and truly it is so; for he who suffers his sinful propensities to...
James 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye lust, and have not - Ye are ever covetous, and ever poor. Ye kill, an...
James 4:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye kill, and desire to have,— We must take the word φονευετε, ye kill, in a softer sense than the common meaning of the word. As wars and fightings, in the first verse, are interpreted quarr...
James 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye lust, х epithumeite ( G1937 )] - a different word from Ja...
James 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Denunciation of Greed and Love of Pleasure 1. Lusts] better, 'pleasures.'
James 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye lust, and have not... — Better thus: Ye desire, and have not; ye kill, and envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and make war; ye have not, because ye ask not; ye ask and receive not, because ye as...
James 4:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 18 ST. JAMES AND PLATO ON LUSTS AS THE CAUSES OF STRIFE; THEIR EFFECT ON PRAYER. James 4:1-13 THE change from the close of the third chapter to the beginning of the fourth is startling...
James 4:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Draw Nigh to God” James 4:1-10 The Apostle returns to “the jealousy and faction” of the previous chapter, James 3:14 , and says that these evils are traceable to lust , that is, to inordinat...
James 4:2 - 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 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? (2) Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight an...
James 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye lust, and have not ,.... The apostle proceeds to show the unsuccessfulness of many in their desires and pursuits after worldly things; some might be like the sluggard, whose soul desireth all goo...
James 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ver. 2. Ye lust and have not ] viz. To the satisfying of your lusts;...
James 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye lust Επιθυμειτε, ye covet , or eagerly desire; and have not What you desire; you are, some way or other, hindered from attaining that of which you are so greedy; ye kill In your heart; for...
James 4:2 - 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 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Origin of War and Contention; Against Pride; Submission to God. A. D. 61. 1 From whence come...
James 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ye lust; passionately and greedily desire. And have not; either soon lose, or rather cannot get, what ye so lust after. Ye kill; some copies have it, ye envy, and many suppose that to be the be...
James 4:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

In Contrast To Those Who Have Received The Wisdom That Is From Above Are Those Who Yield To The Desires Of The Flesh And Seek To Be Friends Of A World Which Ignores Christ ( James 4:1-5 ). Having...
James 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE LOWER AND THE HIGHER LIFE CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 4:1 . Lusts. —Pleasures, but viewed on their evil side. Desires that are ill regulated. Compare 1 Peter 2:11 ; Romans 7:2...
James 4:2 - 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 4:2 - 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 4:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

From whence come wars and fightings? Wars and fighting--whence they proceed I. THE QUESTION PROPOSED ( James 4:1 ). We have no very particular information as to the nature of these contests, th...
James 4:2 - 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 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Caution against Worldly-Mindedness and Its Consequences. Against a lustful, quarrelsome disposition:
James 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:10 ; 1 Timothy 6:9 ; Ecclesiastes 4:8 ; Habakkuk 2:5 ; Isaiah 7:12 ; James 1:5 ; James 5:1-5 ; John 16:24 ; John 4:10 ; Luke 11:9-13 ; Matthew 7:7 ; Matthew 7:8 ; Proverbs 1:...
James 4:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye kill — In your heart, for "he that hateth his brother is a murderer." Ye fight and war — That is, furiously strive and contend. Ye ask not — And no marvel; for a man full of evil desire, of envy...

James 4:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

James 4:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

James 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

James 4:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

James 4:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

James 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

James 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

James 4:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

James 4:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

James 4:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

James 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

James 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 4:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

James 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

James 4:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

James 4:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 4:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 4:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

James 4:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

James 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

James 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 4:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes