James 4:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? ”

James 4:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Do ye think that the Scripture saith in vain - Few passages of the New Testament have given expositors more perplexity than this. The difficulty has arisen from the fact that no such passage as t...
James 4:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? (4) The taking away of an objection: in deed our minds run headlong into these vices, but we ought s...
James 4:5 - 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 4:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Do ye . Greek.do ye. in vain . Greek. kenos . Only here. The adjective occurs frequently. spirit . App-101. to . App-104. This can only refer to the general testimony of Scripture that the na...
James 4:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5 Do ye think. He seems to adduce from Scripture the next following sentence. Hence interpreters toil much, because none such, at least none exactly alike, is found in Scripture. But nothing...
James 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain - This verse is exceedingly obscure. We cannot tell what scr...
James 4:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Do ye think, &c.— Dr. Benson paraphrases the passage as follows: "Do you think that the scripture speaketh in vain, or without a very good reason, when it condemns such a worldly temper?—No, t...
James 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? In vain - no Scripture can be so. The quotation, as in Ephesians 5:14 , seems not so much from a...
James 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Denunciation of Greed and Love of Pleasure 1. Lusts] better, 'pleasures.'
James 4:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Do ye think...? — The tone of the Apostle is changed to one of appeal, which, perhaps (but see below), may be rendered thus: Suppose ye that the Scripture saith in vain, The (Holy) Spirit that d...
James 4:5 - 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 4:5 - 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 4:5 - 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 4:5 - 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 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Do ye think that the Scripture saith in vain ?.... Some think that the apostle refers to a particular passage of Scripture in the Old Testament, and that he took it from Genesis 6:3 as some; or fr...
James 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? Ver. 5. That the Scripture saith in vain ] No, it doth not only say, but do; not only convince us tha...
James 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Do ye think that the Scripture saith in vain Without good ground, or that it speaks falsely. St. James seems to refer to many, not to one particular passage of Scripture. The spirit that dwelleth...
James 4:5 - 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 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Origin of War and Contention; Against Pride; Submission to God. A. D. 61. 1 From whence come...
James 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Do ye think that the Scripture saith in vain? Greek, emptily, or vainly, i.e. to no purpose. This question hath the force of a negation, q.d. It doth not speak in vain. Question. What is it which...
James 4:5 - 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 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 4:5 .—The precise rendering is doubtful. There is no passage either in the Canonical or Apocryphal Scriptures that is here referred to. The Revised Version g...
James 4:5 - 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 4:5 - 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 4:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy The Spirit’s jealousy St. James probably meant to give the sense of Scripture, and not to quote the exact words. Scripture teaches us the truth t...
James 4:5 - 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 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Caution against Worldly-Mindedness and Its Consequences. Against a lustful, quarrelsome disposition:
James 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 7:9 ; Ecclesiastes 4:4 ; Galatians 3:8 ; Genesis 26:14 ; Genesis 30:1 ; Genesis 37:11 ; Genesis 4:5 ; Genesis 4:6 ; Genesis 6:5 ; Genesis 8:21 ; Isaiah 11:13 ; John 10:35 ; John 19:...
James 4:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Do you think that the scripture saith in vain — Without good ground. St. James seems to refer to many, not any one particular scripture. The spirit of love that dwelleth in all believers lusteth ag...

James 4:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

James 4:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

James 4:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

James 4:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

James 4:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

James 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

James 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

James 4:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

James 4:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

James 4:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

James 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

James 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 4:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

James 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

James 4:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

James 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

James 4:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 4:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 4:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

James 4:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

James 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

James 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 4:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes