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( See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16).
There is one lawgiver - There is but one who has a right to give law. The reference here is undoubtedly to the Lord Jesus Christ, the great Legis...
Lawgiver . Greek. nomothetes. Only here. Compare Romans 9:4 . Hebrews 7:11 . destroy . Compare James 1:11 (perish). another . the other. Ap...
12 There is one lawgiver (134) Now he connects the power of saying and destroying with the office of a lawgiver, he intimates that the whol...
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? There is one lawgiver - Και κριτης, And judge, is added...
There is one Lawgiver,— Dr. Bentley would close the last verse with the words, Thou art not a doer of the law, and begin the present, But there...
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? There is one lawgiver. 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate,...
Denunciation of Greed and Love of Pleasure 1. Lusts] better, 'pleasures.'
There is one lawgiver.... — Better thus: One is the Law-giver and Judge, Who is able to save and to destroy: but thou — who art thou that judges...
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 c...
Chapter 21 SELF-ASSURANCE AND INVASION OF DIVINE PREROGATIVES INVOLVED IN THE LOVE OF CENSURING OTHERS. James 4:11-12 FROM sins which are the...
“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 endeavo...
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...
(7) Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (8) Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your...
There is one lawgiver ,.... The Alexandrian copy, and others, and the Syriac, Ethiopic, and Vulgate Latin versions, add, "and judge". Who is the one...
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? Ver. 12. There is one lawgiver ] What dost thou the...
Speak not evil one of another See on Titus 3:2 . Evil- speaking is a grand hinderance of peace and comfort; yea, and of holiness. O who is suffici...
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 pro...
Caution against Slander; Caution against Presumption. A. D. 61....
There is one lawgiver; one absolute, supreme, universal and spiritual Lawgiver, and who can simply and directly bind men's consciences, and make la...
A Warning Against Being Judges Of Others And Thus Pre-empting God ( James 4:11-12 a). The passage commences with a warning. Aware that his strong...
He Now Reminds Them That They Need To See Life In Terms Of The Last Day ( James 4:11 to James 5:12 ). From this point on until James 5:12 ther...
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...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 4:11 . Speak not evil. —Backbite ( Romans 1:30 ; 2 Corinthians 12:20 ). Omit “and” before “judgeth.” Jame...
James 4:11-12 Evil-speaking. Part of the Christian life has to do with the tongue, and looking at it in its social aspect, the greatest part. The...
James 4:1 . From whence come wars and fightings among you? Whether between nations, or parties or individuals,-if there be wars and fightings, w...
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...
EXPOSITION James 4:1-59 REBUKE OF QUARRELS ARISING FROM PRIDE AND GREED . A terribly sadden transition from the "peace" wit...
Against uncharitable judging:
There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; who art thou that judgest another? The humility which is required of Christians will sh...
1 Samuel 25:10 ; Hebrews 7:25 ; Isaiah 33:22 ; Job 38:2 ; Luke 12:5 ; Matthew 10:28 ; Romans 14:13 ; Romans 14:4 ; Romans 2:1 ; Romans 9:20...
There is one lawgiver that is able — To execute the sentence he denounces. But who art thou — A poor, weak, dying worm.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?