James 1:16

2 Timothy 2:18; Colossians 2:4; Colossians 2:8; Galatians 6:7; Hebrews 13:1; James 1:19; James 2:5; Mark 12:24; Mark 12:27; Matthew 22:29; Philippians 2:12; Philippians 4:1

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Do not err, my beloved brethren - This is said as if there were great danger of error in the point under consideration. The point on which he wou...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(13) Do not err, my beloved brethren. (13) Another reason taken from opposites: God is the author of all goodness, and so, since he is always like h...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Do not err . Be not deceived. beloved . App-135.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16 Do not err. This is an argument from what is opposite; for as God is the author of all good, it is absurd to suppose him to be the author...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Do not err, my beloved brethren. Do not err - By supposing that God is the author of sin, or that he impels any man to commit it.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Do not err, &c.— Or, Be not deceived.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Do not err, my beloved brethren.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Fatherhood and the Obligations of Sonship. God's fatherhood and the acceptance of His Word:
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Do not err — It is a grievous error to ascribe the evil and not the good which we receive to God.

¹⁶ Do not err, my beloved brethren.

Related Commentaries of James 1:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

James 1:16