James 1:6

1 Timothy 2:8; 2 Peter 2:17; Ephesians 4:14; Genesis 49:4; Hebrews 10:23; Hebrews 11:6; Hebrews 13:9; Jude 1:12; Jude 1:13; Mark 11:22-24; Matthew 21:22

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But let him ask in faith - See the passages referred to in James 1:5 . Compare the Matthew 7:7 note, and Hebrews 11:6 note. We cannot hope t...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

But let him ask in faith, (f) nothing wavering. (6) For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. (f) Why then, wh...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The paragraph, like its successors, has no special link with its context: it is the writer's habit to throw out a series of aphoristic comments on to...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

nothing . Greek. medeis, as James 1:4 . wavering . App-122. Compare Matthew 7:7 ; Matthew 7:8 . is like . Greek. eoika . Only here and Ja...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6 But let him ask in faith. He shews here, first the right way of praying; for as we cannot pray without the word, as it were, leading the wa...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Power of Faith Under Temptation 1. Servant] better, 'slave.' The word does not suggest any degradation, but only absolute surrender to the Mas...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. — Surely this verse alone would redeem the Apostle from the charge of slighting the claims of faith. It...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James wrote to Christians in the midst of temptation and trial. He showed first that the issue of testing is that they "may be perfect and entire, la...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. (6) But let him ask i...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But let him ask in faith ,.... Not only in the faith of the divine Being that God is; but in the faith of the promises he has made; and in the faith...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. Ver. 6. But let him a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If any of you In whole or in part; lack wisdom To understand whence and why temptations come, and how they are to be improved, or for any other p...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter has a very close relationship to the Old Testament, for all is seen in connection with God; and Christ is not yet spoken of as the cente...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Necessity of Faith and Patience; Evil of Indecision. A. D. 61....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of 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

Temptation and prayer:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But let him ask in faith — A firm confidence in God. St. James also both begins and ends with faith, James 5:15 ; the hinderances of which he remo...

⁶ But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

Related Commentaries of James 1:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

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 1:6