James 1:8

1 Kings 18:21; 2 Kings 17:33; 2 Kings 17:41; 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Peter 3:16; Hosea 10:2; Hosea 7:8-11; Isaiah 29:13; James 4:8; Matthew 6:22; Matthew 6:24

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A double minded man - The word here used, δίψυχος dipsuchos occurs only here and in James 4:8 . It means, properly, one who has two souls;...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

A double minded man [is] unstable in (g) all his ways. (g) In all his thoughts and his deeds.
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

double minded . Greek. dipsuchos. Only here and James 4:8 . There is no verb, but "double minded" and "unstable" qualify "that man". Compare Psa...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8 A double-minded man, or, a man of a double mind. This sentence may be read by itself, as he speaks generally of hypocrites. It seems, how...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2354 THE DOUBLE-MINDED MAN EXPOSED James 1:8 . A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways . IT is a generally-acknowledged trut...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. A double-minded man - Ανηρ διψυχος· The man of two souls, who has one for earth, and another for h...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A double-minded man is unstable— "He, whose schemes are divided between God and the world, and who cannot cheerfully and resolutely commit himself,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Double-minded, х dipsuchos ( G1374 )] - double-soulled: the one soul directed toward God...
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

A double-minded man is unstable ] better, 'he is a double-minded man, unstable,' etc. 'Double-minded' is one of the key-words of the Epistle. It...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(2-27) Immediately after the salutation, and with more or less a play upon the word which we translate “greeting” (“rejoice,” James 1:1 ; “count it...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The eighth verse had better be joined with the seventh, and punctuated thus: — Let not that man think he shall receive anything of the Lord: — dou...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 6 THE RELATION OF THIS EPISTLE TO THE BOOKS OF ECCLESIASTICUS AND OF THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON-THE VALUE OF THE APOCRYPHA, AND THE MISCHIEF OF...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Steadfast Faith James 1:1-11 This Epistle is marked by the austere features of the Jerusalem church, which refused to be affected by that wider...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A double minded man ,.... A man of two souls, or of a double heart, that speaks and asks with an heart, and an heart, as in Psalms 12:2 who halts...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Ver. 8. Unstable in all his ways ] As he is that stands on one leg, or as a bowl on a smooth t...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A double-minded man Ανηρ διψυχος, a man who has , as it were, two souls; whose heart is divided between God and the world, and is not simply giv...
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

A double minded man; either; 1. A hypocrite, who is said to have a double heart, Psalms 12:2 . Or rather; 2. He that is of a doubtful mind,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Those Who Face Trial for The Sake Of Their Faith in God and the Lord Jesus Christ Will Be Blessed ( James 1:2-12 ). The letter commences by outlin...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

In The Face Of Temptation And Testing Christians Are To Seek Wisdom From God Without Doubting, For Then They Will Know That They Will Receive It And...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘A doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.' For the man who is looking both ways at once will be prone to accidents. He will not know whether to...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 1:5 . Wisdom. —Here, the wisdom of the book of Proverbs; practical skill in the ordering and management of l...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 1:1 . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. James, a servant of...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 1:1 . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. «Where are the lost...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 1:1 . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. The apostle James ev...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 1:1 . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. According to the tea...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 1:1 . James, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He does not style himself an apostle, because he would not assume any superio...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION James 1:1 SALUTATION . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. (On the person who thus describes himself, see...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The need of humility:
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A doubleminded man — Who has, as it were, two souls; whose heart is not simply given up to God. Is unstable — Being without the true wisdom; perpet...

⁸ A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Related Commentaries of James 1:8

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

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

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