James 4:2. He who, in the terrible name of Jesus, opposes even the devil himself, is sure to have a speedy and glorious conquest. whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. This account properly illustrates that to which St. James refers: To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain. Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? It is a gross error to construe these words literally in the sense of wars, seditions and revolutions, such literalism being the distinctive "fundamentalism" peculiar to certain schools of New Testament criticism. Cite Share Print BLB Searches. So short, unreal, and fading is human life, and all the prosperity or enjoyment that attends it; though bliss or woe for ever must be according to our conduct during this fleeting moment. Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? * Copy Options. Change Language {{#items}} {{local_title}} {{/items}} ← Language. New International Version (NIV) Bible Book List. 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. 14:4 and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. “More probably is the view that James was not citing a particular passage but summarizing the truth expressed in several Old Testament passages.” (Hiebert) ii. 11 # 2 Cor. Verse 1. So flourish these, when those are pass'd away. 3. Ye adulterers and adulteresses — Who have broken your faith with God, your rightful spouse. Submit yourselves therefore to God. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. Most critics think that the law mentioned here is the same as that which he elsewhere calls the royal law and the law of liberty, thereby meaning the Gospel; and that Christ is the person who is called the lawgiver and judge. Christians are brethren. [4] A. F. Harper, Beacon Bible Commentary (Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1967), p. 238. Read James 3 commentary using Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. A terribly sadden transition from the "peace" with which James 3. closed. Sinful desires and affections stop prayer, and the working of our desires toward God. The riches of the ancients consisted much in large stores of corn, wine, oil, and costly apparel. He shall lift you up - Mourners and penitents lay on the ground, and rolled themselves in the dust. These wars and fightings could not be attributed to the Christians in that time; for, howsoever fallen or degenerate, they had no power to raise contentions; and no political consequence to enable them to resist their enemies by the edge of the sword, or resistance of any kind. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831]. The two latter descriptions are those most frequently addressed. Is it not this, that your passions* are at war within you? or does the Holy Spirit who dwells in all Christians, or the new nature which he creates, produce such fruit? 33, Colossians 132, on the words, be ye holy, for I the Lord am holy: אותו מלמעלה ארס מקדש עצמו מלמטה מקישין, a man sanctifies himself on the earth, and then he is sanctified from heaven. Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? Resist the devil - He cannot conquer you if you continue to resist. Thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge - Thou rejectest the law of God, and settest up thy own mischievous conduct as a rule of life; or, by allowing this evil speaking and detraction, dost intimate that the law that condemns them is improper, imperfect, or unjust. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. One nation or king covets another's territory or property; and, as conquest is supposed to give right to all the possessions gained by it, they kill, slay, burn, and destroy, till one is overcome or exhausted, and then the other makes his own terms; or, several neighboring potentates fall upon one that is weak; and, after murdering one half of the people, partition among themselves the fallen king's territory; just as the Austrians, Prussians, and Russians have done with the kingdom of Poland! James 1:1. James 4:1. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. 261, 1, we have the following little story; "Our rabbins tell us a story which happened in the days of Rabbi Simeon, the son of Chelpatha. Wordly and fleshly lusts are distempers, which will not allow content or satisfaction. So that any one who resolves at all events to be upon friendly terms with the world, must be the enemy of God. Bible Language English. And let us beware that we do not abuse or misuse the mercies received, by the disposition of the heart when prayers are granted When men ask of God prosperity, they often ask with wrong aims and intentions. The man who breaks the law, and teaches others so to do, thus in effect set himself up as a lawgiver and judge. In the mean time a tile fell from a house, I knew not who threw it, and killed him. He did so; he went with his bride into his chamber, and at night they lay down; but they both died, antequam illam cognosceret." 2 For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, 3 and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” y while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” … Cleanse your hands, ye sinners - This I think to be the beginning of a new address, and to different persons; and should have formed the commencement of a new verse. I will certainly come, said he. Advanced Options. James 4:1. come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Applications for the Church Today . Here is a decided warning to avoid all criminal friendships with this world. But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Update. NET RSV ASV YLT DBY WEB HNV. Quid tam circumcisum, tam breve, quam hominis vita longissima? On this subject I shall quote another passage which I read when a schoolboy, and which even then taught me a lesson of caution and of respect for the providence of God. He who is guilty of these, and allows himself in these vices, in effect judges and condemns the law; i.e. Ezekiel 16:15-59 gives a graphic description of Israel's spiritual adultery, and Hosea 1:1-2 shows the same symbolism in Hosea's marriage. It is even a vapour - Ατμις γαρ εστιν· It is a smoke, always fleeting, uncertain, evanescent, and obscured with various trials and afflictions. Bible > NIV > James 4 James 4 New International Version: Par Submit Yourselves to God. They were fighting with each other because they couldn't get what they wanted. The friendship of the world - The world was their god; here they committed their spiritual adultery; and they cultivated this friendship in order that they might gain this end. Much of our thinking and behavior is shaped by what we can see of present circumstances or past events... View the … and who is this lawgiver and judge? There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth, Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible by Matthew Henry. God resists the proud, James 4:6. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. "A man was invited by one of his friends to come the next day to supper. Font Size. You do not have because you do not ask God. Where do wars and fights come from among you? From whence come wars and fightings among you? You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Bible Gateway Plus. James 4:8, ESV: "Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded." If we thus seek the things of this world, it is just in God to deny them. Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete) Bible > Bible Commentary; Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete) About Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete). 1. Personal Resources. Upgrade to Bible Gateway Plus, and access the Zondervan KJV Commentary. Patience Until the Lord's Coming . Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume. Then, changing the subject, he said, 'I purpose to go and settle at Alexandria, because the air of that city is salubrious.' Bible Hub free download - Tamil Bible, The Holy Bible King James Version, The Bible, and many more programs (On the person who thus describes himself, see the Introduction.) 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