For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Ver. 20. For the wrath of man] Unless it be as Moses' and Christ's anger was, pure and free from guile and gall, prompting us to pity and pray for the party, Exodus 32:32; Mark 3:5 .
Verse 20. _THE WRATH OF MAN_] A furious zeal in matters of religion is detestable in the sight of God; he will have no sacrifice that is not consumed by fire from his own altar. The zeal that made th...
FOR THE WRATH OF MAN WORKETH NOT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD - Does not produce in the life that righteousness which God requires. Its tendency is not to incline us to keep the law, but to break it; not...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. TRIALS AND THE EXERCISE OF FAITH CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Trials and the power of faith (James 1:1)_ 2. The resources of faith (James 1:5) 3. The realization of faith (James 1:9...
Be sure of it (_cf. mg.),_ he goes on, and turns to ask what conduct right views of God should produce. Humility and self-control, firstly, then purity, gentleness, and teachableness, with unsparing h...
GREETINGS (James 1:1) _ 1:1 James, the slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greetings to the twelve tribes who are scattered throughout the world._ At the very beginning of his letter Ja...
All this, my dear brothers, you already know. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness which God desires. There are few wi...
RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191....
_the wrath of man_ Better, A MAN'S WRATH, so as to represent the absence of the article in the original. By "the righteousness of God" the phrase is common to St James and St Paul (Rom 10:3; 2 Corinth...
19–27. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, CHARACTER AND WORSHIP This theme incidentally arises from the thought of temptation, as moral or religious error, and is immediately connected with the expression ἀπαρχήν τ...
ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΡΓΆΖΕΤΑΙ with אABCz and many cursives, against C*KLP and others, which have οὐ κατεργάζεται. There is a tendency in language towards the use of strengthened forms. 20. ὈΡΓῊ ΓᾺΡ� κ.τ.λ. There is...
_SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF THE_ WORD OF GOD -- JAMES 1:18-25 : The person who loves God will respond to his word. It is God alone who is able to save us. "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth.....
ΘΕΟΎ _gen. sing. от_ ΘΕΌΣ (G2316) Бог. Здесь _gen._, "праведность Бога" относится не к праведности как особенности Его характера, а к тому образу жизни, мыслей и дел, которого Он требует от нас (Adams...
FOR THE WRATH OF MAN WORKETH NOT, &C.— Multitudes of Christians, so called, seem either to have disbelieved this, or to have forgottenit; for how often have they attempted to bring others over, to wha...
SERMON OUTLINES HOW TO LISTEN TO A SERMON James 1:20-25 Introduction: If a sermon is wasted, the time gone is multiplied by every person who fails to hear. If 100 people fail to hear one half-hour s...
CHAPTER III _RECEIVING FROM GOD_ James 1:16-27 _Introduction_ After fourteen verses of showing the Way of the Wise, James has concluded that our trials are good for us, producing steadfastnessthat...
TO LISTEN IS BETTER THAN TO SPEAK _Text 1:19-21_ 19. Ye know this, my beloved brethren, But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20. for the wrath of man worketh not the...
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Man's angry zeal in debating, as if jealous for the honour of God, is far from working that which is really righteousness in God's sight....
VERSE 20. FOR THE WRATH OF MAN WORKETH NOT, ETC. Another reason is here given why the brethren should be slow to anger or wrath. The wrath of man worketh not that is, it can not work or produce the r...
1 James is never called an apostle and does not write this epistle in that character. Rather, he puts himself in the place of a slave. Hence the epistle is not concerned with authoritative teaching so...
1:20 work (e-6) 'Work out as an effect,' as ver. 3. see Romans 7:13 ....
The bitter words and angry passions of men will never bring about that righteousness—that entire and loving obedience to His divine will—which God requires from His children....
THE POWER OF FAITH UNDER TEMPTATION 1. Servant] better, 'slave.' The word does not suggest any degradation, but only absolute surrender to the Master. St. James's humility prevents the mention of the...
WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO JAMES _IAN MACKERVOY_ The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. INTRODUCTION 1 THE WRITER James is the writer of the letter. But he does not tell us...
(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 all joy,” James 1:2) there follow appeals on behalf o...
FOR THE WRATH OF MAN WORKETH NOT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. — Sarcastically rings the context. Perhaps there is still a sharper point to the satire: the wrath of man does not work God’s righteousness “...
ὀργὴ γὰρ, etc.: Man's wrath is rarely, if ever, justifiable; even “just indignation” is too often intermixed with other elements; and frequently the premisses on which it is founded are at fault. Man,...
Another isolated saying, strongly reminiscent of the Wisdom literature; the frequent recurrence (see below) of words of this import suggests that here again the writer is recalling to the minds of his...
DOERS, NOT HEARERS ONLY James 1:19 Keep your mouth closed when you are angry; the inner fire will die out of itself, if you keep the doors and windows shut. In James 1:18 we are taught that God's tru...
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, lacking in nothing." It is therefore to be looked upo...
QUICK TO HEAR Because we are born of God's word, we ought to be quick to hear it (Matthew 11:15; Matthew 13:9). The Bereans show us how to do this (Acts 17:11) and Cornelius, with his friends and fami...
For the wrath of man worketh not the (s) righteousness of God. (s) That which God appoints....
The anger of man, &c. Let us not then be angry with each other on the way to eternal life, but rather march on with the troop of our companions and brethren meekly, peaceably, and lovingly; nay, I say...
Do not err, my beloved brethren. (17) Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. (18) Of...
To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
The Epistle of James is not addressed to the assembly, and does not take the ground of apostolic authority over the persons to whom it is sent. It is a practical exhortation which still recognises the...
FOR THE WRATH OF MAN WORKETH NOT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. This is so far from engaging persons to do that which is right and acceptable in the sight of God, that it puts them upon doing that which is...
_Wherefore_ As if he had said, Since you are regenerated, and that by the word of God, therefore _let every man be swift to hear_ That word; let him be willing and desirous to receive instruction from...
FOR THE WRATH OF MAN WORKETH NOT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD....
GOD'S FATHERHOOD AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF SONSHIP. God's fatherhood and the acceptance of His Word:...
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 center and essence of all blessing and of all direction...
What are the results of wrath? Can one be filled with wrath and still live righteously? Is it always a sin to be angry? Was Jesus ever angry? (See Mark 3:5)...
'for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.' 'anger of man' -as opposed to righteous opposition to sin (Romans 12:9; Psalms 119:104). 'does not achieve the righteousness of God'...
19-21 Instead of blaming God under our trials, let us open our ears and hearts to learn what he teaches by them. And if men would govern their tongues, they must govern their passions. The worst thin...
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James 1:20 for G1063 wrath G3709 man G435 not G3756 produce G2716 (G5736) righteousness G1343 God G2316...
‘For the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.' ‘The anger of man.' Note the emphasis on ‘of man' or ‘of a man' (andros is used rather than anthrowpos). It is of course different with...
James 1:19-27. In this passage St. James exhorts his readers to be not only hearers but doers of the word. They are to be swift to hear, and to receive the word implanted within them with freedom from...
James 1:20. FOR, the reason assigned for the above exhortation, and especially for the last portion of it ‘slow to wrath.' THE WRATH OF MAN, that is, carnal zeal, whose fruit is not peace, but conte...
THE WRATH OF MAN (οργη ανδρος). Here ανηρ (as opposed to γυνη woman), not ανθρωπος of verse James 1:19 (inclusive of both man and woman). If taken in this sense, it means that a man's anger (settled...
RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:21). _...
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 teaching of some in the present day, the apostle should...
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 evidently believed in no lost ten tribes, as some nowad...
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 ten tribes?» asks somebody. They never were lost. Tha...
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 God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was an apostle,...
CONTENTS: Testing of faith. Solicitation to evil not of God. Obedience as a test of true faith. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, James. CONCLUSION: Such as have a true title in Jesus Christ through faith may...
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 superiority; yet the majesty of his address is the language...
MAN'S ANGER. "Anger is a normal human response, and some use anger and persecution to try to bring others to their beliefs. But this cannot bring the faith which pleases God. It can only make men hypo...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 1:20 Not all human anger is sinful (see Ephesians 4:26). However, the quick-tempered, selfish ANGER OF MAN shows a lack of trust in God and a lack of love
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 1:19 Hearing and Doing the Word. This section focuses on living as a Christian directed by “the word of truth,” the gospel (v. James 1:18). Christian living
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 1:19. WRATH.—ὀργήν; an abiding, settled habit of mind with the purpose of revenge. James 1:21. FILTHINESS.—Not limited to sensualities, but including everything...
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 Introduction) It is noteworthy that he keeps entirely out of...
Let's turn to James chapter one. James introduces himself as the bondslave of God and of Jesus Christ. It's a title that most of the apostles delighted to take. Renouncing any claim for any rights, tu...
2 Timothy 2:24; 2 Timothy 2:25; James 3:17; James 3:18; Numbers 20:11;
The righteousness of God here includes all duties prescribed by him, and pleasing to him....