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Verse James 4:17. _TO HIM THAT KNOWETH TO DO GOOD_] As if he had
said: After this warning none of you can plead _ignorance_; if,
therefore, any of you shall be found to act their ungodly part, not
ac...
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THEREFORE TO HIM THAT KNOWETH TO DO GOOD, AND DOETH IT NOT, TO HIM IT
IS SIN - That is, he is guilty of sin if he does not do it. Cotton
Mather adopted it as a principle of action, “that the ability t...
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IV. FURTHER EXHORTATIONS TO RIGHT LIVING
CHAPTER 4
_ 1. Fightings and worldliness rebuked (James 4:1)_
2. The Godly walk (James 4:7)
James 4:1
A strong rebuke follows the statements concerning the...
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This and the next paragraph denounce the vices of the rich, in the
spirit of Amos and Isaiah; that they are Jews, and not Christians,
seems obvious, if this epistle is to be got into the first centuri...
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Come now, you who say, "Today, or tomorrow, we will go into this city,
and we will spend a year there, and we will trade and make a profit."
People like you do not know what will happen tomorrow. What...
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MAN'S PLEASURE OR GOD'S WILL? (James 4:1-3)...
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SIN. App-128....
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Man proposing, God disposing
13. _Go to now, ye that say_ The warnings pass on to another form of
the worldliness of the double-minded; the far-reaching plans for the
future such as our Lord had conde...
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_Therefore to him that knoweth to do good_ The law of conscience is
here enforced in its utmost width. To leave undone what we know we
ought to do, is sin, even though there be no outward act of what...
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13–17. THE TEMPTATIONS OF WEALTH
The address is still probably to the brethren, some of whom engaged in
business have not learnt to recognise God’s law and His will in
commercial projects and plans....
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ΕἸΔΌΤΙ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ΚΑΛῸΝ ΠΟΙΕΙ͂Ν, if a man knows
how to do what is right and honest and does it not, to him such a
course is sin.
CHAPTER 5...
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_DO NOT BOAST ABOUT TOMORROW -- JAMES 4:13-17:_ James gives a vivid
picture of some who made great plans for the future. Their sin was not
in planning for the future, but in failing to consider God in...
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ΕΊΔΌΤΙ _perf. act. part. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def.
perf. со значением _praes._
ΠΟΙΕΪ́Ν _praes. act. inf. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160)
делать. _Inf._ объясняет знание: "он умеет
делать".
ΠΟΙΟΎΝΤΙ _praes. ac...
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DISCOURSE: 2373
SINS OF OMISSION CONSIDERED
James 4:17. _To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him
it is sin_.
THERE is not any thing of which men are more convinced, than the
shortnes...
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THEREFORE, TO HIM THAT KNOWETH TO DO GOOD, &C.— "Perhaps some of
you, who so much value yourselves for your uncommon wisdom and
knowledge, may object and say, These are plain obvious truths, and
what...
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THE PRESUMPTION OF PLANNING WITHOUT GOD
_Text 4:13-17_
James 4:13.
Come now ye that say, to-day or to-morrow we will go into this city,
and spend a year there, and trade and get gain:
14.
whereas...
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Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it
is sin.
The general principle is here stated: knowledge without practice is
imputed to a man as presumptuous sin. James reverts...
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VERSE 17 THEREFORE TO HIM WHO KNOWETH.
They sin who know by God's revealed will what to do, and the doing of
which is to do good, and refuse to do or neglect to do it. The best
reason in the world her...
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5 This passage has puzzled the commentators, and there are many and
various explanations offered to solve what seems to be one of the most
difficult passages in the Scriptures. A simple explanation, w...
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DENUNCIATION OF GREED AND LOVE OF PLEASURE
1. Lusts] better, 'pleasures.'...
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WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO
JAMES
_IAN MACKERVOY_
The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them.
CHAPTER 4
DESIRES AND DIVISIONS 4:1-10
V1 You know where all the fights and quarrels...
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THEREFORE.... — A difficulty presents itself in this verse —
whether the application be general, or a particular comment on the
words preceding. Probably both ideas are correct. We learn the
converse...
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CHAPTER 22
SELF-ASSURANCE AND INVASION OF DIVINE PREROGATIVES INVOLVED IN
PRESUMING UPON OUR FUTURE-THE DOCTRINE OF PROBABILISM.
James 4:13
WORLDLINESS and want of humility are the two kindred subje...
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Although this verse may be regarded as standing independent of what
has preceded, and as being in the form of a more or less inexact
quotation, it is quite permissible to take it with what has gone
be...
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James 4:13-17 form an independent section entirely unconnected with
what precedes or follows. The section is very interesting as giving a
picture of the commercial _Diaspora_ -Jew. The Jews of the Dis...
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“IF THE LORD WILL”
James 4:11
When we speak evil of another, we usurp the functions of the only
lawgiver and judge. If that other is endeavoring to model his life by
the law, to speak evil of him is...
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The writer now dealt with the effect of faith on character. Everything
depends on desire. To attempt to satisfy a natural desire without
reference to God is futile, and issues in internal conflict and...
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THE SIN OF BOASTING OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY
James said some lived as though their plans in no way depended upon
God and they were proud of it. Woods says the word translated
"boasting" here is not used in...
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(9) Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to
him it is sin.
(9) The conclusion of all the former treatise. The knowledge of the
will of God does not only not at all profit, un...
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(13) Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a
city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: (14)
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is...
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REFLECTIONS
My soul! while reading this Chapter, and hearing God the Spirit
putting that Solemn question to thee, from whence come wars and
fightings in thy two-fold nature; a spirit regenerated; and...
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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...
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_SINFUL NEGLECT_
‘Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him
it is sin.’
James 4:17
It is with the Divine, as it is with the human, statute book—no man
convicted at the bar...
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In all that follows we have still the judgment of unbridled nature, of
will in its different forms: contentions that arise from the lusts of
the natural heart; request made to God proceeding from the...
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THEREFORE TO HIM THAT KNOWETH TO DO GOOD,.... This may regard not only
the last particular of referring all things to the will of God, the
sovereign disposer of life, and all events, which some might...
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Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth _it_ not, to him
it is sin.
Ver. 17. _To him that knoweth_] Lest they should reply, we know all
this, that except we live and God list, we can do n...
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_Now ye rejoice_ Καυχασθε, _ye glory, in your boastings_ Ye
please yourselves in the vain thoughts which you entertain of these
worldly projects and successes, and you boast of them. _All such
rejoici...
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IT IS SIN; because it is neglect of known duty. Knowledge of duty
increases obligation to perform it; and the neglect of known duty is
sin....
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THEREFORE TO HIM THAT KNOWETH TO DO GOOD AND DOETH IT NOT, TO HIM IT
IS SIN.
In the preceding verses the apostle has rebuked the presumption of men
both against the Lord and against the brethren. He h...
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Trust in God's providence essential:...
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This chapter, to the end of v.6, continues the subject begun in
Ch.3:13. Sensual. devilish wisdom was accompanied by wars and
fightings: but this proceeded from the lusts of the flesh active
within th...
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What is the intent of this verse? List some “good” that we know to
do. What happens if we list 100 good things and only get 60 of them
done? Is NOT doing the other 40 things a sin? Give a definition o...
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"Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does not do
it, to him it is sin". "Therefore" -Indicating that this verse is
connected with the preceding verses. James has outlined the right...
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11-17 Our lips must be governed by the law of kindness, as well as
truth and justice. Christians are brethren. And to break God's
commands, is to speak evil of them, and to judge them, as if they lai...
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Either this may relate to all that the apostle had been before
speaking of; q.d. I have admonished you of your duty, and now ye know
what ye are to do, and therefore if you do it not it will be your s...
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James 4:17 Therefore G3767 knows G1492 (G5761) do G4160 (G5721) good
G2570 and G2532 does G4160 ...
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‘To him therefore who knows to do good, and does not do it, to him
it is sin.'
So there is really only one conclusion that they should come to. They
should recognise their mortality and put their eff...
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CHRISTIANS NEED TO FACE UP TO THE FRAILTY OF THEIR LIVES (JAMES 4:12).
The contrast between man in his inability to act as judge in contrast
with the great Judge Himself, now leads up to the question...
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James 4:17. THEREFORE: not a mere general inference drawn from what
St. James has said in the previous part of his Epistle, but a
particular inference drawn from this spirit of vain boasting.
TO HIM...
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St. James, having warned his readers against worldliness, and exhorted
them to humility before God, proceeds to censure the rich for their
forgetfulness of their dependence upon God, their proud confi...
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TO HIM THAT KNOWETH
(ειδοτ). Dative case of second perfect participle ειδως
(from οιδα), and with the infinitive to know how, "to one knowing
how."TO DO GOOD
(καλον ποιειν). "To do a good deed."A...
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SIN
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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James 4:1. _From whence come wars and fightings among you?_
Whether between nations, or parties or individuals,-if there be wars
and fightings, whence do they come?
James 4:1. _Come they not hence,...
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CONTENTS: Rebuke of worldliness and exhortation to humility before
God.
CHARACTERS: God, Satan.
CONCLUSION: Worldly and fleshly lusts are the distemper which will not
allow contentment or satisfacti...
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James 4:1. _From whence come wars and fightings among you?_ St. James
saw in the Spirit the bloody and cruel wars which would rise among
christian powers, much the same as among the heathen. He had a...
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SO THEN. "If you know what is right and good and fail to do it, this
makes you guilty of sin. Your guilt is even greater, because you _knew
better,_ yet did not do it!" This proves there are _sins of...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
James 4:13. SUCH A CITY.—“This city”; the one the speaker is
supposed to have in mind.
James 4:14. WHAT SHALL BE.—“What your life shall be on the
morrow.” VANISHETH A...
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EXPOSITION
JAMES 4:1
REBUKE OF QUARRELS ARISING FROM PRIDE AND GREED. A terribly sadden
transition from the "peace" with which James 3:1. closed....
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This chapter could be entitled how to win friends and influence
people. Guard your tongue, bring your tongue under control, use it for
good, use it to encourage to build up, don't use it to tear down,...
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John 13:17; John 15:22; John 9:41; Luke 12:47; Luke 12:48;...
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Therefore to him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not — That
knows what is right, and does not practise it. To him it is sin —
This knowledge does not prevent, but increase, his condemnation....
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Observe here, 1. That sins of ignorance are sins, and render men
greatly culpable, though ignorance will in some degree lessen their
punishment.
Observe here, 2. That to sin against light and knowled...