The subject of these verses, speaking against and judging others, is the same as that of the section James 2:1-13; they follow on quite naturally after James 4:12-13 of that chapter, while they have nothing to do with the context in which they now stand. They constitute a weaving together of several quotations, much after the style of the section which precedes.
Verse 11. _SPEAK NOT EVIL ONE OF ANOTHER_] Perhaps this exhortation refers to evil speaking, slander, and backbiting in general, the writer having no particular persons in view. It may, however, refer...
SPEAK NOT EVIL ONE OF ANOTHER, BRETHREN - It is not known to whom the apostle here particularly refers, nor is it necessary to know. It is probable that among those whom he addressed there were some w...
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...
JAMES 4:11 F. A return to the topic of James 1:26; James 2:12; James 3:1. Backbiting was a conspicuous habit among these Jews, who applied to one another some of the
MAN'S PLEASURE OR GOD'S WILL? (James 4:1-3)...
Stop talking harshly about each other. He who speaks harshly of his brother, or who judges his brother, speaks harshly of the law and judges the law; and, if you judge the law, you are not a doer of t...
SPEAK... EVIL. Speak against, or backbite. Greek. _katalaleo._ Only here and 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 3:16. Compare Romans 1:30; 2 Corinthi
Rebuke of Evil-speaking 11. _Speak not evil one of another, brethren_ The last word indicates the commencement of a new section. It scarcely, however, introduces a new topic. The writer dwells with an...
ΜῊ ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΕΙ͂ΤΕ�. The argument reverts to the main subject. It is a last thought on the evils of the tongue. It is a warning against evil speaking and slandering. The mention of the law however points...
CH. 4:1–12. THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH WHICH ARE THE CAUSE OF EVIL CONTENTION...
_DO NOT JUDGE A BROTHER -- JAMES 4:11-12:_ Everything that we say about others must be guided by the law of kindness and the spirit of Christ. Solomon said of the worthy woman, "She openeth her mouth...
ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΈΩ (G2635) высказываться против, злословить, хулить. Обычно относится к грубым высказываниям об отсутствующем (Ropes), ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ КАΤΑ...
SPEAK NOT EVIL, &C.— St. James here returns to what he had touched upon, ch. James 3:9. By the _law_ in this place we understand _the law of Christ,_ which is so called, Galatians 6:2. St. James calls...
CHAPTER VIII _CAUSE AND REMEDY OF STRIFE_ James 4:1-12 _Introduction_ Can it be possible that the church of Jesus Christ could descend to the sins mentioned here so soon after Pentecost? In less th...
JUDGING OUR BRETHREN _Text 4:11-12_ 11. Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if tho...
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer o...
VERSE 11 SPEAK NOT EVIL ONE OF ANOTHER, BRETHREN. This great sin has prevailed in all ages of the Church, although directly forbidden. The blessed Master commands us to love one another. One can not l...
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...
DENUNCIATION OF GREED AND LOVE OF PLEASURE 1. Lusts] better, 'pleasures.'...
When a man speaks against his brother he is practically condemning the Law of Love, and thus arrogating to himself the office of a judge. In criticising that Law he is virtually criticising the divine...
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...
SPEAK NOT EVIL... — Do not “back-bite,” as the same word is translated in Romans 1:30, and 2 Corinthians 12:20. The good reason why not is given in the graceful interjection “brothers.” Omit the conju...
CHAPTER 18 ST. JAMES AND PLATO ON LUSTS AS THE CAUSES OF STRIFE; THEIR EFFECT ON PRAYER. James 4:1 THE change from the close of the third chapter to the beginning of the fourth is startling. St. Jam...
CHAPTER 21 SELF-ASSURANCE AND INVASION OF DIVINE PREROGATIVES INVOLVED IN THE LOVE OF CENSURING OTHERS. James 4:11 FROM sins which are the result of a want of love to God St. James passes on, and ab...
“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...
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...
BRETHREN SHOULD NOT JUDGE ONE ANOTHER The verb James used in 4:11 is in the present durative tense and actually means "stop speaking evil of one another". Evidently, they had already been doing such s...
(7) Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a d...
Detract not one another, (nor judge rashly) brethren. Though he spoke so much against the evils of the tongue, he give them a special admonition against the vice of detraction, so common in the world,...
(7) Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (8) Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doub...
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...
11_Speak not evil, _or, _defame not_. We see how much labor James takes in correcting the lust for slandering. For hypocrisy is always presumptuous, and we are by nature hypocrites, fondly exalting ou...
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...
SPEAK NOT EVIL ONE OF ANOTHER, BRETHREN,.... The apostle here returns to his former subject, concerning the vices of the tongue, he had been upon in the preceding chapter, James 3:6, and here mentions...
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of _his_ brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer...
_Speak not evil one of another_ See on Titus 3:2. Evil- speaking is a grand hinderance of peace and comfort; yea, and of holiness. O who is sufficiently aware of the evil of that sin? _He that speaket...
JUDGETH THE LAW; he practically condemns it. It is the royal law of love which the apostle has specially in mind, which forbids slander, and every thing else that can injure our neighbor....
Against uncharitable judging:...
SPEAK NOT EVIL ONE OF ANOTHER, BRETHREN. HE THAT SPEAKETH EVIL OF HIS BROTHER, AND JUDGETH HIS BROTHER, SPEAKETH EVIL OF THE LAW, AND JUDGETH THE LAW; BUT IF THOU JUDGE THE LAW, THOU ART NOT A DOER OF...
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...
Does this passage deal with gossip and tale bearing? Is there ever a situation where evil about someone SHOULD be told? How is speaking evil the same as judging? Can gossip and tale bearing speak good...
The next two sections (James 4:11-12) and (James 4:13-17) are related to what has been previously said. What is commonly known as worldliness or being. friend of the world includes much more than what...
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...
SPEAK NOT EVIL ONE OF ANOTHER; viz. unless in the way of an ordinance, by reproof, admonition, &c., Leviticus 5:1 1 Corinthians 1:11, 1 Corinthians 11:18...
James 4:11 not G3361 evil G2635 (G5720) another G240 brethren G80 evil G2635 (G5723) brother G80 and...
HE NOW REMINDS THEM THAT THEY NEED TO SEE LIFE IN TERMS OF THE LAST DAY (JAMES 4:11 TO JAMES 5:12). From this point on until James 5:12 there will be an emphasis on judgment, and on seeing life in the...
A WARNING AGAINST BEING JUDGES OF OTHERS AND THUS PRE-EMPTING GOD (JAMES 4:11 A). The passage commences with a warning. Aware that his strong words and his appeal to repentance could now result in som...
‘Do not speak one against another, brothers.' The idea here is that they ought not to speak against one another critically or in condemnation, often without being aware of the facts. Thereby they coul...
James 4:11. Here a new sentence begins, and yet in close connection with the preceding. St. James returns to the sins of the tongue, and cautions his readers against that sinful judging and censuring...
James 4:1-12. St. James warns his readers against those evil passions which gave rise to wars and fightings among them. They must moderate their desires, and guard against self-gratification. If they...
SPEAK NOT ONE AGAINST ANOTHER (μη καταλαλειτε αλληλων). Prohibition against such a habit or a command to quit doing it, with μη and the present imperative of καταλαλεω, old compound usually with the...
James 4:11 Evil-speaking. Part of the Christian life has to do with the tongue, and looking at it in its social aspect, the greatest part. The ways in which the sin forbidden in the text may be comm...
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,...
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...
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...
DO NOT CRITICIZE. "Do not slander each other because of your opinions in religion," Whoever. "In criticizing and judging your brother in matters of conscience (Romans 14:1-4), you are opposing the Law...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 4:11 James restates the basic problem behind the issues discussed in James 3:1: the misuse of speech to SPEAK EVIL or to slander others. Such conduct is rejected in
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 4:11. SPEAK NOT EVIL.—Backbite (Romans 1:30; 2 Corinthians 12:20). Omit “and” before “judgeth.”...
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....
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,...
1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Peter 2:1; 1 Timothy 3:11; 2 Timothy 3:3;...
Speak not evil one of another — This is a grand hinderance of peace. O who is sufficiently aware of it! He that speaketh evil of another does in effect speak evil of the law, which so strongly prohibi...
These words, as generally delivered by our apostle, are. disuasive from the sin of detraction, or speaking evil of one another, either by secret whispering, or open backbiting;. very common but most u...