Manly Luscombe Commentary on NT
James 1:26
Define - Religious Can we “seem” to be religious without it being genuine? Study Matthew 23:14. How do we bridle our tongue? Name some ways we deceive our hearts. Why is this person's religion useless?
Define - Religious Can we “seem” to be religious without it being genuine? Study Matthew 23:14. How do we bridle our tongue? Name some ways we deceive our hearts. Why is this person's religion useless?
Verse 26. _SEEM TO BE RELIGIOUS_] The words θρησκος and θρησκεια, which we translate _religious_ and _religion_, (see the next verse,) are of very uncertain etymology. _Suidas_, under the word θρησκε...
IF ANY MAN AMONG YOU SEEM TO BE RELIGIOUS - Pious, or devout. That is, if he does not restrain his tongue, his other evidences of religion are worthless. A man may undoubtedly have many things in his...
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...
If anyone thinks that he is a worshipper of God and yet does not bridle his tongue, his worship is an empty thing. This is pure and undefiled worship, as God the Father sees it, to visit the orphans a...
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...
MAN. one. AMONG YOU. The texts omit. SEEM. thinks himself. Compare James 4:5. RELIGIOUS. Greek. _threskos._ Only here in N.T., and nowhere found in Classical Greek. It means. careful follower of th...
True and false Religion 26. _If any man among you seem to be religious_ Better, IF ANY MAN THINKS THAT HE IS RELIGIOUS. The Greek adjective is one which expresses the outward ritual side of religion,...
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...
ΕἼ ΤΙΣ ΔΟΚΕΙ͂, is thought to be, has the reputation (δόξα) of being. ΜῊ ΧΑΛΙΝΑΓΩΓΩ͂Ν. μή not οὐ, because the sentence is hypothetical, ‘if he does not bridle &c.’ It may be noticed however that in Mod...
_SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF PURE RELIGION -- JAMES 1:26-27:_ We learn early in the book of James that an unbridled tongue is a certain proof of a man being only "seemingly religious." James identified what he...
ΔΟΚΕΪ́ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΔΟΚΈΩ (G1380) казаться, ΘΡΉΣΚΟΣ (G2357) религиозный, набожный. Это слово обозначает скрупулезное выполнение религиозных упражнений, действий или слов, искреннее или лиде...
DISCOURSE: 2361 SELF-DECEIT EXPOSED James 1:26. _If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this mans religion is vain_. IF there be persons...
AND BRIDLETH NOT HIS TONGUE— _Not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart._ Bishop Butler. As if the apostle had said, "It is impossible that any man should so much as _seem to be religious,_ if...
VAIN AND PURE RELIGION CONTRASTED _Text 1:26-27_ 26. If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain. 27. Pure r...
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...
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...
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. An example of doing work. Verse 26. RELIGIOUS ... RELIGION, [ three...
VERSE 26. IF ANY MAN AMONG YOU. There may be men among you that seem to be religious that is, imagine they are worshiping God acceptably and yet if such do not restrain their tongues, but continue to...
26 The outward form of divine service, the rites and ceremonies of the sacerdotal system of Moses, was but the exterior shell of truth. It was the letter: truth was the spirit. The ritual was full of...
1:26 himself (g-5) Or 'seem.' see 1 Corinthians 10:12 ....
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...
RELIGION] better, 'religious observance, the outward service of God.' In order that the service and worship of God may be acceptable, the man who offers it must (1) show practical love and sympathy, a...
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...
But St. James has thus far dilated only on the first part of his advice in James 1:19, “Let every man be swift to hear”; now he must enforce the remaining clause, “slow to speak.” IF ANY MAN AMONG YOU...
Although these verses are organically connected with the preceding section, they are self-contained, and deal with another aspect of religion. While the earlier verses, 19 _b_ 25, emphasise the need o...
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...
THINGS TRUE HEARERS OF THE WORD WILL DO James' first illustration of one who truly hears the word is in the area of the tongue. Some people outwardly practice religion by regular attendance, taking th...
(18) If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his (y) own heart, this man's religion [is] vain. (18) The third admonition: the word of God lays down a rul...
If any man think, &c. He here blames those hot disputes, which seem to have been frequent amongst the converted Jews, concerning the necessity of observing the legal rites. In vain, says he, do you pi...
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. (23) For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: (24)...
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 DOER’S REWARD_ ‘This man shall be blessed in his deed.’ James 1:25 It does not define what ‘deed.’ The word is, ‘This man shall be blessed in his doing’; all his doing; whatever he does. It w...
26_Seem to be religious_. He now reproves even in those who boasted that they were doers of the law, a vice under which hypocrites commonly labor, that is, the wantonness of the tongue in detraction....
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...
IF ANY MAN AMONG YOU SEEM TO BE RELIGIOUS,.... By his preaching, or praying, and hearing, and other external duties of religion, he is constant in the observance of; and who, upon the account of these...
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion _is_ vain. Ver. 26. _Seem to be religious_] There is a great deal of this seem...
_If_ &c. Here the apostle shows more particularly who are the doers of the word; 1st, Negatively, in this verse: 2d, Positively, in the next verse. _If any man among you_ Who are professors of Christi...
BRIDLETH NOT HIS TONGUE; does not regulate it by the revealed will of God. DECEIVETH HIS OWN HEART; by thinking that he is pious, when he continues to cherish and indulge a slanderous spirit....
IF ANY MAN AMONG YOU SEEM TO BE RELIGIOUS, AND BRIDLETH NOT HIS TONGUE, BUT DECEIVETH HIS OWN HEART, THIS MAN'S RELIGION IS VAIN....
Doers of the 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...
'If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.' 'If anyone' -God is no respector of persons (Romans 2:11)....
26,27 When men take more pains to seem religious than really to be so, it is a sign their religion is in vain. The not bridling the tongue, readiness to speak of the faults of others, or to lessen th...
IF ANY MAN AMONG YOU SEEM TO BE RELIGIOUS; seems to others, or rather to himself; thinks himself religious, because cause of his hearing and outward worship: thus the word rendered _seems_ is often ta...
James 1:26 anyone G1536 among G1722 you G5213 thinks G1380 (G5719) is G1511 (G5750) religious G2357 not...
‘If any man thinks himself to be religious, while he does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain.' It again becomes clear that there was much distress in the churche...
IT IS NOT SUFFICIENT ONLY TO BE A HEARER, IT IS NECESSARY ALSO TO BE A DOER (JAMES 1:22). Having laid a careful foundation in demonstrating that God's People are those whom He has sovereignly begotten...
James 1:26. IF ANY MAN AMONG YOU SEEM, that is, not seems to others, but thinketh himself, appears to himself to be religious. The words denote the false opinion which a man has of himself; the false...
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...
THINKETH HIMSELF TO BE RELIGIOUS (δοκε θρησκος εινα). Condition of first class (ει-δοκε). Θρησκος (of uncertain etymology, perhaps from θρεομα, to mutter forms of prayer) is predicate nominative aft...
RELIGIOUS (Greek, "thrēskos", means "outwardly religious")....
James 1:26 The Bridling of the Tongue. Consider the large class of sins to which an unbridled tongue renders us liable. I. One of the commonest employments of the human tongue is that of lying, and...
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...
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...
IF HE DOES NOT. "If you think of yourself as religious, but _rant and rave_ against those who differ with you in religious opinion (_and think of this ranting and raving as a mark of devotion to God),...
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 1:26. SEEM TO BE.—Imagine himself to be _religious_; a difficult term, because its meanings have been subject to change. “The Greek adjective is one which express...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:15; 1 Corinthians 15:2; 1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Peter 3:10;...
Seem to be [δ ο κ ε ι]. Rev., correctly, thinketh himself to be. A man can scarcely seem to be religious, when, as Trench observes, "his religious pretensions are belied and refuted by the allowance o...
If any one be ever so religious — Exact in the outward offices of religion. And bridleth not his tongue — From backbiting, talebearing, evilspeaking, he only deceiveth his own heart, if he fancies he...
Observe here, 1. That there have been, are, and ever will be, many professors of religion, who seem, and only seem to be religious. Observe, 2. That an unbridled and ungoverned tongue, is. certain sig...