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Verse 25. _BUT WHOSO LOOKETH INTO THE PERFECT LAW_] The word
παρακυψας, which we translate _looketh into_, is very
emphatic, and signifies that deep and attentive consideration given to
a thing or su...
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BUT WHOSO LOOKETH - (παρακύψας parakupsas). This word
means, to stoop down near by anything; to bend forward near, so as to
look at anything more closely. See the word explained in the notes at
1 Pet...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WHOSO. he that.
LOOKETH. Literally stooped down (to look). Greek. _parakupto_.
App-133. See John 20:5.
THE PERFECT, &C. = the perfect law, that of liberty.
PERFECT. App-125.
CONTINUETH. continued....
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_But whoso looketh_ The word involves primarily the idea of stooping
down and bending over that on which we look, as with a fixed gaze. See
for its literal use Mark 16:5; Luke 24:12, and for its spiri...
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ΠΑΡΑΚΎΨΑΣ. First of stooping or inclining to one side (not
stooping _down_), either with a verb of looking, or absolutely as
here: παρακύψας βλέπει τὰ ὀθόνια, Luke 24:12;
παρακύψας βλέπει κείμενα τὰ ὀ...
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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...
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_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.....
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DISCOURSE: 2360
THE REWARD OF OBEYING THE GOSPEL
James 1:25. _Whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and
continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the
work, this man...
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BUT WHOSO LOOKETH, &C.— Ο δε παρακυψας : _He that hath
bowed his head,_ or _stooped down,_ more curiously to pry into any
thing. The word is used concerning the disciples bowing down curiously
and int...
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LISTENING IS POINTLESS WITHOUT DOING
_Text 1:22-25_
James 1:22.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own
selves.
23.
For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a d...
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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...
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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...
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But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth
therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this
man shall be blessed in his deed.
LOOKETH INTO, [ parakupsas...
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VERSE 25. BUT WHOSO LOOKETH INTO THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY.
God's blessed system for man's salvation the gospel of Christ, the
word of truth. This perfect law of liberty will show every man just
what...
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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...
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1:25 view (f-6) Lit. 'stoops down to look into,' as Luke 24:12 ; John
20:5 ....
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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...
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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...
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BUT WHOSO LOOKETH... — Translate, _But he who looked into the
perfect law of liberty and continued therein._ The past tense is still
kept to enforce the figure of the preceding verse. The earnest stud...
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(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...
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CHAPTER 9
THE DELUSION OF HEARING WITHOUT DOING-THE MIRROR OF GOD'S WORD.
James 1:22
HERE we reach what on the whole seems to be the main thought of the
Epistle - the all-importance of Christian act...
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παρακύψας : in Sir 14:20 ff. we read, Μακάριος
ἀνὴρ ὂς ἐν σοφίᾳ τελευτήσει … ὁ
παρακύπτων διὰ τῶν θυρίδων αὐτῆς. The
word means literally to “peep into” with the idea of eagerness and
concentration, s...
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James 1:21-25 form a self-contained section. By putting away all
impurity the “implanted word” can influence the heart; but it is
necessary not only to hear the word but also to act in accordance with...
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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...
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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...
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DOING WHAT WE HEAR
The word is only able to save if we hear and do what we hear (Matthew
7:21-27; Romans 2:13). Woods says the verb tense here in the word
"doers" is such that it denotes a continuous...
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But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth
[therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work,
this man shall be blessed in his (x) deed.
(x) Behaviour: for wor...
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The law of Christ, called here _the perfect law of liberty, as it is
distinguished from the Jewish law of fear and slavery, is as it were a
looking-glass, which may make us know ourselves, and discove...
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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)...
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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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_‘A DOER OF THE WORK’_
‘But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth
therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this
man shall be blessed in his deed.’
Ja...
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_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...
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25_The perfect law of liberty_. After having spoken of empty
speculation, he comes now to that penetrating intuition which
transforms us to the image of God. And as he had to do with the Jews,
he take...
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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...
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BUT WHOSO LOOKETH INTO THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY,.... By which is
meant, not the moral law, but the Gospel; for only of that is the
apostle speaking in the context: this is no other than the word of...
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But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth
_therein_, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work,
this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Ver. 25. _Whoso looketh in...
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_But whoso looketh_ Not with a transient glance, but, as
παρακυψας signifies, _bending down_, as it were, with an
intention to fix his eyes upon, examine with accuracy, and search all
things to the bo...
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LOOKETH INTO; looketh closely into. The apostle means a practical
looking, that is, connected with obedience.
THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY; the gospel, which gives true freedom to
the soul, and is a pe...
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Doers of the Word:...
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BUT WHOSO LOOKETH INTO THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY AND CONTINUETH
THEREIN, HE BEING NOT A FORGETFUL HEARER, BUT A DOER OF THE WORK, THIS
MAN SHALL BE BLESSED IN HIS DEED....
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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...
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What is the perfect law of liberty? How can it be liberty and be law
at the same time? What is required for us to “continue” in this
law? What is implied about not continuing in the law? Why are we
fo...
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DEED:
Or, doing...
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'But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty,
and abides by it, not having become. forgetful hearer but an effectual
doer, this man shall be blessed in what he does.'
'But' -in...
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22-25 If we heard a sermon every day of the week, and an angel from
heaven were the preacher, yet, if we rested in hearing only, it would
never bring us to heaven. Mere hearers are self-deceivers; an...
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BUT WHOSE LOOKETH INTO; viz. intently and earnestly, searching
diligently into the mind of God. The word signifies a bowing down of
the head to look into a thing; and is used of the disciples looking...
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James 1:25 But G1161 looks G3879 (G5660) into G1519 perfect G5046 law
G3551 liberty G1657 and G2532 continues...
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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...
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‘But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so
continues, being not a hearer who forgets but a doer who works, this
man will be blessed in his doing.'
But then in contrast James de...
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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...
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James 1:25. Now follows the application of the metaphor.
BUT. The doer of the word is now described.
WHOSO LOOKETH INTO: literally, ‘stoopeth down to look into,'
representing the earnest inspection...
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HE THAT LOOKETH INTO
(ο παρακυψας). First aorist active articular participle of
παρακυπτω, old verb, to stoop and look into (John 20:5; John
20:11), to gaze carefully by the side of, to peer into or...
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James 1:25
The Perfect Law and its Doers.
I. The Perfect Law. Let me remind you how, in every revelation of
Divine truth contained in the Gospel, there is a direct moral and
practical bearing. No wor...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE PERFECT LAW THAT SETS MEN FREE. The Good News is the _perfect law
that sets men free,_ because: (1) It frees men and women from the
slavery of their _human nature_ and gives them _back free will;_...
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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
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 1:25 THE LAW OF LIBERTY. In James, the “law”
and the “word” are two ways of describing the same thing. The
“law” here refers to the OT as it has been interpreted and
fulfilled in C...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
James 1:23. NATURAL FACE.—Lit. “face of his birth”; “the face
he has by corporeal birth.” γενέσεως is used in distinction
from the notion which follows of spiritual fe...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 John 2:24; 1 Peter 2:16; 1 Samuel 12:14;...
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Whoso looketh [ο π α ρ α κ υ ψ α ς]. Rev., more strictly, he
that looketh. See on 1 Peter 1:12. The verb is used of one who stoops
sideways [π α ρ α] to look attentively. The mirror is conceived as
pl...
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But he that looketh diligently — Not with a transient glance, but
bending down, fixing his eyes, and searching all to the bottom. Into
the perfect law — Of love as established by faith. St. James here...
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Observe here, 1. The title given to the word of God, particularly the
gospel, it is called LIBERTY,. LAW of liberty, and. PERFECT law of
liberty: partly because it calleth us to. state of liberty and...