SERVANT. App-190. GOD. App-98. LORD. App-98. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. Only here and James 2:1 in this epistle. TWELVE. No suggestion of the separate houses of Judah and Israel. Note the complete number. SCATTERED ABROAD. in the dispersion (Greek. _diaspora._ See John 7:35). GREETING. Greek. _chai... [ Continue Reading ]
FALL. Greek. _peripipto._ See Acts 27:41. TEMPTATIONS. trials. Compare Luke 22:28; Acts 20:19. 1Pe 1:6. 1 Peter 4:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWING. App-132. TRYING. testing. Gr _dokimion._ Only here and 1 Peter 1:7. FAITH. App-150. Read, "your tested faith". PATIENCE. Compare Romans 5:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
PERFECT. App-125. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._ ENTIRE. Greek. _holokleros._ Only here and 1 Thessalonians 5:23. WANTING. lacking. Greek. _leipo._ See James 2:15. NOTHING. in (Greek. _en)_ nothing (Greek. _medeis)_.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF. But if. App-118. ANY. App-123. LACK. Greek. _leipo_, as James 1:4. ASK. App-134. OF. from. App-104. LIBERALLY. Greek. _haplos._ Only here. The noun in 2 Corinthians 9:11; 2 Corinthians 9:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOTHING. Greek. _medeis,_ as James 1:4. WAVERING. App-122. Compare Matthew 7:7; Matthew 7:8. IS LIKE. Greek. _eoika_. Only here and James 1:23. The root (obs.) is _eiko_. compare _eikon_, image. WAVE. See Luke 8:24. DRIVEN. Greek. _anemizomai._ Only here. TOSSED. Greek. _rhipizomai._ Only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. App-123. THINK. Only here and Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:16. See John 21:25. ANY THING. Neut. of _tis_. App-123. LORD. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
DOUBLE MINDED. Greek. _dipsuchos._ Only here and James 4:8. There is no verb, but "double minded" and "unstable" qualify "that man". Compare Psalms 119:113. MAN. App-123. UNSTABLE. Greek. _akatastatos._ Only here and James 3:8. The noun, Luke 21:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BROTHER, &C. = the lowly (Greek. _tapeinos._ See Romans 12:16) brother. REJOICE. See Romans 2:17. THAT HE IS EXALTED. his exaltation. Greek. _hupsos._ See Luke 1:78.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT HE IS MADE LOW. his humbling (Greek. _tapeinosis._ See Acts 8:33). FLOWER. Greek. _anthos._ Only here; Jam 1:11. 1 Peter 1:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS NO SOONER RISEN. Literally rose. A. the. BURNING HEAT. Greek. _kauson._ Only here; Matthew 20:12.Luke 12:55. BUT, &C. = and withered. FALLETH. fell. Same word in Romans 9:6. GRACE. App-184. FASHION. Literally presence or face (James 1:23). PERISHETH. perished. Greek. _apollumi._ See Romans... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED. Greek. _makarios,_ as in Matthew 5:3, &c. IS. hath become. TRIED. tested. Greek. _dokimos._ Elsewhere translated "approved". See Romans 14:18. LIFE. App-170. LOVE. App-135. Compare Hebrews 12:5; Hebrews 12:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO MAN. no one. Greek. _medeis._ OF. from. App-104. CANNOT BE, &C. = is incapable of being tempted. Greek. _apeirastos._ Only here. EVIL. App-128. NEITHER TEMPTETH HE ANY MAN. and He Himself tempteth no one (Greek. _oudeis)_.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY MAN. each one. WHEN, &C. = being drawn away. Greek. _exelkomai._ Only here. OF. App-104. LUST. See John 8:44, and compare Romans 7:7. ENTICED. Greek. _deleazo._ Only here and 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Peter 2:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN LUST, &C. = lust, having conceived. SIN. App-128. FINISHED. completely finished. Greek. _apoteleo._ Only here. BRINGETH FORTH. Greek. _apokueo._ Only here and James 1:18. DEATH. See Romans 6:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
DO NOT ERR. Be not deceived. BELOVED. App-135.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIFT. Greek. _dosis._ Only here and Philippians 1:4; Philippians 1:15. GIFT. Greek. _dorema._ Only here and Romans 5:16. FROM ABOVE. Greek. _anothen._ See John 3:3. AND COMETH. coming. FATHER. App-98. LIGHTS. App-130. WITH. App-104. IS NO. Literally there is not (App-105) present (Greek. _ene... [ Continue Reading ]
OF HIS OWN WILL. Having willed. App-102. BEGAT. Greek. _apokueo._ See James 1:15. WORD. App-121. Compare 1 Peter 1:23. THAT. to the end that. Greek. _eis_. App-104. A KIND OF FIRSTFRUITS. a certain (Greek. _tis)_ firstfruit (Greek. _aparche)_. See Romans 8:23. Compare Romans 11:16. CREATURES. S... [ Continue Reading ]
SWIFT. Greek. _tachus._ Only here, but the adverb occurs frequently. SPEAK. App-121.... [ Continue Reading ]
RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191.... [ Continue Reading ]
FILTHINESS. Greek. _rhuparia._ Only here. Compare James 2:2; 1 Peter 3:21. SUPERFLUITY. abundance. Greek. _perisseia_. See Romans 5:17. NAUGHTINESS. App-128. "Naughty" and "naughtiness" had. much more forcible meaning in King James's day than now. Compare Proverbs 6:12; Proverbs 11:6; Proverbs 17:... [ Continue Reading ]
BE. become. HEARERS. Greek. _akroates._ Only here, verses: James 1:23; James 1:25.Romans 2:13. DECEIVING. Greek. _paralogizomai,_ to deceive by false reasoning. Only here and Colossians 2:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO. to. BEHOLDING. Greek. _katanoeo._ Genitive rendered "consider. " App-133. HIS NATURAL FACE. Literally the face (James 1:11) of his birth (Greek. _genesis._ Only here, James 3:6, and Matthew 1:1). GLASS. mirror. Greek. _esoptron._ Only here and 1 Corinthians 13:12... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLDETH. beheld. See James 1:23. GOETH, &C. = departed. FORGETTETH. forgot.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Greek. _parameno._ See 1 Corinthians 16:6. HE. The texts omit. FORGETFUL HEARER. hearer of forget... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the observances connected with his belief. BRIDLETH. Greek. _chalinagogeo._ Only here and James 3:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNDEFILED. Greek. _amiantos._ See Hebrews 7:26. BEFORE. App-104. VISIT. App-133. Compare Matthew 26:36; Matthew 26:43. Personal interest and sympathy are enjoined. Compare Micah 6:8. FATHERLESS. Greek. _orphanos._ Only here and John 14:18. AFFLICTION. See Acts 7:10. UNSPOTTED. Greek. _aspilos._... [ Continue Reading ]