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DO NOT ERR, MY BELOVED BRETHREN - This is said as if there were great
danger of error in the point under consideration. The point on which
he would guard them, seems to have been in respect to the opi...
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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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The Beatitude on Endurance (_cf. James 5:11_ and note). Trial is still
neutral: it is affliction which tests and develops loyalty. But since
human nature has a bias towards evil, a trial exerted upon...
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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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My dear brothers, do not he deceived. Every good gift and every
perfect boon comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is
none of that changeableness which comes from changing shadows. Of...
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DO NOT ERR. Be not deceived.
BELOVED. App-135....
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God and His perfect gifts
16. _Do not err_ The absolute goodness of God had been presented so
far on its negative side as excluding all origination of evil. But the
writer feels that that is but a pa...
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2–18.
(_a_) TEMPTATION FROM WITHOUT, 2–4; (1) WISDOM, PRAYER,
STEDFASTNESS, THE DIVINE HELPS IN TEMPTATION, 5–8; (2) A SPECIAL
FORM OF TEMPTATION—OPPRESSION BY THE RICH—THE OLD TESTAMENT
PROBLEM OF T...
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_SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF TRIALS -- JAMES 1:2-17:_ Christians must be
"positive" when trials come their way. The man who properly reacts to
trials must not react as a pessimist. "My brethren, count it all j...
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ΠΛΑΝΆΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med._/pass, от ΠΛΑΝΆΩ (G4105)
сбивать с пути, обманывать. Med. или _pass._
может быть разрешительным: "Не
позволяйте себя обманывать".
ΑΓΑΠΗΤΌΣ (G27) возлюбленный, выражение
п...
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DISCOURSE: 2358
GOD THE ONLY SOURCE OF ALL GOOD
James 1:16. _Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and
every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of
lights, with who...
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DO NOT ERR, &C.— Or, _Be not deceived._...
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THE SOURCE OF ALL GOOD THINGS
_Text 1:16-18_
16.
Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
17.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from
the Father of lights, with whom c...
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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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Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Do not err in attributing to God temptation to evil; nay "every good,"
all that is good on earth, comes from God....
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VERSE 16. DO NOT ERR, MY BELOVED BRETHREN.
Here is a solemn charge urged with much force by James, the writer of
this Epistle. Now, in what respect were they liable to err? Evidently
in the possible t...
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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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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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DO NOT ERR, MY BELOVED BRETHREN. — Thus far James the Wise has
declared what God is not, what qualities are alien to Him; but this is
only a negative aspect of the truth, and he now would show the
pos...
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(12-18) The Apostle returns to the consideration of the afflicted
Christian. Such a one has a blessedness, greater infinitely than any
earthly happiness, already in possession, and the promise of a fu...
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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 8
THE SOURCE OF TEMPTATIONS AND THE REALITY OF SIN THE DIFFICULTIES OF
THE DETERMINIST.
James 1:12
AFTER the slight digression respecting the short-lived glory of the
rich man, St. James ret...
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GOD REWARDS, NOT TEMPTS
James 1:12
The word _temptation_ may stand for trial and testing, without
implying that there is any necessary impulse toward evil; or it may
stand for the direct impulse of t...
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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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GOD IS THE SOURCE OF GOOD
Do not make the mistake of believing that God tempts us to do evil. He
would not give man two such unwanted offspring. Instead, God is the
source of everything that is good ...
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(13) Do not err, my beloved brethren.
(13) Another reason taken from opposites: God is the author of all
goodness, and so, since he is always like himself; how then can he be
thought to be the author...
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_Do not err, nor deceive yourselves by yielding to temptation; beg God
his supporting grace, for every good gift is from him. (Witham)_...
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Do not err, my beloved brethren. (17) Every good gift and every
perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights,
with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. (18) Of...
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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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16_Do not err_. This is an argument from what is opposite; for as God
is the author of all good, it is absurd to suppose him to be the
author of evil. To do good is what properly belongs to him, and
a...
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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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DO NOT ERR, MY BELOVED BRETHREN. For to make God the author of sin, or
to charge him with being concerned in temptation to sin, is a very
great error, a fundamental one, which strikes at the nature an...
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Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Ver. 16. _Do not err_] Wander not, as wandering stars, to whom is
reserved the blackness of darkness for ever, Judges 1:13, by seeking
to father your faults upon God,...
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_Do not err_, &c. By supposing that God is the author of sin, or that
any thing which is sinful in the heart or conduct of man can, with
truth, be ascribed to him: as well might darkness and coldness...
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DO NOT ERR; in the matter now under consideration, by thinking of God
as if he could tempt to sin....
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DO NOT ERR, MY BELOVED BRETHREN....
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GOD'S FATHERHOOD AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF SONSHIP.
God's fatherhood and the acceptance of His Word:...
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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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Why are we given a warning about being deceived? How are brethren
deceived? Does this verse refer to the passage above OR the statement
to follow?...
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'Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren'.
'Do not be deceived' -'make no mistake' (Arndt p. 665). It includes
the idea of deceiving yourself. Christians are often warned against
being deceived (1 Cor...
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12-18 It is not every man who suffers, that is blessed; but he who
with patience and constancy goes through all difficulties in the way
of duty. Afflictions cannot make us miserable, if it be not our...
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Viz. in imputing your sins to God, and saying, that when you are
tempted you are tempted of him....
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
Do not err, my brethren.[112]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
Do not err, my brethren.[114]...
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James 1:16 Do G4105 not G3361 deceived G4105 (G5744) my G3450 beloved
G27 brethren G80
Do -...
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‘Be not deceived, my beloved brothers.'
He is concerned that his readers as ‘my beloved brothers' are not
‘deceived'. The expression of deep affection stresses the importance
of what he is saying. It...
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ALL THINGS COME TO MEN THROUGH THE UNCHANGING CREATOR INCLUDING OUR
BEGETTING THROUGH THE WORD OF TRUTH. THUS MEN SHOULD BE SILENT BEFORE
HIM AND, RATHER THAN SPEAKING ANGRILY AND UNBEFITTINGLY, RECEI...
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James 1:16. DO NOT ERR a common Pauline expression, elsewhere always
translated, ‘Be not deceived.' Here it refers rather to what
precedes than to what follows. Be not deceived in this matter, in
supp...
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BE NOT DECEIVED
(μη πλανασθε). Prohibition with μη and the present passive
imperative of πλαναω, common verb to lead astray. This is the
way of sin to deceive and to kill (Romans 7:7-14). The devil...
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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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James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to
the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was an
apostle,...
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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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DO NOT BE DECEIVED! "Do not let the false teachers fool you into
believing that God himself is the source of sin, and will not punish
it!...
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 1:13 James turns to the other side of trials,
when testing becomes temptation.
⇐ ⇔...
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JAMES 1:2 The Testing of Faith. Trials are part of God’s “good
gifts” (v. James 1:17) to his people, to strengthen them in their
faith....
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
James 1:17. FATHER OF LIGHTS.—The luminaries of heaven; as symbols
of all kinds of lights, natural, intellectual, spiritual. SHADOW OF
TURNING.—Or shadow that is cast b...
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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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2 Timothy 2:18; Colossians 2:4; Colossians 2:8; Galatians 6:7; He
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Do not err — It is a grievous error to ascribe the evil and not the
good which we receive to God....
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As if he had said, "Be not deceived about the causes of good and evil;
sin and death are certainly from ourselves. Let us therefore never
ascribe either our sins or our temptations unto God: but every...