-
Verse 6. _LET HIM ASK IN FAITH_] Believing that God IS; that he has
all good; and that he is ever ready to impart to his creatures
whatever they need.
_NOTHING WAVERING._] μηδεν διακρινομενος. _Not...
-
BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH - See the passages referred to in James 1:5.
Compare the Matthew 7:7 note, and Hebrews 11:6 note. We cannot hope to
obtain any favor from God if there is not faith; and where,...
-
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...
-
The paragraph, like its successors, has no special link with its
context: it is the writer's habit to throw out a series of aphoristic
comments on topics, with as much connexion as there is between th...
-
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...
-
If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask it from God, who
gives generously to all men and never casts up the gift, and it will
be given to him. Let him ask in faith, with no doubts in his min...
-
NOTHING. Greek. _medeis,_ as James 1:4.
WAVERING. App-122. Compare Matthew 7:7; Matthew 7:8.
IS LIKE. Greek. _eoika_. Only here and Jam
-
Wisdom, and the Prayer that gains it
5. _If any of you lack wisdom_ As before, in James 1:1-2, the
prominent word of the preceding clause suggests the opening of the
next, the word for "lack" being th...
-
_let him ask in faith_ The prominence thus given to faith at the very
outset of the Epistle must be borne in mind in connection with the
subsequent teaching of ch. James 2:14-26. Faith, i.e. trust in...
-
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...
-
ἘΝ ΠΊΣΤΕΙ. πίστις here, reliance on a promise, trust in
the character of God, the faith which was the necessary condition of a
miracle.
ΔΙΑΚΡΙΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ. In middle voice
διακρίνεσθαι=to get a thing decid...
-
_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...
-
ΑΙΤΕΊ ΤΩ _praes. imper. act. 3 pers. sing. от_ ΑΊΤΈΩ
(G154) просить (_см._ James 1:5).
ΠΊΣΤΙΣ (G4102) вера. Здесь имеется в виду
не настойчивая преданность
христианской религии, как в ст. 3. Здесь
ре...
-
DISCOURSE: 2353
THE WAY TO OBTAIN TRUE WISDOM
James 1:5. _If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth
to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
But let him a...
-
BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, &C.— "But then let him take care that he
ask in steadyfaith, nothing wavering, nor divided by the desires of
obtaining, and the fears of not obtaining, the grace he asks, or...
-
_SERMON OUTLINES_
IS TEMPTATION A JOY? James 1:2-4
Proposition: When should a Christian not have joy in temptation, and
how could a Christian find joy in temptation?
I.
Temptation is no joy.
A....
-
TRUE WISDOM IS GOD-GIVEN
_Text 1:5-8_
5.
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to
all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6.
But let him ask in fai...
-
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is
like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
ASK IN FAITH - i:e., the persuasion that God can and will give James
beg...
-
VERSE 6. LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, NOTHING WAVERING.
The Revised Version is clearer "nothing doubting." Doubting conveys
the idea evidently intended much more distinctly than the word
"wavering." At least...
-
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...
-
WAVERETH] RV' doubteth.' WAVE] RV 'surge.' St. James is thinking of
the sudden storms on the lake of Galilee. This is the first of the
eleven metaphors drawn from the natural phenomena of Palestine wh...
-
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...
-
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...
-
BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, NOTHING WAVERING. — Surely this verse
alone would redeem the Apostle from the charge of slighting the claims
of faith. It is here put in the very forefront of necessity; with...
-
(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...
-
CHAPTER 6
THE RELATION OF THIS EPISTLE TO THE BOOKS OF ECCLESIASTICUS AND OF THE
WISDOM OF SOLOMON-THE VALUE OF THE APOCRYPHA, AND THE MISCHIEF OF
NEGLECTING IT.
James 1:5
THE previous section led u...
-
ἐν πίστει : πίστις, as used in this Epistle, refers to
the state of mind in which a man not only believes in the existence of
God, but in which His ethical character is apprehended and the
evidence of...
-
STEADFAST FAITH
James 1:1
This Epistle is marked by the austere features of the Jerusalem
church, which refused to be affected by that wider contact with the
Gentile world, by which the life and teac...
-
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...
-
ASK GOD FOR WISDOM
Having said that patient endurance of trials will lead to spiritual
maturity, James seems to anticipate his readers' thoughts. Some would
probably wonder how they could approach the...
-
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men
liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. (6) But let
him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is...
-
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 WAVERER_
‘He that wavereth is like a wave of the sea.’
James 1:6
The picturesque imagery of this Epistle discloses the mind of one who
communed with God as the God of human life, and also as t...
-
6_But let him ask in faith_. He shews here, first the right way of
praying; for as we cannot pray without the word, as it were, leading
the way, so we must believe before we pray; for we testify by pr...
-
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...
-
BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH,.... Not only in the faith of the divine
Being that God is; but in the faith of the promises he has made; and
in the faith of his power and faithfulness to perform them; and i...
-
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is
like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Ver. 6. _But let him ask in faith_] _See Trapp on "_ Heb 11:6 _"_
Nothing...
-
_If any of you_ In whole or in part; _lack wisdom_ To understand
whence and why temptations come, and how they are to be improved, or
for any other purpose. Wisdom, in the common acceptation of the wo...
-
IN FAITH; in confidence that God will do as he has declared, and give
to those who thus ask him the wisdom which they need.
NOTHING WAVERING; not doubting the truth of his declarations.
LIKE A WAVE;...
-
Temptation and prayer:...
-
BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, NOTHING WAVERING. FOR HE THAT WAVERETH IS
LIKE A WAVE OF THE SEA DRIVEN WITH THE WIND AND TOSSED....
-
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...
-
Why is doubt dangerous? List some reasons we begin to doubt. How do we
ask in faith? Explain how we are like a ship tossed by the wind.
James 1:7
7. Why do we NOT get what we seek from the Lord? Why...
-
'But let him ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts
is like the surf of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.'
'But let him ask in faith' -(Matthew 21:21; James 5:15). God has.
rea...
-
1-11 Christianity teaches men to be joyful under troubles: such
exercises are sent from God's love; and trials in the way of duty will
brighten our graces now, and our crown at last. Let us take care...
-
BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH; with confidence of God's hearing, grounded
on the Divine attributes and promises, MARK 11:24 1 JOHN 5:14. NOTHING
WAVERING; either not disputing God's power or promise; or ra...
-
James 1:6 But G1161 ask G154 (G5720) in G1722 faith G4102 no G3367
doubting G1252 (G5734) for...
-
‘But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who doubts is
like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and troubled.'
But those who would receive God's wisdom must come to God with full
confid...
-
IN THE FACE OF TEMPTATION AND TESTING CHRISTIANS ARE TO SEEK WISDOM
FROM GOD WITHOUT DOUBTING, FOR THEN THEY WILL KNOW THAT THEY WILL
RECEIVE IT AND THUS BE ABLE TO OVERCOME IN HIS STRENGTH AND WISDOM...
-
THOSE WHO FACE TRIAL FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR FAITH IN GOD AND THE LORD
JESUS CHRIST WILL BE BLESSED (JAMES 1:2).
The letter commences by outlining the basic themes that will be dealt
with later (see Ana...
-
James 1:6. BUT, as an essential prerequisite to our obtaining an
answer to our prayers.
LET HIM ASK IN FAITH; that is, not believing that God will give us
the precise thing that we ask, for we may as...
-
IN FAITH
(εν πιστε). Faith here "is the fundamental religious attitude"
(Ropes), belief in God's beneficent activity and personal reliance on
him (Oesterley).NOTHING DOUBTING
(μηδεν διακρινομενος)...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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,...
-
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...
-
BUT YOU MUST BELIEVE. This is absolutely necessary to SINCERE prayer.
Compare what Jesus said in Mark 11:23-24. and notes. WHOEVER DOUBTS.
_Aphraates_ quotes the following as something which Jesus sai...
-
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 1:6 FAITH. A settled trust and confidence in
God, based on his character and promises revealed in Scripture (see
Hebrews 11:1). doubtin
-
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....
-
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
James 1:5. WISDOM.—Here, the wisdom of the book of Proverbs;
practical skill in the ordering and management of life (Proverbs
19:20). LIBERALLY.—With single heart, fran...
-
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 Timothy 2:8; 2 Peter 2:17; Ephesians 4:14; Genesis 49:4; Hebrews 10
-
Doubting [δ ι α κ ρ ι ν ο μ ε ν ο ς]. Compare Matthew
21:21. Not equivalent to unbelief, but expressing the hesitation which
balances between faith and unbelief, and inclines toward the latter.
This i...
-
But let him ask in faith — A firm confidence in God. St. James also
both begins and ends with faith, James 5:15; the hinderances of which
he removes in the middle part of his epistle. He that doubteth...