The Expositor's Bible: The General Epistles of St. James and St. JudePlummer, Alfred
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The Expositor's Bible: The General Epistles of St. James and St. Jude
Plummer, Alfred
Bible. James -- Commentaries; Bible. Jude -- Commentaries
5. Not every one that saith Be ye doers of the word, and
unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall not hearers only, deluding your
enter into the kingdom of own selves. For if any one is
heaven; but he that doeth the a hearer of the word, and not
will of My Father which is in a doer, he is like unto a man
heaven.... And every one beholding his natural face in a
that heareth these words of mirror (i. 22, 23).
Mine, and doeth them not,
shall be likened unto a foolish
man, which built his house
upon the sand (vii. 21, 26).
6. Blessed are the merciful: So speak ye, and so do, as
for they shall obtain mercy (v. 7). men that are to be judged by a
law of liberty. For judgment
If ye forgive not men their is without mercy to him that
trespasses, neither will your hath showed no mercy: mercy
Father forgive your trespasses glorieth against judgment (ii.
(vi. 15). 12, 13).
With what judgment ye
judge, ye shall be judged
(vii. 2).
7. Do men gather grapes of Can a fig-tree, my brethren,
thorns, or figs of thistles? yield olives, or a vine figs?
(vii. 16). (iii. 12).
8. No man can serve two Know ye not that the friendship
masters: for either he will hate of the world is enmity
the one, and love the other; or with God? Whosoever, therefore
else he will hold to one, and would be a friend of the
despise the other. Ye cannot world maketh himself an enemy
serve God and Mammon (vi. 24). of God (iv. 4).
9. Whosoever shall humble Humble yourselves in the
himself shall be exalted (xxiii. sight of the Lord, and He shall
12). exalt you (iv. 10).
10. Be not therefore anxious Whereas ye know not what
for the morrow (vi. 34). shall be on the morrow (iv. 14).
11. Lay not up for yourselves Your riches are corrupted,
treasures upon the earth, where and your garments are moth-eaten.
moth and rust doth consume Your gold and your
(vi. 19). silver are rusted (v. 2, 3).
12. Swear not at all; neither But above all things, my
by the heaven, for it is the throne brethren, swear not, neither by
of God; nor by the earth, for the heaven, nor by the earth,
it is the footstool of His feet; nor by any other oath.
nor by Jerusalem, for it is the
city of the great King. Neither
shalt thou swear by thy head,
for thou canst not make one
hair white or black. But let But let your yea be yea, and
your speech, be Yea, yea; Nay, your nay, nay; that ye fall not
nay: and whatsoever is more under judgment (v. 12).
than these is of the evil one
(v. 34-37).
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