But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.Let patience have its perfect work — Give it full scope, under whatever trials befal you.That ye may be perfect and entire — Adorned with every Christian grace.And wanting nothing — Which God requires in you. read more
2. Being not hearers only, but doers of the word, 22-27. read more
3. Trying The putting to, or undergoing, the test. Worketh The calling our spiritual and moral power into successful action increases the power, just as the muscle is hardened by exercise. Hence the perfectness of our Christian life is much the result of time, trial, and experience. Patience Firmness against trial. The resisting the temptation and conquering the tempter begets hardihood and solidity. “The proof of the soldier is hard work, and not indulgence; the test of gold and silver... read more
4. Let this firm endurance have… perfect work, its completing effect, so that all temptation may be warded off, all sin avoided, a full power of resistance attained, and a complete Christian solidity be established. Perfect The Greek word τελειος (derived from τελος , an end) signifies one finished, or complete. Pagan Greece had her men who were said to be finished, or perfect, after the standard of pagan virtue. Says Isocrates, (quoted by Bloomfield,) “These I pronounce to be wise... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - James 1:2
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; My brethren, count it all joy — Which is the highest degree of patience, and contains all the rest.When ye fall into divers temptations — That is, trials. read more