James 1:19

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - James 1:19-27

James 1:19-Daniel : . “ Be sure of it” ( cf. mg.) , he goes on, and turns to ask what conduct right views of God should produce. Humility and self-control, firstly, then purity, gentleness, and teachableness, with unsparing honesty that turns every creed into a code of action. “ Quick to hear” not only God’ s warning, but both sides of a human quarrel, “ slow to speak” angry words, the peril of which James expounds in ch. 3 , such conduct will be free from that “ human wrath which can never... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - James 1:19-20

Let every man be swift to hear; prompt and ready to hear God speaking in the word of truth, before mentioned. Slow to speak; either silently and submissively hear the word, or speak not rashly and precipitately of the things of faith, but be well furnished yourselves with spiritual knowledge, ere you take upon you to teach others. Slow to wrath; either, be not angry at the word, or the dispensers of it, though it come close to your consciences, and discover your secret sins; the word is salt,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - James 1:19-21

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESJames 1:19. Wrath.—ὀργήν; an abiding, settled habit of mind with the purpose of revenge.James 1:21. Filthiness.—Not limited to sensualities, but including everything that defiles the soul. Superfluity of naughtiness.—“Overflow of mental wickedness,” or of malice. Or, “the remains of your perversity.” See 1 Peter 3:21. Plumptre renders, “excess characterised by malice.” “The Greek word had come to be associated mainly with the sins that have their root in wrath and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 1:19

James 1:19 The Judicial Temper. This is one of the wisest and most difficult sayings in Holy Scripture. It commends itself to our good sense, and yet it is one of the hardest to be observed, for in one line we are bidden to be both swift and slow. Some Christian precepts can be obeyed deliberately. The propriety of obedience to them is not only felt beforehand, but can be realised at leisure, as when we resolve to help a friend, or enter some course of procedure the entry into which is made... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - James 1:1-27

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, turning their lives over totally to God and to the lordship of Jesus Christ, they did not consider their lives their own. They were bereft of ambitions in a personal way. They lived solely to serve the Lord and to please Him.A bondslave was just that, one who lived completely for his master. He had... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - James 1:1-27

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 of an ambassador of Christ, and apostle of the Lord. “A servant of God,” the Father of all, “and of Jesus,” by which we understand that James associates the Saviour as one with God, and arrays him in the robes of glory: James 2:1. Paul also calls him the Lord of glory, as he calls God, the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - James 1:19-21

James 1:19-21Swift to hear, slow to speakDivine legislation for man in a world of evilI.LEGISLATION FOR THE EAR. “Be swift to hear.” 1. The duty here enjoined is a readiness to listen to the pure, the generous, the true. 2. Teachableness is the state of mind required. This includes--(1) Freedom from prejudice.(2) Eagerness to learn. II. LEGISLATION FOR THE TONGUE. “Slow to speak.” 1. Evidently he does not mean--(1) Unsocial taciturnity.(2) A drawling utterance. 2. The slowness of speech he... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - James 1:19

19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: Ver. 19. Swift to hear ] Reaching after that word of truth, the gospel,James 1:18; James 1:18 , and drinking it in as the dry earth doth the dew of heaven. Life doth now enter into the soul at the ear, as at first death did, Gen 3:19 Slow to speak ] We read often, "He that hath an ear to hear, let him hear;" but never, he that hath a tongue to speak, let him speak; for this we can do fast enough,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - James 1:19

let: Nehemiah 8:2, Nehemiah 8:3, Nehemiah 8:12-2 Chronicles :, Nehemiah 8:18, Nehemiah 9:3, Proverbs 8:32-Habakkuk :, Ecclesiastes 5:1, Mark 2:2, Mark 12:37, Luke 15:1, Luke 19:48, Acts 2:42, Acts 10:33, Acts 13:42-:, Acts 13:48, Acts 17:11, 1 Thessalonians 2:13 slow to speak: James 1:26, James 3:1, James 3:2, Proverbs 10:19, Proverbs 13:3, Proverbs 15:2, Proverbs 17:27, Proverbs 18:13, Proverbs 18:21, Proverbs 21:23, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Ecclesiastes 5:3 slow to wrath: Nehemiah 9:17, Proverbs... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - James 1:19

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:Let every man be swift to hear — This is treated of from James 1:21 to the end of the next chapter.Slow to speak — Which is treated of in he third chapter.Slow to wrath — Neither murmuring at God, nor angry at his neighbour. This is treated of in the third, and throughout the fourth and fifth chapters. read more

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