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James 1:19-21 KJV
James · chapter 1 · verses 19–21
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.James 1:19-21 · King James Version
James 1:19-21 in context
17Every 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.
18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
Commentary
Cross references
- Proverbs 17:27
- Proverbs 21:23
- Proverbs 14:29
- Proverbs 10:19
- Proverbs 18:13
- Proverbs 13:3
- Ephesians 4:26
- Proverbs 16:32
- 2 Timothy 2:24-25
- James 3:17-18
- Ephesians 4:22
- Ephesians 1:13
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- superfluityperisseiaabundance, superabundantly, superfluously, superiority, preference, pre-eminence, gain…G4050 →
- naughtinesskakiamalignity, malice, ill-will, desire to injure, wickedness, depravity, wickedness that is…G2549 →
- filthinessrhypariato make filthy, befoul, to defile, dishonour, to make filthyG4507 →
- engraftedemphytosinborn, implanted by nature, implanted by others instructionG1721 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- meeknessprautēsmildness of disposition, gentleness of spirit, meeknessG4240 →
- belovedagapētosbeloved, esteemed, dear, favourite, worthy of loveG27 →
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In this part of the chapter we are required, I. To restrain the workings of passion. This lesson we should learn under afflictions; and this we shall learn if we are indeed begotten again by the word of truth.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-27