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James 1:8 KJV
James · chapter 1 · verse 8
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.James 1:8 · King James Version
James 1:8 in context
6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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Key words (Strong's)
- unstableakatastatosunstable, inconstant, restlessG182 →
- mindeddipsychosdouble minded, wavering, uncertain, doubting, divided in interestG1374 →
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We now come to consider the matter of this epistle. In this paragraph we have the following things to be observed: - I. The suffering state of Christians in this world is represented, and that in a very instructive manner, if we attend to what is plainly and necessarily implied, together with what is fully expressed.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 2-12