Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on James 1:19
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19. Wherefore —as your evil is of yourselves, but your good from God. However, the oldest manuscripts and versions read thus: "YE KNOW IT (so Ephesians 5:5 ; Hebrews 12:17 ), my beloved brethren; BUT (consequently) let every man be swift to hear," that is, docile in receiving "the word of truth" ( James 1:18 ; James 1:21 ). The true method of hearing is treated in James 1:21-27 ; James 2:1-26 . slow to speak — ( Proverbs 10:19 ; Proverbs 17:27 ; Proverbs 17:28 ; Ecclesiastes 5:2 ). A good way of escaping one kind of temptation arising from ourselves ( Ecclesiastes 5:2- : ). Slow to speak authoritatively as a master or teacher of others (compare James 3:1 ): a common Jewish fault: slow also to speak such hasty things of God, as in James 1:13 . Two ears are given to us, the rabbis observe, but only one tongue: the ears are open and exposed, whereas the tongue is walled in behind the teeth. slow to wrath — ( James 3:13 ; James 3:14 ; James 4:5 ). Slow in becoming heated by debate: another Jewish fault ( James 4:5- : ), to which much speaking tends. TITTMANN thinks not so much "wrath" is meant, as an indignant feeling of fretfulness under the calamities to which the whole of human life is exposed; this accords with the "divers temptations" in James 1:2 . Hastiness of temper hinders hearing God's word; so Naaman, 2 Kings 5:11 ; Luke 4:28 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-20" class="com-number"
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