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James 1:17-27
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Comparative Texts:
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"Blessed the Womb," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of
the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C.
Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation. |
| Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit:
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Similitude II,
Shepherd of
Hermas. (c.145) |
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V.X.1,
Adversus Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180) |
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Chapter XV,
De
Corona,
Tertullian (c. 211) |
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"Why Men Reject the Gospel," James 1:16-21, Martin
Luther, c. 1525. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "The sum is this: we
must listen to the word of God most carefully and diligently, seeing it
is the seed, through which God by his free favour and love has begotten
us to himself, picking us out of the number of his creatures." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "And if men would
govern their tongues, they must govern their passions. The worst thing
we can bring to any dispute, is anger." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "St. James here guards
us against misunderstanding what St. Paul says concerning the "yoke
and bondage of the law." He who keeps the law of love is free, John
8:31, &c. He that does not, is not free, but a slave to sin,
and a criminal before God, James 2:10." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "...with meekness--in
mildness towards one another [ALFORD], the
opposite to "wrath" (Jas
1:20): answering to "as new-born babes" (1Pe
2:2). Meekness, I think, includes also a childlike, docile,
humble, as well as an uncontentious, spirit (Ps
25:9; 45:4; Isa 66:2; Mt 5:5; 11:28-30; 18:3, 4; contrast Ro
2:8). On "receive," applied to ground receiving seed,
compare Mr
4:20. Contrast Ac
17:11; 1Th 1:6 with 2Th 2:10." |
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| From
The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "An angry man will show
forth something very different from God's righteousness." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
James 1:17-27, Craig R. Koester, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
| "To know that one is loved is the
most freeing thing imaginable, even as this same love holds us in a
relationship of love. This is where we see ourselves, James says.
Look into the law of love. This is who God creates you to be." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"Support for Workers & Union Organizing," Resources for Prophetic
Worship, Speaking to North Carolina Justice Issues, North Carolina Council
of Churches, 2006. |
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"First
Thoughts on Passages on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary:
Pentecost 13," William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "True holiness is not so much absence
of bad things, as presence of compassion, especially for the most needy in
society..." |
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"Be Doers of
the Word,"
Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
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"The Wisdom of James,"
study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at)
"Where Wisdom is Found," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2009. (James 1:1-5, 17-27) Focus article,
"The Christian Way of Knowing," Robert W. Wall. |
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"The Wisdom of James," Robert W. Wall, Baylor University
Christian Ethics, 2009. Section on this text, "Nature and Source of
Wisdom," begins on p. 30. |
| "James
1," by Lehman Strauss at the Biblical Studies
Foundation.
| "From both personal
experience and observation I think I know why James might have linked
the two expressions “slow to speak, slow to wrath.” We all are
acquainted with the fact that words unfitly spoken often cause an
outburst of temper. What starts out as a sincere and friendly discussion
sometimes leads to an argument, with its resulting flare of anger. Among
those things for which the Christian should seek wisdom (1:5), there is
the ever-present need for a controlled tongue and a controlled temper.
When we are “swift to hear” the Word of truth, we will be slow to
become angry. The same Word which is able to save the sinner is likewise
able to sanctify the saint (John 17:17)." |
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| Biermann, Joel, "Homiletical Helps on LW
Series B," Concordia Journal, 2006. (Section on this text begins on
p. 325)
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| Garland, David E.,
"Severe Trials, Good Gifts, and Pure Religion: James 1," Review and
Expositor, 1986.
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| Jenkins, C. Ryan,
"Faith and Works in Paul and James," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2002.
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| Johnson, Luke Timothy,
"The Mirror of Remembrance (James 1:22-25)," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1988.
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| Porter, Virgil V., Jr.,
"The Sermon on the Mount in the Book of James, Part 1," Bibliotheca
Sacra, 2005.
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| Porter, Virgil V., Jr.,
"The Sermon on the Mount in the Book of James, Part 2," Bibliotheca
Sacra, 2005.
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| Talbert, Charles H.,
"James: Teaching Outlines and Selected Sermon Seeds," Review and
Expositor, 2000.
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| Verseput, Donald J.,
"James 1:17 and the Jewish Morning Prayers," Novum Testamentum,
1997.
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| Ziglar, Toby,
"When Words Get in the Way of True Religion," Review and Expositor,
2003.
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