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Humility Cures Worldliness

7 Therefore submit to God. aResist the devil and he will flee from you.  
8 aDraw near to God and He will draw near to you. bCleanse your hands, you sinners; and cpurify your hearts, you double-minded.  
9 aLament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.  
10 aHumble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.  

Do Not Judge a Brother

11 aDo not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother band judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.  
12 There is one1 Lawgiver, awho is able to save and to destroy. bWho are you to judge another?  
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James 4:9

Be afflicted (talaipwrhsate). First aorist active imperative talaipwrew, old verb from talaipwrov (Romans 7:24), to endure toils, here only in N.T. Cf. talaipwriaiv in James 5:1.

Mourn (penqhsate). First aorist active imperative of penqew, old verb from penqov (mourning, James 4:9), as in Matthew 5:4 f. Often in N.T. joined as here with klaiw, to weep (Mark 16:10; Luke 6:25). A call to the godly sorrow spoken of in II Corinthians 7:10 (Mayor), like an O.T. prophet.

Weep (klausate). First aorist active imperative of klaiw.

Laughter (gelwv). Old word from Homer down, only here in N.T. as gelaw, to

laugh (opposite of klaiw), in N.T. only in Luke 6:21, Luke 6:25, but katagelaw in Luke 8:53 (Mark 5:40; Matthew 9:24).

Be turned (metatraphtw). Second aorist passive imperative of metatrepw, old word, to turn about, to transmute, in Homer (not in Attic), here only in N.T.

Heaviness (kathfeian). Old word from kathfhv (of a downcast look, from kata, fah eyes), hanging down of the eyes like the publican in Luke 18:13, here only in N.T.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing James 4:9:

Acts 2:20
Galatians 1:7
James 4:7
James 4:9
James 5:1
Revelation 18:7

 

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