Spiritual growth through the Word of Godverses 1-3
Wherefore laying aside all malice – guile – hypocrisies – envies
evil speakings as newborn babes
desire the sincere MILK of the word
that you may grow thereby
IF so be you have TASTED that the Lord is gracious
Rejection of Jesus by worldverses 4-8
To WHOM coming as to … Read More
Greeting of Peterverses 1-2
Peter – an apostle of Jesus Christ – to the strangers scattered throughout
Pontus – Galatia – Cappadocia – Asia – Bithynia
elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father
through sanctification of the Spirit
to obedience and sprinkling of the
blood of Jesus Christ
Grace to you and peace be multiplied
Incorruptible inheritance … Read More
Warning to rich employersverses 1-6
Go to now – you RICH men
weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you
Your riches are corrupted – and your garments are moth-eaten
your gold and silver is cankered
and the rust of them shall be a witness against you
and shall eat your flesh as it were fire… Read More
Church members with wrong motivesverses 1-3
From whence come wars and fightings among you?
come they not hence – even of your LUSTS
that war in your members?
You LUST – AND HAVE NOT
you kill – and desire to have – and cannot obtain
you fight and war – yet you have not
because you ask not
You … Read More
Teachers need to control their tongueverses 1-2
My brethren – be not many masters
knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation
FOR in many things we offend all
IF any man offend not in word – the same is a perfect man
and able also to bridle the whole body
Illustrations of controlling bodyverses 3-6
BEHOLD – … Read More
Respect of person is sinverses 1-13
My brethren – have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ
the Lord of glory – with respect of persons
FOR if there come to your assembly a man with a gold ring
in goodly apparel – and there come in also
a poor man in vile raiment
and you have respect … Read More
Readers of the letterverse 1
James – a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ
to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad
GREETING
Endurance necessary for the Christian lifeverses 2-4
My brethren – count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations
knowing this – that the trying of your faith works patience
but … Read More
Public life of a Christianverses 1-3
Let brotherly love continue
be not forgetful to entertain strangers
for thereby some have entertained angels unawares
Remember them that are in bonds – as bound with them
and them which suffer adversity
as being yourselves also in the body
Private life of a Christianverses 4-6
Marriage is honorable in all and … Read More
Run the race with Jesusverses 1-3
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with
so great a cloud of witnesses – let us lay aside every weight
and the sin which doth so easily beset us
and let us run with patience the race that is set before us
looking unto Jesus the author
and finisher of our FAITH… Read More
Faith starts with a Creator Godverses 1-3
Now FAITH is the substance of things hoped for
the evidence of things not seen
FOR by it the elders obtained a good report
though FAITH we understand that the worlds were framed
by the word of God – so that things which are seen were
not made of things which do … Read More