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James 1:8

A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

In Context

7For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.

9Let the brother that is in a lowly condition, glory in his exaltation:

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Cross References

Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and neglect the other. You can not serve God and riches.

2 Peter 2:14having eyes that are full of the adulteress, and that can not cease from sin, deceiving unstable souls, having a heart exercised in covetousness, accursed children,

Matthew Henry on James 1:3-13

Necessity of Faith and Patience; Evil of Indecision. ( a. d. 61.) 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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