James 1:8
A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
In Context
7Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
9But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation:
Cross References
2 Kings 17:33And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria:
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:
Hosea 10:2Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars.
Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
2 Peter 2:14Having eyes full of adultery and of sin that ceaseth not: alluring unstable souls, having their heart exercised with covetousness, children of malediction:
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 →