James 1:19

So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

In Context

18Exercising His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. 1 Hearing and Doing the Word

20for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

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Matthew Henry on James 1:14-19

Procedure and Results of Sin. ( a. d. 61.) 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no… Read the whole commentary →

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