James 1:7

For let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord,

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6But let him ask in faith, doubting as to nothing; for he that doubts is like unto a wave of the sea driven by the winds and tossed by the tempest.

8the double-minded man, the most unstable in all his ways.

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Cross References

James 4:3you ask, and you receive not, because you ask wickedly, that you may expend it in your pleasures.

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 →

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