James 1:19
And be ye, my beloved brethren, every one of you, swift to hear, and slow to speak; and slow to wrath:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
In Context
18He saw fit, and begat us by the word of truth; that we might be the first-fruits of his creatures.
20for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
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 →