James 1:7

And let not that man expect to receive any thing of the Lord,

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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, not hesitating: he who hesitateth is like the waves of the sea, which the wind agitateth.

8who is hesitating in his mind, and unstable in all his ways.

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Cross References

James 4:3Ye ask, and receive not; because ye ask wickedly, that ye may pamper your lusts.

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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