James 1:8
who is hesitating in his mind, and unstable in all his ways.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
In Context
7And let not that man expect to receive any thing of the Lord,
9And let the depressed brother rejoice, in his elevation;
Cross References
Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will honor the one and neglect the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
2 Peter 2:14having eyes that are full of adultery, and sins that never end; seducing unstable souls; and having a heart exercised in cupidity; 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 →