James 1:19

Mark this, my dear Brothers — Let every one be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry;

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18Because he so willed, he gave us Life, through the Message of the Truth, so that we should be, as it were, an earnest of still further creations.

20for the anger of man does not forward the righteous purpose 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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