Who (Τις). Rhetorical interrogative like Lu 11:11. Common in Paul and characteristic of the diatribe. James here returns to the st…

Who is a wise man, and endued with knowledge among you? This is spoken with reference to the work of public teaching. The apostle's meanin…

Who is a wise man and endowed with knowledge?—Who is wise, that is, in the wisdom of God, and learned in that of man? The…

James addre es the person who is “wise [GK 5055] and understanding [GK 2184].” The former word was a technical term among the Jews for the teacher,…

Who is a wise man. Since the strong desire for slandering arises mostly from pride, and since a false conceit of wisdom for the most part …

Who is a wise man .
] Meaning, not in things natural and civil, or merely moral, but in things spiritual: and he is …

These verses show the difference between men's pretending to be wise, and their being really so. He who thinks well, or he who talks well, is not w…