Of like passions with us (ομοιοπαθης ημιν). Associative-instrumental case ημιν as with ομοιος. This old compound adjective (ομοιοσ…

Elias. This is the common way of writing the word Elijah in the New Testament (Matthew 11:14; [Reference Matthew 16:1…

Elias.—James supplies a gap in the story of Elijah. In 1 Kings 17:1, the prophet simply and sternly tells Ahab, th…

James now offers illustrative proof that a righteous man’s prayer is “powerful and effective.” “Elijah,” he says, “was a man just like us.” He had …

Elias was a man. There are innumerable instances in Scripture of what he meant to prove, but he chose one that is remarkable above all oth…

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are
The apostle gives an instance of earnest and fervent prayer, and …

The sin of swearing is condemned; but how many make light of common profane swearing! Such swearing expre ly shows contempt for God's name and auth…