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Therewith (εν αυτη). This instrumental use of εν is not merely Hebraistic, but appears in late Koine writers (Moulton, P…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Therewith bless we God. We humans do this; that is, all this is done by the tongue. The apostle does not mean that the same man d…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
With it we bless God, even the Father.—A strange reading of this verse in the more ancient manuscripts renders it as,
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
Here James speaks of inconsistency as an aspect of the tongue’s perversity (vv.9–12). We can use the same instrument to “praise our Lord and Father…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
With it, or, by it, we bless God. It is a clear example of its deadly poison, that it can, in this way, through a monstrous incon…
John Gill
JohnGill
Therewith bless we God, even, the Father
Of Jesus Christ, and of spirits, and of mercies: this is the instrument tha…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
We are taught to dread an unruly tongue as one of the greatest evils. The affairs of humankind are thrown into confusion by the tongues of people. …
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson