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Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Whom resist. (See Barnes on James 4:7.)
You are in no instance to yield to him, but are in all forms to stand up and oppose him. Fe…
Whom withstand (ω αντιστητε). Imperative second aorist active (intransitive) of ανθιστημ; same form in Jas 4:7, which see. Dative …
19th Century
Anglican
Whom resist steadfast in the faith (1 Peter 5:9).—The expression is somewhat more picturesque in the Greek th…
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Belief in the sovereignty of God and in his fatherly concern for us (vv.6–7) does not permit us to sit back and do nothing. We are to “work out [ou…
16th Century
Protestant
Whom resist. As the power of an enemy ought to stimulate us and make us more careful, so there would be danger that our hearts might fail …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whom resist By no means give way to him, by indulging any sin, or yielding to any temptation, but oppose him, and st…
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