Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Verse Takeaways
1
Submit to God, Resist the Devil
Commentators explain this verse presents a two-part command for spiritual life. First, believers must 'submit' to God, which means humbly yielding one's will to His plans and authority. This submission is the foundation for the second part: actively 'resisting' the devil. The two actions are linked; a life surrendered to God is empowered to stand firm against evil.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
James
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
10
18th Century
Presbyterian
Submit yourselves therefore to God. That is, in His arrangements for obtaining His favour. Yield to what He has judged necessary …
Be subject therefore unto God (υποταγητε ουν τω θεω). Second aorist (ingressive) passive imperative of υποτασσω, old verb, to rang…
19th Century
Anglican
Submit yourselves therefore to God. (But) resist the devil.—For a person who relies on…
Your support helps us maintain this resource for everyone
Baptist
Resist the devil.
Who will seek to stir you up to rebellion; give no place to him: Resist the devil.
James issues a series of ten commands in vv.7–10. In each one the specific Greek form used calls for immediate response. It is a pointed and forcef…
16th Century
Protestant
Submit yourselves. The submission that he recommends is that of humility, for he does not exhort us generally to obey God, but requires su…
Get curated content & updates
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
To the will of God, with respect to worldly things, and be content with su…
Since all wars and fighting come from the corruptions of our own hearts, it is right to mortify those lusts that war in our members. Worldly and fl…
