James 1:19

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Summary

James 1:19

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Let

Slow to speak

James 1:26

James 3:1

Slow to wrath

General references

Mark 6:33

Bible References

Let

and such numbers of people came together that there was no longer room for them even round the door. He was speaking His Message to them,

"David himself calls Him 'Lord:' how then can He be his son?" And the mass of people found pleasure in listening to Jesus.

Now the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners were everywhere in the habit of coming close to Him to listen to Him;

But they could not find any way of doing it, for the people all hung upon His lips.

and they were constant in listening to the teaching of the Apostles and in their attendance at the Communion, that is, the Breaking of the Bread, and at prayer.

"Immediately, therefore, I sent to you, and I thank you heartily for having come. That is why all of us are now assembled here in God's presence, to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to say."

As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people earnestly begged to have all this repeated to them on the following Sabbath.

The Jews at Beroea were of a nobler disposition than those in Thessalonica, for they very readily received the Message, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether it was as Paul stated.

And for this further reason we render unceasing thanks to God, that when you received God's Message from our lips, it was as no mere message from men that you embraced it, but as--what it really is--God's Message, which also does its work in the hearts of you who believe.

Slow to speak

If a man thinks that he is scrupulously religious, although he is not curbing his tongue but is deceiving himself, his religious service is worthless.

Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.

Slow to wrath

But I say to you that every one who becomes angry with his brother shall be answerable to the magistrate; that whoever says to his brother 'Raca,' shall be answerable to the Sanhedrin; and that whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be liable to the Gehenna of Fire.

enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, intrigues, dissensions, factions, envyings;

If angry, beware of sinning. Let not your irritation last until the sun goes down;

But now you must rid yourselves of every kind of sin--angry and passionate outbreaks, ill-will, evil speaking, foul-mouthed abuse--so that these may never soil your lips.

General references

But the people saw them going, and many knew them; and coming by land they ran together there from all the neighbouring towns, and arrived before them.