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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Jas 4:7
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
Jas 4:7 · Douay-Rheims
“Be subject therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will fly from you.”
On this verse:
“Submit to . . . God--so ye shall be among "the humble," Jam 4:6; also Jam 4:10; Pe1 5:6. Resist . . . devil--Under his banner pride and envy are enlisted in the world; resist his temptations to these. Faith, humble prayers, and heavenly wisdom, are the weapons of resistance. The language is taken from warfare. "Submit" as a good soldier puts himself in complete subjection to his captain. "Resist," stand bravely against. he will flee--Translate, "he shall flee." For it is a promise of God, not a mere assurance from man to man [ALFORD]. He shall flee worsted as he did from Christ.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.