Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - James 4:8

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - James 4:8 - 4:8

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - James 4:8 - 4:8

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4:1 - 4:1
4:2 - 4:2
4:3 - 4:3
4:4 - 4:4
4:5 - 4:5
4:6 - 4:6
4:7 - 4:7
4:8 - 4:8
4:9 - 4:9
4:10 - 4:10
4:11 - 4:11
4:12 - 4:12
4:13 - 4:13
4:14 - 4:14
4:15 - 4:15
4:16 - 4:16
4:17 - 4:17

Draw nigh to God - So “cleave unto Him,” Deu 30:20, namely, by prayerfully (Jam 4:2, Jam 4:3) “resisting Satan,” who would oppose our access to God.

he will draw nigh - propitious.

Cleanse ... hands - the outward instruments of action. None but the clean-handed can ascend into the hill of the Lord (justified through Christ, who alone was perfectly so, and as such “ascended” thither).

purify ... hearts - literally “make chaste” of your spiritual adultery (Jam 4:4, that is, worldliness) “your hearts”: the inward source of all impurity.

double-minded - divided between God and the world. The “double-minded” is at fault in heart; the sinner in his hands likewise.