Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - James 1:6 - 1:6

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - James 1:6 - 1:6


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6. ἐν πίστει. πίστις here, reliance on a promise, trust in the character of God, the faith which was the necessary condition of a miracle.

διακρινόμενος. In middle voice διακρίνεσθαι=to get a thing decided, to decide for oneself, to set two issues before oneself; so to doubt, to be in a critical state of mind. The thought is of judicial hesitation which ceases when the verdict is given; hence, to dispute. See Act 11:2 διεκρίνοντο πρὸς αὐτόν. Jud 1:9 τῷ διαβόλῳ διακρινόμενος. The tense implies a continuance of hesitation which is not a Christian attitude. Comp. Mat 21:21 ἐὰν ἕχητε πίστιν καὶ μὴ διακριθῆτε, οὐ μόνον τὸ τῆς συκῆς ποιήσετε κ.τ.λ., a passage reflected here, πορεύου σὺν αὐτοῖς μηδὲν διακρινόμενος, Act 10:20. See Page on Acts loc. cit. and St Matthew in this series loc. cit.

κλύδυν. Only here and Luk 8:24 in N.T., but frequent in classics.

θαλάσσης. The absence of the article with this word is very rare. See Winer, P. III. § 19, and comp. ἠχοῦς θαλ. καὶ σάλου, Luk 21:25. κινδύνοις ἐν θαλάσσῃ, 2Co 11:26. κύματα ἄγρια θαλάσσης, Jud 1:13.

ἀνεμιζομένῳ καὶ ῥιπιζομένῳ. qui a vento fertur et circumfertur, V. Neither of these words is found in LXX. or elsewhere in N.T. ἀνεμίζεσθαι is ἅπαξ λεγ., but comp. for the thought κάλαμον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον, Mat 11:7. ῥιπίζειν is used in Aristoph. in the sense of fanning a flame: τεμάχη ῥιπίζεται, Eccl. 842. ῥιπαὶ expresses any rapid movement of wave, wind, fire, stars, ῥιπαὶ άστέρων, Soph. El. 106: the verb here possibly of the tide. Comp. ῥιπαὶ κυμάτων ἀνέμων τε, Pind. P. IV. 346. Comp. the proper name Εὔριπος, where the tide ebbed and flowed with unusual violence; hence the word is applied as here to an unstable man: τῶν τοιούτων γὰρ μένει τὰ βουλήματα καὶ οὐ μεταῤῥεῖ ὤσπερ Εὔριπος, Eth. Nic. IX. 6. 3. See also Eph 4:14, where κλυδωνιζόμενοι (ἅπ. λεγ.) καὶ περιφερόμενοι παντὶ ἀνέμῳ expresses the same idea and is possibly modelled on these words or similar words in St James’ teaching.