My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
19 Let every man. Were this a general sentence, the inference would be farfetched; but as he immediately adds a sentence respecting the word of truth suitable to the last verse, I doubt not but that he accommodates this exhortation peculiarly to the subject in hand.
Learn to master passion under affliction: listen more than you speak, and do not rage against God's providence as David and Jonah did. Hear what He explains through your trials instead of hasty judgment.
AI summary
Commenting on James 1:19-27
Wherefore, my beloved brethren,.... Since the Gospel, the word of truth, is the means and instrument which God makes use of in regeneration, and in forming people for himself: let every man be swift to hear; not anything; not idle and unprofitable talk, or filthy and corrupt communication; but wholesome advice, good instructions, and the gracious experiences of the saints, and, above all, the word...