^1:7For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord, ^1:8since he is a double-minded individual,⁶ unstable in all his ways.

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6 Grk “a man of two minds,” continuing the description of the person in v. 7, giving the reason that he cannot expect to receive anything. The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anēr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” But it sometimes is used generically to mean “anyone,” “a person,” as here (cf. 2). A double-minded man is one whose devotion to God is less than total. His attention is divided between God and other things, and as a consequence he is unstable and therefore unable to receive from God.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord, being double-minded and unstable in all his ways.

NLTNew Living Translation

Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

KJV 1900King James Version

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

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