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Exploring the Epistle of James: An Expository Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

This commentary on the book of James provides pastors, Sunday school teachers, and students of Scripture with doctrinally sound interpretation that emphasizes the practical application of Bible truth. Working from the King James Version, John Phillips not only provides helpful commentary on the text, but also includes detailed outlines and numerous illustrations and quotations. Anyone wanting to...

James resorts now to another illustration. God’s Word is not only a gift but also a graft. James speaks of “the engrafted word.” When we accept God’s Word at its face value, it will change our conduct, and our conversation by changing our character. James says that we should be swift to respond to speaking: “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear” (1:19a). This is a lesson that Peter had to learn on the Mount of Transfiguration.
James 1:19–20