A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Bengel, Johann Albrecht, 1687-1752 • SECTION 62

James 1Y. 15-17. -Y. 1.

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ecrrai, and so does the whole discourse concerning future time : ver.

13, 15.

15. ’A vtj rou Xsyeiv v,aag, whereas ye ought to say) referring to ye

that say , ver. 13. An Imperative is here implied, rather say thus. — xa /, and) If the Lord will , we shall BOTH live and act. We shall both live, is part of the Apodosis ;x for, if it were part of the Pro- tasis, and would not be placed before we shall act. Ka /' Zjidufii v is

expressed in Latin by si vixerimus , where the si is incorrectly added, and the xai which follows, incorrectly omitted ; for xa i

(i. e. vivemus) belongs, as we have said, to the Apodosis : and the boasting man so speaks as though he had in his own power, (1.) the particular kind of action, (2.) the action, and (3.) life; whereas (1.) the life of men, (2.) action, and (3.) the particular kind of action, depend entirely on tfie will of the Lord. See again App. Crit. Ed. ii. — Zfecnfitv'1 2 <roii]du^sv) The Subjunctive gives to the dis- course an expression of modesty.3

16. Kavy^adOs iv raTg aku'Cpniuig, ye boast in your arrogant preten- sions) Their arrogance is expressed in the words, we will go — we will get gain; their boasting is implied in their presuming upon the time. — rrovripa, evil) The opposite is good , ver. 17.

17. Eldon, to him who knows) A brief conclusion, leaving the haughty to themselves. — w, not) A sin of omission.

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