James 1:21
So take off all that is filthy and the wickedness that overflows, and with a gentle spirit welcome the word rooted in you, which has the power to save your souls.
Treated in 5 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites James 1: 21
…word into meek and humble hearts, and that we may submit to it, and bring forth fruits. James 1: 21. Nor should we only pray for ourselves, but for others. Pray for him who dispenses the…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with the Willful and the Deluded cites Jas i. 21
…study. Good texts for this purpose are John v. 39; 1 Peter ii. 1, 2; 2 Tim. iii. 13‒17; Jas i. 21, 22; Ps. i. 1, 2; Josh. i. 8; Mark vii. 7, 8, 13; Matt. xxii. 29. These texts, excepting…
- All Things for Good ·
An exhortation to love God cites James i. 21
…Will he love his plague sores? Sin is a pollution. The apostle calls it “filthiness” (James i. 21). It is compared to leprosy and to poison of asps. God’s heart rises against sinners. “My…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.3 The Word cites James 1: 21
…the word effectual, receive it with meekness. ‘Receive with meekness the ingrafted word.’ James 1: 21. Meekness is a submissive frame of heart to the word — a willingness to hear the counsels…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 17 — Of the Lord’s Supper, and the Benefits Conferred by It cites James 1:21
…but, with the placid docility and spirit of meekness which James recommends (James 1:21), receive the doctrine which has come from heaven. Wherein they perniciously err, I am…