Santiago 1:8

8 siendo hombre de doble ánimo, inestable en todos sus caminos.

Santiago 1:8 Meaning and Commentary

James 1:8

A double minded man
A man of two souls, or of a double heart, that speaks and asks with an heart, and an heart, as in ( Psalms 12:2 ) who halts between two opinions, and is at an uncertainty what to do or say, and is undetermined what to ask for; or who is not sincere and upright in his requests, who asks for one thing, and means another, and asks amiss, and with an ill design; does not call upon God in truth, and in the sincerity of his soul; draws nigh to him with his mouth, and honours him with his lips, but his heart is far from him. Such an one is

unstable in all his ways;
he is confused in his mind; restless in his thoughts, unsettled in his designs and intentions; inconstant in his petitions; uncertain in his notions and opinion of things; and very variable in his actions, and especially in matters of religion; he is always changing, and never at a point, but at a continual uncertainty, both in a way of thinking and doing: he never continues long either in an opinion, or in a practice, but is ever shifting and moving.

Santiago 1:8 In-Context

6 Pero que pida con fe, sin dudar; porque el que duda es semejante a la ola del mar, impulsada por el viento y echada de una parte a otra.

7 No piense, pues, ese hombre, que recibirá cosa alguna del Señor,

8 siendo hombre de doble ánimo, inestable en todos sus caminos.

9 Pero que el hermano de condición humilde se gloríe en su alta posición,

10 y el rico en su humillación, pues él pasará como la flor de la hierba.