Yǎgèshū 1:17

17 Gèyàng mĕi shàn de ēncì , hé gèyàng quánbeì de shǎngcì , dōu shì cóng shàng tóu lái de . cóng zhòng guāng zhī fù nàli jiàng xià lái de . zaì tā bìng méiyǒu gǎibiàn , yĕ méiyǒu zhuàndòng:zhuǎndòng de yǐngér .

Yǎgèshū 1:17 Meaning and Commentary

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift
Whether of nature, providence, or grace, and especially the latter; spiritual gifts given along with Christ, or spiritual blessings in him; every such gift is; as the Vulgate Latin version reads, the "best" gift; better than those which only relate to the present life: and is "perfect" such as the gifts of righteousness, remission of sins, adoption, regeneration, and eternal life. The Jews say ^F11, that the good things of this world are not truly good, in comparison of the good things of the world to come, and are not (bwj rwmg) , "a perfect good." And every such an one is from above; is not from a man's self, from the creature, or from below, but from heaven, and from God who dwells there:

and cometh down from the Father of lights;
or author of lights; of all corporeal light; as the sun, moon, and stars; of all natural, rational, and moral light, in angels and men; of all spiritual light, or the light of grace in regenerate persons; and of eternal light, the light of glory in the spirits of just then made perfect:

with whom is no variableness, nor shadow of turning:
as there is in that great luminary, the sun in the firmament, which has its parallaxes, eclipses, and turnings, and casts its shadow; it rises and sets, appears and disappears every day; and it comes out of one tropic, and enters into another at certain seasons of the year: but with God, who is light itself, and in him is no darkness at all, there is no change, nor anything like it; he is changeable in his nature, perfections, purposes, promises, and gifts; wherefore he being holy, cannot turn to that which is evil; nor can he, who is the fountain of light, be the cause of darkness, or admit of any in him; and since every good and perfect gift comes from him, evil cannot proceed from him, nor can he tempt any to it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Tzeror Hammor, fol. 23. 2, 3.

Yǎgèshū 1:17 In-Context

15 Sīyù jì huái le tāi , jiù shēng chū zuì lái . zuì jì zhǎng chéng , jiù shēng chū sǐ lái .

16 Wǒ qīnaì de dìxiōng men , búyào kàn cuò le .

17 Gèyàng mĕi shàn de ēncì , hé gèyàng quánbeì de shǎngcì , dōu shì cóng shàng tóu lái de . cóng zhòng guāng zhī fù nàli jiàng xià lái de . zaì tā bìng méiyǒu gǎibiàn , yĕ méiyǒu zhuàndòng:zhuǎndòng de yǐngér .

18 Tā àn zìjǐ de zhǐyì , yòng zhēn dào shēng le wǒmen , jiào wǒmen zaì tā suǒ zào de wànwù zhōng , hǎoxiàng chū shú de guǒzi .

19 Wǒ qīnaì de dìxiōng men , zhè shì nǐmen suǒ zhīdào de . dàn nǐmen gèrén yào kuaì kuaì de tīng , màn màn de shuō , màn màn de dòngnù .