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Jakobus 1:7

Listen to Jakobus 1:7
7 Denn jener Mensch denke nicht, daß er etwas von dem Herrn empfangen werde;

Jakobus 1:7 Meaning and Commentary

James 1:7

For let not that man think
Imagine, conclude, or please himself with such thoughts,

that he shall receive anything from the Lord;
wisdom, or anything else, he is seeking after; for wanting faith, he has nothing to receive with; faith is the grace, which receives the Lord Jesus Christ himself, and all grace from him; which receives a justifying righteousness, pardon of sin, adoption of children, and even the everlasting inheritance, at least, the right unto it; wherefore those who have not faith, as the wavering man, cannot receive any thing.

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Jakobus 1:7 In-Context

5 Wenn aber jemand von euch Weisheit mangelt, so bitte er von Gott, der allen willig gibt und nichts vorwirft, und sie wird ihm gegeben werden.
6 Er bitte aber im Glauben, ohne irgend zu zweifeln; denn der Zweifelnde ist gleich einer Meereswoge, die vom Winde bewegt und hin und her getrieben wird.
7 Denn jener Mensch denke nicht, daß er etwas von dem Herrn empfangen werde;
8 er ist ein wankelmütiger Mann, unstet in allen seinen Wegen.
9 Der niedrige Bruder aber rühme sich seiner Hoheit,
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