James 1:5 (BSB)
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
From James 1. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on James 1:5
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on James 1:5: 5 If any of you lack wisdom. As our reason, and all our feelings are averse to the thought that we can be happy in the midst of evils, he bids us to ask of the Lord to give us wisdom.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on James 1:2-12: We now come to consider the matter of this epistle. In this paragraph we have the following things to be observed: - I. The suffering state of Christians in this world is represented, and that in a very instructive manner, if we attend to what is plainly and necessarily implied, together with what is fully expressed. 1.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on James 1:5: If any of you lack wisdom,.... This shows that the perfection before spoken of is not to be understood as in this life, since the apostle immediately supposes lack of wisdom in them; for this is not said in a form of doubting, whether they wanted it or not, but rather as supposing, and taking it for granted that they did; and in the first...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on James 1:5: Verse 5. If any of you lack wisdom. Probably this refers particularly to the kind of wisdom which they would need in their trials, to enable them to bear them in a proper manner; for there is nothing in which Christians more feel the need of heavenly wisdom than in regard to the manner in which they should bear trials, and what they should do...