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James 1

James 1:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wherefore
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
dio (Greek #1352)
through which thing, i.e. consequently
KJV usage: for which cause, therefore, wherefore.
Pronounce: dee-o'
Origin: from 1223 and 3739
lay apart
apotithemi (Greek #659)
to put away (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: cast off, lay apart (aside, down), put away (off).
Pronounce: ap-ot-eeth'-ay-mee
Origin: from 575 and 5087
n all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
filthiness
rhuparia (Greek #4507)
dirtiness (morally)
KJV usage: turpitude.
Pronounce: hroo-par-ee'-ah
Origin: from 4508
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
superfluity
perisseia (Greek #4050)
surplusage, i.e. superabundance
KJV usage: abundance(-ant, (-ly)), superfluity.
Pronounce: per-is-si'-ah
Origin: from 4052
of naughtiness
kakia (Greek #2549)
badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble
KJV usage: evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness.
Pronounce: kak-ee'-ah
Origin: from 2556
, and receive
dechomai (Greek #1209)
to receive (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: accept, receive, take. Compare 2983.
Pronounce: dekh'-om-ahee
Origin: middle voice of a primary verb
with
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
meekness
prautes (Greek #4240)
mildness, i.e. (by implication) humility
KJV usage: meekness.
Pronounce: prah-oo'-tace
Origin: from 4239
the engrafted
emphutos (Greek #1721)
implanted (figuratively)
KJV usage: engrafted.
Pronounce: em'-foo-tos
Origin: from 1722 and a derivative of 5453
word
logos (Greek #3056)
something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ)
KJV usage: account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
Pronounce: log'-os
Origin: from 3004
, which
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
is able
dunamai (Greek #1410)
to be able or possible
KJV usage: be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
Pronounce: doo'-nam-ahee
Origin: of uncertain affinity
to save
sozo (Greek #4982)
to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.
Pronounce: sode'-zo
Origin: from a primary σῶς (contraction for obsolete σάος, "safe")
your
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
souls
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
psuche (Greek #5590)
breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from 4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from 2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew 05315, 07307 and 02416)
KJV usage: heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.
Pronounce: psoo-khay'
Origin: from 5594
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Col. 3:5‑8• 5Put to death therefore your members that [are] on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
 6on account of which things cometh the wrath of God [upon the sons of disobedience]:
 7in which ye also once walked when ye lived in these things.
 8But now do ye also put off the whole: wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth. (Col. 3:5‑8)
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Heb. 12:1• 1Therefore let us also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight and the readily besetting sin, run with endurance the race that is set before us, (Heb. 12:1)
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1 Peter 2:1‑2• 1Putting away therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil-speakings,
 2as new-born babes long for the guileless intelligent milk that by it ye may grow unto salvation, (1 Peter 2:1‑2)

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engrafted,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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lay.
Isa. 2:20•  (Isa. 2:20)
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Isa. 30:22•  (Isa. 30:22)
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Ezek. 18:31•  (Ezek. 18:31)
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Rom. 13:12‑13• 12The night is far spent, and the day is near: let us therefore put off the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
 13As in daylight, let us walk becomingly, not in revels and drunkenness, not in chambering and indecency, not in strife and envy; (Rom. 13:12‑13)
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Eph. 4:22• 22that ye should put off, according to your former conversation, the old man that is corrupt according to the lusts of deceit, (Eph. 4:22)
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Col. 3:5‑8• 5Put to death therefore your members that [are] on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
 6on account of which things cometh the wrath of God [upon the sons of disobedience]:
 7in which ye also once walked when ye lived in these things.
 8But now do ye also put off the whole: wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth. (Col. 3:5‑8)
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Heb. 12:1• 1Therefore let us also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight and the readily besetting sin, run with endurance the race that is set before us, (Heb. 12:1)
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1 Peter 2:1,11• 1Putting away therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil-speakings,
 11Beloved, I exhort [you] as strangers and sojourners to abstain from the fleshly lusts such as war against the soul, (1 Peter 2:1,11)
filthiness.
James 4:8• 8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse hands, sinners, and purify hearts, ye double-minded. (James 4:8)
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Ezek. 36:25•  (Ezek. 36:25)
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2 Cor. 7:1• 1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God's fear. (2 Cor. 7:1)
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Eph. 5:4• 4and filthiness and foolish talking or jesting, which are not becoming, but rather thanksgiving. (Eph. 5:4)
and receive.
Psa. 25:9•  (Psa. 25:9)
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Isa. 29:19•  (Isa. 29:19)
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Isa. 61:1•  (Isa. 61:1)
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Zeph. 2:3•  (Zeph. 2:3)
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Matt. 5:5• 5Blessed the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. (Matt. 5:5)
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Acts 10:33• 33Forthwith then I sent unto thee, and thou hast done well in arriving. Now then we are all here before God to hear all the things that have been commanded thee of the Lord. (Acts 10:33)
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1 Thess. 1:5• 5because our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power and in [the] Holy Spirit and in much assurance; even as ye know what we were among you for your sake. (1 Thess. 1:5)
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1 Thess. 2:13• 13And for this cause we also thank God unceasingly that, when ye received [the] word of [the] report from us of God, ye accepted not men's word, but as it is truly God's word, which also worketh in you that believe. (1 Thess. 2:13)
the engrafted.
John 6:63,68• 63It is the Spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing. The words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life;
 68Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go away? Thou hast words of life eternal; (John 6:63,68)
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Rom. 6:17• 17But thanks to God that ye were bondservants of sin, but ye obeyed from the heart the form of teaching unto which ye were delivered; (Rom. 6:17)
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Rom. 6•  (Rom. 6)
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Rom. 11:17• 17But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou being a wild olive wert grafted in among them and becamest a fellow-partaker of the root and the fatness of the olive tree, (Rom. 11:17)
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Heb. 4:2• 2For indeed we have had glad tidings presented to us, just as they also; but the word of the report did not profit them, not having been mixed with faith in those that heard. (Heb. 4:2)
which.
Acts 13:26• 26Brethren sons of Abraham's race, and those among you that fear God, to us was the word of this salvation sent forth. (Acts 13:26)
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Rom. 1:16• 16for I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is God's power unto salvation to everyone that believeth, both to Jew first and to Greek. (Rom. 1:16)
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1 Cor. 15:2• 2by which also ye are being saved, if ye hold fast with what discourse I announced [it] to you, unless ye believed lightly. (1 Cor. 15:2)
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Eph. 1:13• 13in whom ye also, having heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom having also believed, ye were sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, (Eph. 1:13)
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2 Tim. 3:15‑17• 15and that from a babe thou knowest the sacred writings that are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.
 16Every scripture [is] God-inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction that is in righteousness;
 17that the man of God may be complete, furnished thoroughly unto every good work. (2 Tim. 3:15‑17)
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Titus 2:11• 11For the grace of God appeared bringing salvation to all men, (Titus 2:11)
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Heb. 2:3• 3how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which, having begun to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those that heard, (Heb. 2:3)
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1 Peter 1:9• 9receiving the end of your faith, salvation of souls. (1 Peter 1:9)
• It is the word received into the soul, not with reasonings and questions, but in the meekness that submits to what God has to say. The word engrafted in the soul will work to save us from all the evils of the flesh and of the world. (“The Practical Christian Life: James 1” by H. Smith)
• We are in the first place begotten of the Word; then with meekness we continue to receive it. These two things also appear in 1 Peter 1:23 and 1 Peter 2:2. (“James 1” by F.B. Hole)
• If the Word merely flows through our minds it accomplishes for us little or nothing. If implanted in us it saves our souls. (“James 1” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

W. Kelly Translation

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Wherefore, having laid aside every sort of filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanteda word which is able to save your souls.

WK Translation Notes

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The word "implanted" is correct in the RV.