James 1:7-8

1:7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord, 1:8 since he is a double-minded individual, ¹  unstable in all his ways.

James 1:14

1:14 But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

James 4:7

4:7 So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

James 5:6

5:6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you. ² 

James 5:18

5:18 Then ³  he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.

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¹ tn Grk “a man of two minds,” continuing the description of the person in v. 7, giving the reason that he cannot expect to receive anything. The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” But it sometimes is used generically to mean “anyone,” “a person,” as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 2).

sn A double-minded man is one whose devotion to God is less than total. His attention is divided between God and other things, and as a consequence he is unstable and therefore unable to receive from God.

² tn Literally a series of verbs without connectives, “you have condemned, you have murdered…he does not resist.”

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events.