yesterday sitting in the Sun- loving the warmth of the
day--meditating/pondering- these words came to mind:
"where there is no shadow of turning"
I was reminded of this bible verse- so had to go look
it up again-- I really like this one..James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is
no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
I like 16 and 18 that goes with it
Good and Perfect Gifts
…16Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17Every
good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from
the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is
no change or shifting shadow. 18He chose to give us
birth through the word of truth, that we would be a
kind of firstfruits of His creation.…
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Cross References
Psalm 85:12
The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land
will yield its increase.
Psalm 102:27
But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.
Psalm 136:7
He made the great lights--His loving devotion endures
forever.
Daniel 2:22
He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what
lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.
Malachi 3:6
"Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of
Jacob have not been destroyed.
Matthew 7:11
So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more will your Father in heaven
give good things to those who ask Him!
John 3:3
Jesus replied, "Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can
see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."
Treasury of Scripture
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is
no fickleness, neither shadow of turning.
good.
James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that
giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it
shall be given him.
James 3:15,17
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly,
sensual, devilish…
Genesis 41:16,38,39
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me:
God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace…
from the.
Genesis 1:2-5,14,15
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness
was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God
moved upon the face of the waters…
Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when
thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even
all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship
them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath
divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Psalm 19:1-8
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens
declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his
handywork…
no variableness.
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son
of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall
he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make
it good?
1 Samuel 15:29
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor
repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
Psalm 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper
that love thee.
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James 1
1. James greets the twelve tribes among the nations;
2. exhorts to rejoice in trials and temptations;
5. to ask patience of God;
13. and in our trials not to impute our weakness, or
sins, to him,
19. but rather to hearken to the word, to meditate on
it, and to do thereafter.
26. Otherwise men may seem, but never be, truly
religious.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
(17) Every good gift and every perfect gift is from
above.--This beautiful sentence, more musical still in
the Greek, is thought to be the fragment of some
Christian hymn. Two words are translated by our one
"gift"; the first is rather the act of giving, the
second the gift itself, and the effect of both together
is a climax to the statement of God's benevolence. The
difference between the two is observed in the Genevan
version of 1557. "There are diversities of gifts"
(1Corinthians 12:4), even as "one star differeth from
another star in glory" (1Corinthians 15:41), but "the
same Spirit" is the giver of all. Where in St. John's
Gospel (John 3:1) we read, "Except a man be born
again," the most probable meaning is "from above,"
expressed exactly as in the present case; and thus we
know whence is the true birth of the soul.
Cometh down from the Father of lights.--Great
difference of opinion is found concerning these
"lights," whether the term be figurative, as of
goodness or wisdom; or a reference to the mysterious
Urim (Exodus 28:30, et seq.) which flamed on the breast
of Aaron; or spiritual, as of grace and glory; or
material, viz., the "lights" set "in the firmament of
heaven" (Genesis 1:14-15) "when the morning stars sang
together" (Job 38:7). It were not amiss to take the
whole of these interpretations, for they, and perhaps
others, the purport of which we as yet can barely
guess, are included in this Scripture. "God," remarks
Bishop Wordsworth, "is the Father of all lights--the
light of the natural world, the sun, the moon, and
stars, shining in the heavens; the light of reason and
conscience; the light of His Law; the light of
prophecy, shining in a dark place; the light of the
gospel shining throughout the world; the light of
apostles, confessors, martyrs, bishops, and priests,
preaching that gospel to all nations; the light of the
Holy Ghost shining in our hearts; the light of the
heavenly city; God is the Father of them all. He is the
everlasting Father of the everlasting Son, who is the
Light of the world." But that the mind of the sacred
writer was mainly on the lights of the material
universe may be seen from his next thought. . . .
Pulpit Commentary
Verse 17. - Every good gift, etc. The words form a
hexameter verse, though this is probably accidental,
and no sign that they are a quotation. Δόσις and δώρημα
should be distinguished. "Every kind of gift that is
good, and every one that is perfect in its kind" (Dean
Scott). Δόσις and δῶρον occur together in the LXX. in
Proverbs 21:14. They are expressly distinguished by
Philo, who says that the latter involves the idea of
magnitude and fullness, which is wanting to the former
(see Lightfoot on 'Revision,' p. 77) "Every good gift
and every perfect boon, R.V. The Father of lights (ἀπὸ
τοῦ Πατρὸς τῶν φώτων). The word must refer to the
heavenly bodies, of which God may be said to be the
Father, in that he is their Creator (for "Father," in
the sense of Creator, cf. Job 38:28). From him who
"made the stars also" comes down every good and perfect
gift, and with him "there can be no variation, neither
shadow that is cast by turning." These last words
appear to fix the meaning of φῶτα, as τροπή is used in
the LXX. as in classical writers for the changes of the
heavenly bodies (see Job 38:33; Deuteronomy 33:14;
Wisd. 7:18). Οὐκ ἔνι, "there is no room for." It
negatives, not only the fact, but the possibility also
(cf. Galatians 3:28; Colossians 3:11).
Parallel Commentaries ...
Greek
Every
πᾶσα (pasa)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including
all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word;
all, any, every, the whole.
good
δόσις (dosis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1394: A giving, gift, donation. From the base
of didomi; a giving; by implication, a gift.
and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.
perfect
τέλειον (teleion)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5046: From telos; complete; neuter
completeness.
gift
δώρημα (dōrēma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1434: A gift, bounty. From doreomai; a
bestowment.
is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular
present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and
defective verb; I exist.
from above,
ἄνωθέν (anōthen)
Adverb
Strong's 509: From ano; from above; by analogy, from
the first; by implication, anew.
coming down
καταβαῖνον (katabainon)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Neuter
Singular
Strong's 2597: To go down, come down, either from the
sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the
base of basis; to descend.
from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle;
'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.
the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the
feminine he, and the neuter to in all their
inflections; the definite article; the.
Father
Πατρὸς (Patros)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor,
elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.
of the heavenly lights,
φώτων (phōtōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 5457: Light, a source of light, radiance. From
an obsolete phao; luminousness.
with
παρ’ (par’)
Preposition
Strong's 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence
of; acc: alongside of.
whom
ᾧ (hō)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.
there is
ἔνι (eni)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1762: Contraction for the third person
singular present indicative of eneimi; impersonally,
there is in or among.
no
οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary
word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.
change
παραλλαγὴ (parallagē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3883: A change, variation, mutation. From a
compound of para and allasso; transmutation, i.e.
fickleness: variableness.
or
ἢ (ē)
Conjunction
Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of
distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive,
or; comparative, than.
shifting
τροπῆς (tropēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 5157: A turning, change, mutation. From an
apparently primary trepo to turn; a turn, i.e.
Revolution.
shadow.
ἀποσκίασμα (aposkiasma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 644: From a compound of apo and a derivative
of skia; a shading off, i.e. Obscuration.
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