...patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by...and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation. 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry ? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among...

...Matt. v. 33 — 37. The apostle James adverts to the same thing, in the impressive language : " But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...any other oath : but let your yea be yea, and your nay, hay : lest ye fall into condemnation." James v. 12. It is strange indeed that precepts so positive...

...pitiful, and of tender mercy. BCT above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, 1£ neither by the earth, neither by any other oath :...and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation. Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him 13sing psalms. Is any sick among you...

...things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other path : but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation." James v. 12. It is strange indeed that precepts so positive and clear, should be construed away to...

...inforce the point, and the sting in the close of our text, wherewith I conclude ; ' But above all thines, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither...and your nay nay, lest ye fall into condemnation,' or, ' lest ye fall under damnation.' From the which infinite mischief, and from all siu that may cause...

...forbids all swearing, saying : ' Above all things my brethren, swear not ; neither by heaven, neither by earth, neither by any other oath ; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, lest you fall into condemnation.' James v. 12. " Now suppose the apostle James were here present, to maintain...

...Matthew 5:34-37, the Lord Jesus said, "Do not swear at all." This seed is developed in James 5:12: "But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation." The word of the apostle James is nearly the same as that of the Lord Jesus. It may be that James still...

...unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne," and James 5:12 also commands, "Above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation." In government, one is required to swear, or to solemnly promise, but he may use "I solemnly affirm"...

...vv. 7-9, and (b) exemplified in the prophets, vv. 10,11. XVI. PROHIBITION AGAINST OATHS (5:12) 12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. Verse 12 appears to exist as a separate unit of thought. As Robertson (Word Pictures VI:63) comments,...

...thus evades, sometimes by glossing it out of existence, the apparent prohibition of James 5: 12: 'But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.' As John Downame hastens to explain in 'A Treatise on Swearing' (1609) Christ 'onely forbiddeth rash,...