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Greater light gives greater responsibility. David Guzik commentary on James 4, where James emphasizes the humble character of a living faith and of a dependency on God.
The honour and help God gives to the humble. Grace, as opposed to disgrace, is honour; this God gives to the humble; and, where God gives grace to be humble, there he will give all other graces, and, as in the beginning of this sixth verse, he will give more grace.
Let sinners then submit to God, and seek his grace and favour; resisting the devil. All sin must be wept over; here, in godly sorrow, or, hereafter, in eternal misery. And the Lord will not refuse to comfort one who really mourns for sin, or to exalt one who humbles himself before him. Barnes' Notes on the Bible.
30 Μαΐ 2013 · There are four sections: To resolve conflicts, judge your selfish motives (4:1-3). To resolve conflicts, turn away from the world, give total allegiance to God, and humbly seek His grace (4:4-6).
James 4:13-15. Go to now — Αγε νυν , come now, an interjection, calculated to excite attention; ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go, &c. — As if future events were in your own power, and your health and lives were ensured to you for a certain time; whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow — Whether your spirits before ...
The following verse helps us see James’s real point: “Instead, you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wishes, we will live and do this or that’” (James 4:15). The problem is not planning; it is planning as if the future lies in our hands.
Clarke's Commentary. Verse 9. Be afflicted, and mourn — Without true and deep repentance ye cannot expect the mercy of God. Let your laughter be turned to mourning — It appears most evidently that many of those to whom St. James addressed this epistle had lived a very irregular and dissolute life.
