King James Version
James 1:17 in the King James Version says “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variabl...” — study this verse from James chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
James 1:17 · KJV
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
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.
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“perfect”
G5046complete (in various applications of labor, growth, mental and moral character, etc.); neuter (as noun, with g3588) completeness
“from”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“of lights”
G5457luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
“with”
G3844properly, near; i.e., (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subj
“variableness”
G3883transmutation (of phase or orbit), i.e., (figuratively) fickleness
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