El panorama
Santiago 4 abre con “From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts…”, cambia cerca del versículo 9 con “Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy…” y termina con “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”. Estos puntos trazan el movimiento propio del capítulo desde su inicio hasta su conclusión.
Las Escrituras junto al resumen
Santiago · Versión King James · 17Santiago 4:1-6
Versículos 1–6: From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even…
Santiago 4:1–6 abre con “From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war…” y llega a “But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Aprende cómo la adoración, las relaciones, la santidad, el servicio, la perseverancia y la esperanza se vuelven prácticas visibles en Santiago.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
Este bloque contiene 3 preguntas. No son simple puntuación: muestran dónde una voz busca, desafía, teme o intenta comprender.
“From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?” La pregunta hace que el pasaje avance con más calma. Observa quién debe responder, qué presupone y si las líneas siguientes ofrecen una respuesta.
Santiago 4:1-6
Versión King James1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Santiago 4:7-12
Versículos 7–12: Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee…
Santiago 4:7–12 abre con “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” y llega a “There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Aprende cómo la adoración, las relaciones, la santidad, el servicio, la perseverancia y la esperanza se vuelven prácticas visibles en Santiago.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
Este bloque contiene 1 preguntas. No son simple puntuación: muestran dónde una voz busca, desafía, teme o intenta comprender.
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” Nombrar a Resist mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
Santiago 4:7-12
Versión King James7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
Santiago 4:13-17
Versículos 13–17: Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city…
Santiago 4:13–17 abre con “Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a…” y llega a “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Aprende cómo la adoración, las relaciones, la santidad, el servicio, la perseverancia y la esperanza se vuelven prácticas visibles en Santiago.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
Este bloque contiene 1 preguntas. No son simple puntuación: muestran dónde una voz busca, desafía, teme o intenta comprender.
Santiago 4:13-17
Versión King James13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
16But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Detalles que vale la pena notar
La imagen inicial
James 4:1 comienza con “From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?”
Dónde cambia el capítulo
James 4:6 forma un giro natural: “But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”
La nota final
James 4:17 deja al lector con “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”
Un recorrido de palabras por el capítulo
Las palabras evil, brother, draw, giveth, grace, humble ayudan a revelar las preocupaciones que se repiten en el capítulo.
Primero el texto
Donde difieren los lectores
El resumen comienza con lo que dice el pasaje y cómo se relacionan sus partes. No supone que una denominación ya haya resuelto cada pregunta. Toda dependencia de una tradición, teoría literaria o reconstrucción histórica se identifica con claridad.
El texto KJV aparece primero. Las conclusiones interpretativas se identifican, y las diferencias se presentan cuando ayudan a explicar por qué las comunidades serias no siempre llegan a la misma respuesta.
Las notas interpretativas comparativas de este capítulo están en preparación. Hasta que las notas revisadas estén listas, esta página separa el texto KJV del resumen y la aplicación sin afirmar que todos los lectores serios coinciden en cada cuestión.