Hesychius of Jerusalem

In his own words on James

• James 1:15

  The desires of sinners are the birth pangs of death.

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• James 2:13

  Just as oil enables athletes to escape the hands of their opponents, so mercy prepares those who practice it to avoid and escape the demons.

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• James 3:8

  Just as a sword, if it is sharpened, is more easily able to kill, so the tongue, which has great difficulty in keeping itself quiet and cannot easily be controlled, becomes more insolent if it learns from bad people how to deceive, how to slander and how to incriminate.

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• James 4:10

  It is a blessed thing to humble oneself before the Lord. For James says: "Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you." Whenever we are thus humbled, even if we are tempted by demons and even if we are attacked by those who hate virtue, we have God to deliver us, as long as we do not forget his law or curse him in our sufferings.

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• James 5:1

  God delays the judgment because of his love for humanity, so that those who repent may not suffer along with those who are condemned.

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