Yakobus 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
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Study Note
The double imperative 'draw near to God, and he will draw near to you; cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded' combines the language of covenant access with Levitical purification. The 'double-minded' (dipsychoi — literally 'two-souled') is a term James introduced in 1:8 and uses here to describe the person divided between worldly values and God — the source of the quarrels and conflicts of 4:1-3. The sequence — external (hands) and internal (hearts) — reflects the prophetic call of Isaiah 1:16 and Psalm 24:4 ('clean hands and a pure heart'), applying both dimensions of purity to the worshiping community. The mutuality ('draw near to God and he will draw near to you') affirms that human initiative in seeking God is met by divine response, without compromising divine sovereignty.
Terjemahan Lainnya
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
Referensi Silang
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and …
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; …
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn …
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.