ACC ~ James 1 v21

CONSEQUENCES OF ANGER. HILARY OF ARLES: Filthiness and wickedness arise out of anger. Introductory Tractate on the Letter of James.

FILTHINESS AND WICKEDNESS. BEDE: You cannot do good unless you have cleansed yourself from evil first. Filthiness refers primarily to external things which corrupt our hands, whereas wickedness refers primarily to internal things which corrupt our souls. Both must be overcome if we are to do good. CONCERNING THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES.

CORRUPTION FROM WITHIN AND WITHOUT. ANDREAS: This refers to the sin which corrupts a man, which dwells in us as the cause of evil. But outside us there is another kind of evil which creeps up on us unawares and is the work of demons who are opposed to us. CATENA.

AVOID HABITUATION TO WICKEDNESS. OECUMENIUS: What James wants to say is this. Although a person may often fall into uncleanness, the faster he gets out of it the better. Otherwise, if he remains in it and carries on, he will make the evil stronger by force of habit and have a harder time washing it away. COMMENTARY ON JAMES.

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