James 1:19-21
1:21 a get rid of: Literally put off, like filthy clothing; cp. Eph 4:22 b; 1 Pet 2:1 c.• the word God has planted ... has the power to save your souls: James emphasizes that Christians are called to respond to a word that God himself has put within our very beings (in fulfillment of Jer 31:31-34 d).
• The soul refers to the whole person (so also in Jas 5:20 e; see Gen 2:7 f; 1 Pet 3:20 g).
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