James 1:21
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.”
λόγος
In Greek thought, the logos was the rational principle holding the universe together. John opens his Gospel with this word — not as a concept, but as a person. In the beginning was the Word. Before anything existed, the Word already was.
σώζω
to save
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σώζω
To save, to heal, to deliver. Sozo. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Sozo covers salvation healing deliverance and wholeness. Jesus restores everything that was lost.
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πρᾳότης
humility
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πρᾳότης
Meekness, gentleness, humility. Praotes. Take My yoke upon you for I am meek and lowly. Meekness is not weakness. It is strength under control. Jesus demonstrated it perfectly.
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ψυχή
souls
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ψυχή
Soul, life, inner person. Psuche. What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul. The soul is the real you. It outlasts everything the world offers.
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δέχομαι
do receive
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δέχομαι
To receive, to welcome, to accept. He came to His own and His own did not receive Him. But to all who received Him He gave the right to become children of God.
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δύναμαι
is being able
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δύναμαι
To be able, to have power, to be capable. Dunamai. With God all things are possible. The limit of what is possible is not human ability but divine will.
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κακία
of wickedness
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κακία
badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble
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διό
Therefore
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διό
through which thing, i.e. consequently
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περισσεία
excess
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περισσεία
surplusage, i.e. superabundance
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ἔμφυτος
Engrafted
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ἔμφυτος
implanted (figuratively)
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ῥυπαρία
filthiness
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ῥυπαρία
dirtiness (morally)
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