AA55
We are not to be double-minded.
Category: Godliness, Holiness & Righteousness
Type: Negative
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: New Testament
Uniqueness: Not unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Not specified
Literal Application: Not specified
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- James 1:7-8
- James 4:8
Supportive NT Scriptures
- 1 Corinthians 4:1-2
- James 5:12
- Matthew 5:37
- Matthew 6:24
- Revelation 21:8
Supportive OT Scriptures
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1 Chronicles 12:33-34
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Psalms 119:113
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
According to James 1:7-8, a double-minded man (and of course woman) is “unstable in all his ways.” It is because a person who is double-minded is pulled in different directions by his thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and loyalties. One day he leans one way on an issue and the next day the other way. It is simplistic to tell someone “Don’t be double-minded,” but how does one achieve it? By pursuing the will of God instead of one’s own inclinations. Proverbs 14:12 teaches: “There can be a way which seems right to a person, but at its end are the ways of death,” and 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJ) instructs us to “walk by faith, not by sight.” A person who sets his life’s direction in obedience to Torah is never double minded.
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