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James 1:24
Victor M. Eskew
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
1. Beholdeth
A. Strong (2757): to observe fully
B. Thayer: to perceive…observe, understand, to consider attentively, fix one’s eyes or
mind upon
C. Vine: a strengthened form of “noeo,” to perceive…denotes the action of the mind in
apprehending certain facts about a thing; hence, to consider
2. Goeth his way
A. Strong (565): to go off, depart
B. Thayer: to go away, depart
C. Vine: to go away
3. Straightway
A. Strong (2112): directly, that is, at once or soon
B. Thayer: straightway, immediately
C. Vine: at once, straightway, immediately, shortly
4. Forgetteth
A. Strong (1950): to lose out of mind; by implication to neglect
B. Thayer: to forget, neglecting, no longer caring for
C. Vine: to forget or neglect
5. What manner of man
A. Strong (3697): of what kind that
B. Thayer: of what sort or quality, what manner of
C. Vine: what sort of