James 1:17 · WEB
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.”
— James 1:17
Era
Early Church (~50 AD)
Emotion
grateful
Type
teaching
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
Promise of Goddivine provisionGod's character
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