Double-Minded
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Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
2 Kings 1:7-8 2 Kings 4:8 Psalm 12:1-2 Matthew 6:24 Luke 16:13 James 4:4
James urged those who pray to do so without doubting. This doubting is not so much intellectual doubt (Does God exist?), but doubt about commitment (Am I committed to this God to whom I pray? Will I make use of this wisdom for which I pray?). Such doubt is described as double-mindedness. The double-minded are unstable in all their ways, that is, they vacillate between following God's way and their own way ( James 1:7-8 ). The solution to double-mindedness is to draw near to God who can purify the heart ( James 4:8 ).
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [2]
1: Δίψυχος (Strong'S #1374 — Adjective — dipsuchos — dip'-soo-khos )
lit. means "two-souled" (dis, "twice," psuche, "a soul"), hence, "double-minded," James 1:8; 4:8 .
