Jam 1:19 | RWP | e4.org | Ye know this ( ιστε ). Or "know this." Probably the perfect active indicative (literary form as in ; , unless both are imperative, while in we have οιδατε , the usual vernacular Koine perfect indicative). The imperative uses only ιστε and only the context can decide which it is. Εστο (let be) is imperative. Swift to hear ( ταχυς εις το ακουσα ). For this use of εις το with the infinitive after an adjective see . For εις το after adjectives see . The picture points to listening to the word of truth (verse ) and is aimed against violent and disputatious speech (chapter ). The Greek moralists often urge a quick and attentive ear. Slow to speak ( βραδυς εις το λαλησα ). Same construction and same ingressive aorist active infinitive, slow to begin speaking, not slow while speaking. Slow to anger ( βραδυς εις οργην ). He drops the infinitive here, but he probably means that slowness to speak up when angry will tend to curb the anger.

‏ James 1:19

Ye know this ( ιστε ). Or "know this." Probably the perfect active indicative (literary form as in Eph 5:5; Heb 12:17, unless both are imperative, while in Jas 4:4 we have οιδατε, the usual vernacular Koine perfect indicative). The imperative uses only ιστε and only the context can decide which it is. Εστο (let be) is imperative.

Swift to hear ( ταχυς εις το ακουσα ). For this use of εις το with the infinitive after an adjective see 1Th 4:9. For εις το after adjectives see Ro 16:19. The picture points to listening to the word of truth (verse 18) and is aimed against violent and disputatious speech (chapter 3:1-12). The Greek moralists often urge a quick and attentive ear.

Slow to speak ( βραδυς εις το λαλησα ). Same construction and same ingressive aorist active infinitive, slow to begin speaking, not slow while speaking.

Slow to anger ( βραδυς εις οργην ). He drops the infinitive here, but he probably means that slowness to speak up when angry will tend to curb the anger.