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1Pe_5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
1Pe_2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Jas_4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Jas_4:7. Submit yourselves calls for a voluntary act on the part of man, else his pride will come up against the resistance of God. Resist requires more than a mere aversion to the devil; it calls for active opposition. If a disciple will put up that kind of fight he is assured of victory over the enemy.
Submit to ... God — so ye shall be among “the humble,” Jam_4:6; also Jam_4:10; 1Pe_5:6. Resist ... devil — Under his banner pride and envy are enlisted in the world; resist his temptations to these. Faith, humble prayers, and heavenly wisdom, are the weapons of resistance. The language is taken from warfare. “Submit” as a good soldier puts himself in complete subjection to his captain. “Resist,” stand bravely against. he will flee — Translate, “he shall flee.” For it is a promise of God, not a mere assurance from man to man [Alford]. He shall flee worsted as he did from Christ.
