ἁπλῶς
haplōs
G0574
G:ADV
Greek
without reserve
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Greek
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haplos describes God's giving in James 1:5 as open and unreserved, without reproach.
Its sole attested use describes God's giving to those who ask for wisdom as unreserved and free from reviling in James 1:5.
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Unreserved giving without reproach · dominant
In James 1:5, the adverb modifies God's giving to all in the clause about asking for wisdom; the APB renders the clause "who gives to all without reserve and without reviling."
In the Anselm Project Bible: In James 1:5, the APB presents the giving as "without reserve" and "without reviling." The precise division of those English phrases cannot be fixed from the rendering alone.