“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded — the call to draw near (eggizō) to God with the promise of reciprocal drawing-near establishes relationship as a matter of movement toward each other. The commands to wash hands and purify hearts invoke Old Testament cultic language (cf. Psalm 24:4) adapted to the internal life. The 'double-minded' (dipsychos, appearing again from 1:8) are those still divided in loyalty.
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