“ Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? ”
Are ye not then partial in yourselves? - Among yourselves. Do you not show that you are partial? And are become judges of evil thoughts - There has been considerable difference of opinion res...
Are ye not then partial in (c) yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? (c) Have you not within yourselves judged one man to be preferred over another (which you should not do) by means o...
This paragraph on Servility suits exhortation of Jews incomparably better than that of Christians, among whom not many rich were found for generations. The scene of James 2:2 is the synagogue, best...
Are... partial . App-122. of . Genitive of quality or character. App-17. evil . App-128. thoughts . reasonings. See Matthew 15:19 .
4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves ? or, are ye not condemned in yourselves. This may be read affirmatively as well as interrogatively, but the sense would be the same, for he amplifi...
Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? Are ye not then partial - Ου διεκριθητε· Do ye not make a distinction, though the case has not been heard, and the law h...
Are ye not then partial in yourselves,— Do you not put a difference, or discrimination among yourselves on those accounts which are foreign to the cause? That this is the frequent sense of the wo...
Are ye not then partial in yourselves and are become judges of evil thoughts? Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? Are ye not then partial, х ou...
Warnings Against Respect of Persons. Belief and Practice 1. Another instance of inconsistency. Jesus Christ the Lord of glory ] better, 'Jesus Christ the glory,' or 'the glorious one,' One of...
Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? — Or, as the sense, fully expressed, would be: “My brethren, if you acted thus, did you not doubt in yourselves, and b...
Chapter 10 THE CHRISTOLOGY OF ST. JAMES-THE PRACTICAL UNBELIEF INVOLVED IN SHOWING A WORLDLY RESPECT OF PERSONS IN PUBLIC WORSHIP. James 2:1-4 As has been stated already, in a previous chapter...
Avoid Servility to the Rich James 2:1-13 This sin of making distinctions in God's house is as rife today as ever; and wherever it is practiced the divine Spirit departs. God's love is impartial...
Proceeding, James dealt with the effect of faith on conduct. It makes it impossible to show any respect of persons on the ground of the possession of worldly wealth. To show such respect shows that t...
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. (2) For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there com...
Are ye not then partial in yourselves ,.... That is, guilty of such partiality as must appear to yourselves, and your own consciences must accuse you of; or do not ye distinguish, or make a differen...
Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? Ver. 4. Are ye not then partial ] ου διακριθητε, or, "Are ye not for so doing condemned in your own consciences?" Or...
My brethren The equality of Christians intimated by this name is the ground of the admonition; have That is, hold; not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory Of which glory all w...
The first 13 verses of this chapter form a second division of the book, dealing with the faith of Christ as being above all personal considerations, perfectly true and impartial. To mix the faith of...
Regard Due to Poor Christians; Partiality Condemned. A. D. 61. 1 My brethren, have not the fai...
Are ye not then partial in yourselves? Either, are ye not judged in yourselves, convicted by your own consciences of partiality, and accepting men's persons? Or, have ye not made a difference? viz....
Chapter 2. Faith Without Works Is Dead. The Fact That Faith Without Relevant Action Is Dead Is Illustrated ( James 2:1-7 ). It Will Be Brought Into Judgment ( James 2:8-13 ,) And The Case Is Argue...
SINS OF PARTIALITY, ETC. CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 2:1 . Have not. —Better, “hold not.” Webster translates, “Without showing degrees of deference, maintain ye your faith.” The Lo...
James 2:1 . Have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. See James 1:1 . The whole of this chapter turns on charity, which is the excellence of pure re...
EXPOSITION James 2:1-59 WARNING AGAINST RESPECT OF PERSONS . James 2:1 The translation is doubtful, two renderings being possible. (1) That of the A.V. and R.V., "Hold no...
Dead Faith Compared with Living Faith. Caution against partiality:
James 1:1-27 ; James 4:11 ; Job 21:27 ; Job 34:19 ; John 7:24 ; Malachi 2:9 ; Matthew 7:1-5 ; Psalms 109:31 ; Psalms 58:1 ; Psalms 82:2
Ye distinguish not — To which the most respect is due, to the poor or to the rich. But are become evil — reasoning judges — You reason ill, and so judge wrong: for fine apparel is no proof of worth...