dead. Greek. nekros. Compare App-139.
alone. by (App-104.) itself.
If a brother or sister be naked ... - The comparison in these verses is very obvious and striking. The sense is, that faith in itself, without th...
The surface contradiction between James and Paul, which made Luther call this an epistle of straw, and the Tü bingen critics hail it as a Judaist's a...
17 Is dead, being alone. He says that faith is dead, being by itself, that is, when destitute of good works. We hence conclude that it is ind...
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. If it hath not works, is dead - The faith that does not produce works of charity and mercy...
Even so faith, if it hath not works, &c.— See the preceding note. St. Paul (says Dr. Heylin,) had used the term faith as it was understood in...
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Faith ... being alone. Alford joins, 'is dead in itself.' Bengel, 'If the works wh...
Warnings Against Respect of Persons. Belief and Practice 1. Another instance of inconsistency. Jesus Christ the Lord of glory ] better, 'Jesu...
(14-26) FAITH AND WORKS. — We now enter on the most debatable ground of the Epistle; a battle-field strewn with the bones and weapons of countless ad...
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. — Better, like the margin, is dead in its own self. If to be childless among women wer...
Chapter 12 FAITH AND WORKS: THREE VIEWS OF THE RELATION, OF THE TEACHING OF ST. JAMES TO THE TEACHING OF ST. PAUL-THE RELATION OF LUTHER TO BOTH....
Deeds the Evidence of Faith James 2:14-26 The Apostle is speaking here of a faith that does not result in a changed life. It is the faith which...
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...
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? (15) If a brother or sister be naked, and d...
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. It is like a lifeless carcass, a body without a soul, James 2:26 for as works, without...
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Ver. 17. Is dead, being alone ] That is, being workless; for life discovers itself by...
What doth it profit From James 1:22 , the apostle has been enforcing Christian practice; he now applies to those who neglected this under the pret...
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,...
Faith and Works. A. D. 61. 14 What doth i...
Even so faith; that which they boasted of, and called faith. Is dead; void of that life, in which the very essence of faith consists, and which a...
The Reply Comes, ‘But Surely If We Have Faith That Is Enough. Will We Not Be Seen To Be Righteous Because We Have Faith In Christ? Then Surely It Do...
‘Even so faith, if it does not have works, is dead in itself.' And that is why he can say that such faith is dead. It is unresponsive, it fails to a...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 2:14 . Say. —Or, “make profession.” The man may really have the faith, but it cannot be an effective faith...
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 tu...
EXPOSITION James 2:1-59 WARNING AGAINST RESPECT OF PERSONS . James 2:1 The translation is doubtful, two renderings being po...
Proof of faith demanded in brotherly love:
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
1 Corinthians 13:13 ; 1 Corinthians 13:3 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:3 ; 1 Timothy 1:5 ; 2 Peter 1:5-9 ; James 2:14 ; James 2:19 ; James 2:20 ; Jame...
So likewise that faith which hath not works is a mere dead, empty notion; of no more profit to him that hath it, than the bidding the naked be clot...
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.c