James 2:20

wilt. App-102.

know. App-132.

dead. In the Textus Receptus the same as James 2:17, but the texts read argos, idle or barren. See Matthew 12:36 and 2 Peter 1:8.

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²⁰ But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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