Seest. App-133.
wrought with. Greek. sunergeo. See Romans 8:28.
made perfect. App-125.
Seest thou - Margin, “Thou seest.” Either rendering is correct, and the sense is the same. The apostle means to say that this was so plain that t...
Seest thou how faith (l) wrought with his works, and by works was faith made (m) perfect? (l) Was effectual and fruitful with good works. (m) That...
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...
22 By works was faith made perfect (119) By this he again shews, that the question here is not respecting the cause of our salvation, but w...
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? Seest thou how faith wrought - Here is a proof that faith cannot ex...
By works was faith made perfect?— Faith is not perfect, without producing good works, wherever there is an opportunity for it, after men have belie...
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? How, х hoti ( G3754 )] - that. In the two clauses, emph...
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...
Seest thou how...? — Better taken simply, and not as a question, Thou seest how, &c.
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...
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works ,.... Not to justify him before God; for neither faith nor works are ever said in Scripture to justify a...
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? Ver. 22. Wrought with his works ] Or, was a help to his works,...
Seest thou Or thou seest then, in this instance; how faith wrought together with his works And animated him to great zeal and self-denial in...
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...
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works? He doth not say, works wrought with his faith, as he should have said, if he had intended their concur...
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...
‘You see that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect (brought to completeness).' And not only did his works reveal that h...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 2:22 . Made perfect. —Or, “a complete, and therefore acceptable, thing.” James 2:23 . Imputed. —“Was acco...
perfect ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 5:48 ).
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...
The example of Abraham and Rahab:
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
1 John 2:5 ; 1 John 4:17 ; 1 John 4:18 ; Galatians 5:6 ; Hebrews 11:17-19 ; James 2:18
Thou seest that faith — For by faith Abraham offered him, Hebrews 11:17 . Wrought together with his works — Therefore faith has one energy and ope...
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?