James 2:4

Are... partial. App-122.

of. Genitive of quality or character. App-17.

evil. App-128.

thoughts. reasonings. See Matthew 15:19.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Are ye not then partial in yourselves? - Among yourselves. Do you not show that you are partial? And are become judges of evil thoughts - The...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves ? or, are ye not condemned in yourselves. This may be read affirmatively as well as interrogativel...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Are ye not then partial in yourselves,— Do you not put a difference, or discrimination among yourselves on those accounts which are foreign to th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Are ye not then partial in yourselves ,.... That is, guilty of such partiality as must appear to yourselves, and your own consciences must accuse yo...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Jes...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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⁴ Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

Related Commentaries of James 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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