George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
James 2:12
By the law of liberty; i.e. by the new law and doctrine of Christ. (Witham)
By the law of liberty; i.e. by the new law and doctrine of Christ. (Witham)
Verse 12. _SO SPEAK YE, AND SO DO_] Have respect to every commandment of God, for this the _law of liberty _- the Gospel of Jesus Christ, particularly requires; and this is the law by which all mankin...
SO SPEAK YE, AND SO DO, AS THEY THAT SHALL BE JUDGED BY THE LAW OF LIBERTY - On the phrase, “the law of liberty,” see the notes at James 1:25. Compare the notes at James 4:11. The meaning is, that in...
II. THE ROYAL LAW: FAITH AND WORKS CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The faith of Christ with respect to persons (James 2:1)_ 2. The royal law (James 2:6) 3. Faith must be manifested by works (James 2:14)...
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 ta...
So speak and so act as those who are going to be judged under the law of liberty. For he who acts without mercy will have judgment without mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. As he comes to the end...
RESPECT OF PERSONS (James 2:1) _ 2:1 My brothers, you cannot really believe that you have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, and yet continue to have respect of persons._ Respect of persons is...
SPEAK. App-121. SHALL. are about to. JUDGED. App-122. BY. App-104.James 2:1. LIBERTY. Compare James 1:25....
_So speak ye, and so do_ The thoughts of the teacher dwell, as before (chap. James 1:26) and afterwards (chap. James 3:1-12), on sins of speech as no less tests of character than sins of act. In so do...
ΔΙᾺ ΝΌΜΟΥ ἘΛΕΥΘΕΡΊΑΣ ΜΈΛΛΟΝΤΕΣ ΚΡΊΝΕΣΘΑΙ. See note James 1:25....
5–14. THE ROYAL LAW OF LOVE IS INFRINGED BY THE UNJUST AND SCORNFUL TREATMENT OF THE POOR DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING SECTION, AND THUS THE WHOLE LAW IS BROKEN...
_GOD HAS A ROYAL LAW -- JAMES 2:8-13:_ Discrimination is contrary to the Royal Law which saves man from sin. James reminded Christians that God has a "Royal Law." James used the expression "royal law,...
ΛΑΛΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить, ΠΟΙΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, ΈΛΕΥΘΕΡΊΑΣ (G1657) свобода, вольность. Здесь _gen._ описания. Предлог ΔΙΆ (G1223) здесь...
DISCOURSE: 2364 THE LAW OF LIBERTY James 2:12. _So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty_. THE law of works contained in the Ten Commandments is continued in force u...
SO SPEAK YE, AND SO DO, &C.— "Let it therefore be your care, that ye so speak and so act as those that shall be judged by the law of liberty, by the glorious gospel, which is a dispensation that sets...
CHAPTER IV _OVER-RATED RICHES_ James 2:1-13 _Introduction_ The ability to accumulate riches, in the minds of many people, seems to qualify any man for any position. Even though the acquisition of r...
GENERAL PRINCIPLES _Text 2:10-13_ James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all. 11. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said a...
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. Summing up the previous reasonings. SPEAK - referring back to ; : the fuller discussion is given, James 3:1. Judged by...
VERSE 12 SO SPEAK YE, AND SO DO. The exhortation is plain, and contains essential truth. It we so speak and so act from love of the right, and because it is right, then we speak and act as persons th...
26 The outward form of divine service, the rites and ceremonies of the sacerdotal system of Moses, was but the exterior shell of truth. It was the letter: truth was the spirit. The ritual was full of...
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THE LAW OF LIBERTY] better, 'a law of liberty.' There can be no true liberty without obedience. A Law of liberty is one which a man obeys freely, not because he must, but because it is a Law of love,...
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 the ra...
WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO JAMES _IAN MACKERVOY_ The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 2 RESPECT OF PERSONS 2:1-7 V1 My Christian brothers and sisters, you trust th...
SO SPEAK YE, AND SO DO. — The writer has shown how unsuspected sins lead quickly to a violation of the Law, and in concluding this part of his Epistle he returns to the warning against an unguarded to...
οὕτως λαλεῖτε καὶ οὕτως ποιεῖτε : When one thinks of the teaching of our Lord in such passages as Matthew 5:22; Matthew 5:28, where sinful feelings and thoughts are reckoned as equally wicked with sin...
James 2:1-13 take up again the subject of the rich and poor which was commenced in James 1:9-11....
AVOID SERVILITY TO THE RICH James 2:1 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, so far...
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 th...
THE ROYAL LAW James seemingly anticipated their response. Perhaps they would say they were only following the law, fit for kings, which said they should love their neighbor as themselves (Leviticus 19...
(7) So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. (7) The conclusion of the whole treatise: we are upon this condition delivered from the curse of the law by the mercy o...
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 come...
To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
_LAW AND LIBERTY_ ‘The law or liberty.’ James 2:12 ‘Law’—merely ‘law’—‘law’ only—is a bondage harsh and severe. ‘Liberty’ alone, and unguarded, passes into licentiousness, runs riot, and becomes tyr...
12_So speak ye_. Some give this explanation, that as they flattered themselves too much, they are summoned to the right tribunal; for men absolve themselves according to their own notions, because the...
The apostle now enters on the subject of those who professed to believe that Jesus was Christ the Lord. Before, in Chapter 1, he had spoken of the new nature in connection with God: here the professio...
SO SPEAK YE, AND SO DO,.... Both words and actions should be taken care of; it becomes men to observe what they say, and what they do; for both sinful words and works are transgressions of the law, an...
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. Ver. 12. _As they that shall be judged_] Or, as they that should judge by the law of liberty; which is so called, because i...
_So speak ye, and so do_ In all things; _as they that shall be judged_ Without respect of persons; _by the law of liberty_ The gospel, (see on James 1:25,) the law of universal love, which alone is pe...
THE LAW OF LIBERTY; see note to chap James 1:25. Obedience, if sincere, will be universal; and real love to God, or living faith in him, will lead men to have respect to all his commandments. Psalms 1...
SO SPEAK YE, AND SO DO, AS THEY THAT SHALL BE JUDGED BY THE LAW OF LIBERTY....
The will of God to be kept in all parts:...
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 C...
How should we speak? Why will be NOT be judged by the Law of Moses? By what law will we be judged?...
"So speak and so act, as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty."So speak and so act" -present imperatives-do so as. habit. "We are to live continuously both in our words and actions in view...
1-13 Those who profess faith in Christ as the Lord of glory, must not respect persons on account of mere outward circumstances and appearances, in a manner not agreeing with their profession of being...
SO SPEAK YE, AND SO DO: the apostle concluding his discourse about respecting persons, which consisted both in their words and actions, be directs them how to govern themselves in both. AS THEY THAT S...
James 2:12 So G3779 speak G2980 (G5720) and G2532 so G3779 do G4160 (G5720) as G5613 be...
‘So speak you, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of liberty.' He then applies his words to the Christians who are hearing his letter read to them. They are to recognise this principle an...
THE REASON THAT THEIR TREATMENT OF RICH AND POOR IS TO BE CONDEMNED AND WILL COME INTO JUDGMENT IS NOW GIVEN (JAMES 2:8). Having opened with an illustration so as to seize the attention, James now app...
James 2:12. SO SPEAK YE AND SO DO, AS THEY THAT SHALL BE JUDGED BY THE LAW OF LIBERTY. The law of liberty is not here the moral law, nor the love of our neighbour as a single commandment, but the same...
James 2:1-13. In this passage, St. James proceeds to caution his readers against showing respect of persons, especially in their religious assemblies; for by doing so they would violate their Christia...
SO SPEAK YE, AND SO DO (ουτως λαλειτε κα ουτως ποιειτε). Present active imperatives as a habit. For the combination see James 1:19-21 contrasted with James 1:22-25, and James 1:26 with...
James 2:12 The Law of Liberty. Take these two words, "the law of liberty" liberty and law. They stand over against one another. Our first conception of them is as contradictory. The history of human...
CONTENTS: The tests of brotherly love and good words. Justification before men by our works. CHARACTERS: Christ, James, Abraham, Isaac, Rahab. CONCLUSION: Those who are possessors of Christ's salvat...
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 religio...
SPEAK AND ACT. "Since you know you will be judged by the _law that sets men free_ (see note on James 1:25_),_ be sure you speak and act so that the Good News will not condemn you!!!" The law of Christ...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 2:1 The Sin of Favoritism. The problem of the poor and the rich, already emphasized in James 1:9,...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 2:12 THE LAW OF LIBERTY. The law of Christ provides freedom from sin. ⇐ ⇔
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 2:10.—Omit word “point”; insert “precept” or “commandment.” Because the law is only the various application of one essential principle. James 2:13.—Render, “For...
EXPOSITION JAMES 2:1 WARNING AGAINST RESPECT OF PERSONS. JAMES 2:1 The translation is doubtful, two renderings being possible. (1) That of the A.V. and R.
Now my brothers, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons (James 2:1). This is so difficult. It is so easy for us to fall in the trap of respecting pers...
2 Peter 1:4; Colossians 3:17; James 2:8; James 1:25; Philippians 4:8...
So. With reference to what follows, speak and do....
So speak and act — In all things. As they that shall be judged — Without respect of persons. By the law of liberty — The gospel; the law of universal love, which alone is perfect freedom. For their tr...
Does the law bring liberty or bondage? PROBLEM: By James’ account, the law of God brings liberty into the Christian’s life, since he describes it here as the “law of liberty.” This appears to be in d...