George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
James 2:2
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In conventum vestrum, Greek: eis ten sunagogen umon. Synagogue is also taken for a meeting of kings, judges, &c. See Matthew x. 17.
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In conventum vestrum, Greek: eis ten sunagogen umon. Synagogue is also taken for a meeting of kings, judges, &c. See Matthew x. 17.
Verse James 2:2. _IF THERE COME UNTO YOUR ASSEMBLY_] εις την συναγωγην. _Into the synagogue_. It appears from this that the apostle is addressing _Jews_ who frequented their synagogues, and carried o...
FOR IF THERE COME INTO YOUR ASSEMBLY - Margin, as in Greek, “synagogue.” It is remarkable that this is the only place in the New Testament where the word “synagogue” is applied to the Christian church...
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...
For, if a man comes into your assembly with his fingers covered with gold rings and dressed in elegant clothes and a poor man comes in dressed in shabby clothes, and you pay special attention to the m...
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...
ASSEMBLY. synagogue. Greek. _sunagoge._ App-120. MAN. App-123. WITH. GOLD RING. Literally gold-ringed. Greek. _chrusodaktulios,_ Only here. GOODLY. bright, or shining. Greek. _lampros._ Here, James...
_if there come unto your assembly_ Literally, INTO YOUR SYNAGOGUE, the old familiar name as yet, in that early stage of the Church's life, being used for the Christian as for the Jewish place of worsh...
ΤῊΝ omitted before συναγωγὴν with א*BC: AKLP and almost all the later authorities insert the article. 2. ἘᾺΝ ΓᾺΡ ΕἸΣΈΛΘΗΙ. ἐάν is virtually equivalent to ὅταν. The supposed case is presented vividly...
1–4. THE SUBJECT OF θρησκεία NATURALLY LEADS TO THE THOUGHT OF THE συναγωγή, CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH WHICH IS THE SPIRITUAL DANGER OF προσωπολημψία, AGAINST WHICH ST JAMES NOW WARNS HIS BRETHREN....
_GOD HATES DISCRIMINATION -- JAMES 2:1-7:_ The Christian religion will not allow a person to practice discrimination. Discrimination is an example of inconsistency between faith and action. In the thi...
ΕΊΣΈΛΘΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΕΙΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1525) ВХОДИТЬ. _Conj._ С ΈΆΝ (G1437) в _conj._ 3 типа, предполагающем возможность или вероятность условия, ΣΥΝΑΓΩΓΉ (G4864) собрание, сбор (Davids; Martin),...
UNTO YOUR ASSEMBLY— That here the apostle speaks of consistories for civil judicatures, is argued, 1st, From the accepting of persons, James 2:1 which in the Old Testament and the New, as often as it...
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...
TEMPTATION IN THE CHURCH _Text 2:1-4_ 1. My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2. For if there come into your synagogue a man with...
For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; IF THERE COME, [ ean (G1437) ... eiselthee (G1525)]. ASSEMBLY -...
VERSE 2 FOR IF THERE COME INTO YOUR ASSEMBLY. The apostle commences an illustration of the thought he introduced in the first verse. I cannot concur with Macknight that the apostle has before him a tr...
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...
In the Jewish-Christian Church the place for worship is still the synagogue (Hebrews 10:25). At first strangers would be admitted (1 Corinthians 14:16)....
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...
FOR IF THERE COME UNTO YOUR ASSEMBLY (literally, _synagogue_). — This is the only place in the New Testament where the Jewish word is used for a Christian congregation. A MAN WITH A GOLD RING, IN GOOD...
CHAPTER 10 THE CHRISTOLOGY OF ST. JAMES-THE PRACTICAL UNBELIEF INVOLVED IN SHOWING A WORLDLY RESPECT OF PERSONS IN PUBLIC WORSHIP. James 2:1 As has been stated already, in a previous chapter, one of...
James 2:1-13 take up again the subject of the rich and poor which was commenced in James 1:9-11....
εἰς συναγωγὴν ὑμῶν : as the Epistle is addressed to the twelve tribes of the Dispersion no particular synagogue can be meant here; it is a general direction that is being given. In the N.T. the word i...
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...
CHRISTIANITY ELIMINATES PARTIALITY Roberts points out that the Greek word for "respect of persons" literally means "face receiving." In other words, judging what kind of man one is by how he looks. Th...
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...
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...
FOR IF THERE COME UNTO YOUR ASSEMBLY,.... The place of religious worship where saints are assembled together for that purpose; though some think a civil court of judicature is intended, and to which t...
For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; Ver. 2. _For if there come, &c._] It is probable, saith an interpret...
_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 Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory_ Of which glory all wh...
FOR IF THERE COME UNTO YOUR ASSEMBLY A MAN WITH A GOLD RING, IN GOODLY APPAREL, AND THERE COME IN ALSO A POOR MAN IN VILE RAIMENT,...
DEAD FAITH COMPARED WITH LIVING FAITH. Caution against partiality:...
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...
What kind of partiality is illustrated? How should we treat those who come into our assemblies? How should we treat a person with expensive clothes and jewelry? How should we treat a person in dirty c...
ASSEMBLY: _ Gr._ synagogue...
"For if. man comes into your assembly with. gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in. poor man in dirty clothes."For if" -A concrete example is now given, an application is made....
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...
FOR IF THERE COME UNTO YOUR ASSEMBLY; either church assemblies for worship, HEBREWS 10:25; and in these we find some respect of men's persons, which may here be blamed: see 1 CORINTHIANS 11:20. Or the...
James 2:2 For G1063 if G1437 come G1525 (G5632) into G1519 your G5216 assembly G4864 man G435 rings...
For if there come into your synagogue (assembly) a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing,' He gives the example of two men entering the ‘synagogue'...
CHAPTER 2. FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. The Fact That Faith Without Relevant Action Is Dead Is Illustrated (James 2:1). It Will Be Brought Into Judgment (James 2:8,) And The Case Is Argued Scriptural...
James 2:2. FOR IF THERE COME. St. James does not here mention a mere hypothetical case, but what must frequently have occurred. UNTO YOUR ASSEMBLY. The word employed in the Greek is ‘synagogue,' Some...
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...
FOR (γαρ). An illustration of the prohibition.IF THERE COME IN (εαν εισελθη). Condition of third class (supposable case) with εαν and second (ingressive) aorist active subjunctive of εισερχομα.IN...
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...
SUPPOSE. "This is an example to show you that you have been doing wrong by discriminating against people." There was a much wider gap between rich and poor in New Testament times, and the _middle-clas...
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 2:2 ASSEMBLY probably refers to a Christian house church. SIT DOWN AT MY FEET. The place of a servant. JUDGES WITH EVIL THOUGHTS. Christians are not to “judge” each ot
SINS OF PARTIALITY, ETC. _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 2:1. HAVE NOT.—Better, “hold not.” _Webster_ translates, “Without showing degrees of deference, maintain ye your faith.” THE LORD OF GLO...
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...
Esther 3:10; Esther 8:2; Genesis 27:15; Isaiah 64:6; Luke 15:22;...
Assembly [σ υ ν α γ ω γ η ν]. The word synagogue is a transcript of this. From sun, together, and agw, to bring. Hence, literally, a gathering or congregation, in which sense the word is common in the...
With gold rings — Which were not then so common as now....