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James 2:16
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled, notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body, what doth it profit?
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled, notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body, what doth it profit?
Verse 16. _BE YE WARMED AND FILLED_] Your saying so to them, while you give them nothing, will just profit them as much as your professed faith, without those works which are the genuine fruits of tru...
IF A BROTHER OR SISTER BE NAKED ... - The comparison in these verses is very obvious and striking. The sense is, that faith in itself, without the acts that correspond to it, and to which it would pro...
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)...
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 attack upon Paulinism, troubles no one now, simply b...
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...
My brothers, what use is it if a man claims to have faith and has no deeds to show? Are you going to claim that his faith is able to save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear, and if they h...
My brothers, what use is it, if a man claims to have faith and has no deeds to show? Are you going to claim that his faith is able to save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and if they h...
ONE. App-123., as in James 2:1; James 2:4; James 2:5. NEEDFUL. Greek. _epitedeios._ Only here....
_Depart in peace_ The phrase was one of familiar benediction, and had been used by our Lord to those who came to Him seeking bodily or spiritual healing (Luke 7:50; Luke 8:48; Acts 16:36). It would na...
Justification by Faith and Works 14. _though a man say he hath faith_ The section on which we now enter has been the battle-field of almost endless controversies. It led Luther in the boldness of a ze...
ΧΟΡΤΆΖΟΣΘΕ, from χόρτος, see note James 1:11, and for the verb note on Matthew 5:6 in this series. First of cattle, ‘to feed,’ βοσκημάτων δίκην … βόσκονται χορταζόμενοι, Plato, _Rep._ 586: then, as a...
14–26. THE RELATION BETWEEN ΠΊΣΤΙΣ AND ἜΡΓΑ:—a subject suggested by the preceding paragraph, but also probably by one of the questions referred to St James for solution. Such questions were frequently...
_GOD STATES THE MESSAGE CLEARLY -- JAMES 2:14-18:_ The heart of the message of the book of James is "Faith in Action." James teaches that faith without works is barren or dead. Saving faith demands wo...
ΕΪΠΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΥΠΆΓΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΎΠΆΓΩ (G5217) уходить, уезжать, ΈΝ ΕΙΡΉΝΗ (G1722; G1515) в мире. Выражение "идите с миром" является иудейским прощани...
FAITH-ONLY IS DEAD, BEING ALONE (EXAMPLE NO. 1) _Text 2:15-17_ James 2:15. If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of food, 16. and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and fil...
CHAPTER V. _THE DEVIL'S FAITH_ James 2:14-26 _Introduction_ Faith has come to mean some kind of magic word by which men shall do the impossible, even to the acquisition of heaven. The word really m...
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Passive sentimental impress...
VERSE 16 AND ONE OF YOU SAY UNTO THEM, DEPART IN PEACE, BE YE WARMED AND FILLED. In that case do you relieve them from their necessities, if you fail to give them clothing and food? Certainly not. 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...
2:16 filled; (c-15) Or 'warm and fill yourselves.'...
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...
(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 adversaries. It is an easy thing to shoot “arrows, ev...
AND ONE OF YOU SAY UNTO THEM, DEPART IN PEACE, BE YE WARMED AND FILLED. — Is it unlikely, knowing as we do the style of the rugged Apostle, that he was drawing other than from the life? Perhaps it was...
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. James 2:14 "What doth it profit, my brethren, if a m...
ὑπάγετε, θερμαίνεσθε, χορτάζεσθε : these words do not seem to be spoken in irony; this is clear from the τί τὸ ὄφελος. They are spoken in all seriousness, and it is quite possible that those whom the...
On this section see Introduction IV., § 2. There are a few points worth drawing attention to, in connection with the subject treated of in these verses, before we come to deal with the passage in deta...
DEEDS THE EVIDENCE OF FAITH James 2:14 The Apostle is speaking here of a faith that does not result in a changed life. It is the faith which believes _about_ Jesus Christ, as distinguished from that...
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...
A FAITH THAT DOES NOT WORK IS USELESS Those who claimed to have faith but failed to be fair in their treatment of the poor, as well as rich, had a faith that would not save them. James does not say th...
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 destitute of daily food, (16) And one of you say unt...
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...
AND ONE OF YOU SAY UNTO THEM,.... That is, one of the same faith, and in the same communion and church fellowship. DEPART IN PEACE; wishing them all prosperity and happiness, inward and outward: BE...
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be _ye_ warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what _doth it_ profit? Ver. 16. _And one of you...
_What doth it profit_ From James 1:22, the apostle has been enforcing Christian practice; he now applies to those who neglected this under the pretence of faith. St. Paul had taught, that _a man is ju...
BE YE WARMED; to give words only, when deeds are due and in our power, is to offend God and wound our needy brother....
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...
Should we wish the poor well? Should our wishes be supported by our actions? Is there any value in well wishing without actual help? Are there some we should NOT help? Give a definition of the word -...
"and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?"and one of you says to them" -Let the reader be i...
14-26 Those are wrong who put a mere notional belief of the gospel for the whole of evangelical religion, as many now do. No doubt, true faith alone, whereby men have part in Christ's righteousness,...
DEPART IN PEACE; a usual form of salutation, wherein, under the name of peace, they wished all prosperity and happiness to them they greeted, MARK 5:34 LUKE 7:50, LUKE 8:48. BE YE WARMED; i.e. be ye c...
James 2:16 and G1161 one G5100 of G1537 you G5216 says G2036 (G5632) them G846 Depart G5217 ...
‘If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food, and one of you say to them, “Go in peace, be you warmed and filled”, but you do not give them the things needful to the body, what does it p...
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 Does Not Really Matter How We Behave Towards Others'....
James 2:16. AND ONE OF YOU SAY TO THEM, DEPART IN PEACE, BE YE WARMED AND FILLED: warmed in reference to their being naked, and filled in reference to their being destitute of daily food. Expressions...
James 2:14-26. In this passage James continues to enforce practical religion. He tells his readers that faith destitute of works is of no avail to the saving of the soul, and is as useless as a charit...
AND ONE OF YOU SAY UNTO THEM (ειπη δε τις αυτοις εξ υμων). Third-class condition again continued from verse James 2:15 with second aorist active subjunctive ειπη.GO IN PEACE (υπαγετε εν ειρηνη). P...
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...
WHAT GOOD? "If you ask God's blessing on them and pray that _somebody else_ will take care of them, but do not yourself give them the necessities of life, what help have you been to them??? Will such...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 2:15 GO IN PEACE, BE WARMED AND FILLED. An example of faith without works. The person seems to be expressing concern for the poor, but in reality he refuses to help....
JAMES 2:14 Faith without Works Is Dead. James continues the theme that hearing/faith must lead to doing/works. It may seem that James contradicts Paul’s “by grace you have been saved through faith......
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 2:14. SAY.—Or, “make profession.” The man may really have the faith, but it cannot be an _effective_ faith if it finds no expression in actions. “Faith, without a...
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...
1 John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 8:8; James 2:14; Job 22:7; Matthew 14:15;
Depart in peace [υ π α γ ε τ ε ε ν ε ι ρ η ν η]. Compare upage or paoreuou eijv eijrhnhn, go into peace, Mark 5:34; Luke 7:50. Be filled [χ ο ρ τ α ζ ε σ θ ε]. See on Matthew 5:6. Those things which a...