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James 2:23
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.
Verse 23. _THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED_] He believed God; this faith was never inactive, it was accounted to him for righteousness: and being justified by thus believing, his life of obedience showed...
AND THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED WHICH SAITH - That is, the fair and full meaning of the language of Scripture was expressed by this act, showing in the highest sense that his faith was genuine; or the...
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...
Do you wish for proof, you empty creature, that faith without deeds is ineffective? Our father Abraham was proved righteous in consequence of deeds, when he was ready to offer Isaac his son upon the a...
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...
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...
FULFILLED. App-125. BELIEVED. App-150. IMPUTED. reckoned. Greek. _logizomai_. See Romans 2:3 (thinkest). RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191. Quoted from Genesis 15:6, but it received. further fulfilment after J...
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...
_And the scripture was fulfilled_ The use of the words commonly applied to the fulfilment of prophetic utterances implies that St James saw in the statement of Genesis 15:6 that which, though true at...
ἘΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΕΝ ΔῈ ἈΒΡΑᾺΜ κ.τ.λ. The quotation is from the LXX. of Genesis 15:6. The example of Abraham’s faith is cited Sir 44:20-21 and 1Ma 2:52 and in N.T. Romans 4:3;...
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 ILLUSTRATED SAVING FAITH -- JAMES 2:19-26:_ The demons prove that a faith that does not reflect itself in works cannot save. "Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils als...
ΈΠΛΗΡΏΘΗ _aor._ izid.pass. от ΠΛΗΡΌΩ (G4137) наполнять, выполнять, ΛΈΓΟΥΣΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΈΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100) верить, ΈΛΟΓΊΣΘΗ _aor. ind. p...
AND THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED, &C.— The passage here referred to, is recorded Genesis 15:6 and is there applied to Abraham's firm trust in the promise of God, concerning a son and heir. Now that was...
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...
FAITH-ONLY DOES NOT JUSTIFY (EXAMPLE NO. 2) _Text 2:21-24_ James 2:21. Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? 22. Thou seest that faith...
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED - , quoted by Paul, as...
VERSE 23 AND THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED. It was after Abraham offered his son Isaac in sacrifice that the Scripture was fulfilled which said Abraham believed, and this belief was imputed to him for...
20 The case of Abraham is most helpful in further defining the distinct viewpoints of Paul and James. The former refers us to the fifteenth chapter of Genesis, the latter to the twenty-second. In the...
2:23 says, (g-7) See Genesis 15:6 ....
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...
THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED. — Namely, that earlier declaration of God (Genesis 15:6) when the childless Abraham, with only a Syrian slave for his heir, trusted in the divine promise that his own seed...
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...
There is some little looseness in the way the O.T. is used in these verses; in James 2:21 mention is made of the _work_ of offering up Isaac, whereby, it is said (James 2:22), faith is perfected; then...
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...
ABRAHAM'S JUSTIFICATION Woods says the word translated "working together" comes "from sunergei, imperfect active of sunergeo, to cooperate with; hence, faith and works kept on cooperating with each ot...
And the scripture was (n) fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. (n) Then the Scripture was fulfilled, when i...
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...
23_And the Scripture was fulfilled_. They who seek to prove from this passage of James that the works of Abraham were imputed for righteousness, must necessarily confess that Scripture is perverted by...
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 THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED,.... Genesis 15:6 which speaks of Abraham's faith, and the imputation of to him for righteousness; for the above action of Abraham, in offering up his son, was a clear...
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. Ver. 23. _And it was imputed_] _See Trapp on "_...
_And the scripture_ Which was afterward written, _was_ hereby eminently _fulfilled. Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness._ This was twice fulfilled, when Abraham first bel...
THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED; by the works which Abraham did. His works showed that he believed God in reality, as the Scriptures declared, with a living, and not merely a dead faith....
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 does Genesis 15:6 teach about Abraham? What does the word “accounted” (imputed in KJV) mean? Was Abraham righteous or was it just accounted as if he was righteous? Why was Abraham called the “Fri...
"and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness", and he was called the friend of God."the Scripture was fulfilled" -The Scripture u...
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,...
AND THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED; this illustrious instance of Abraham's obedience did so clearly evidence the sincerity of his faith, that it did most plainly appear, that what the Scripture said of h...
1 Clement Abraham, styled "the friend,"[44] Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians For Christ is one, in whom every nation that believes, and every tongue that confesses, is gathered unto God. And t...
James 2:23 And G2532 Scripture G1124 fulfilled G4137 (G5681) says G3004 (G5723) G1161 Abraham G11 believed...
‘And the scripture was fulfilled which says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness”, and he was called the friend of God.' So Abraham's action in offering Isaac _in...
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 2:23. AND THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED. The same expression which is employed with reference to prophetical declarations; hence ‘the Scripture received its accomplishment.' This great act of obed...
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...
WAS FULFILLED (επληρωθη). First aorist passive indicative of πληροω, the usual verb for fulfilling Scripture. So James quotes Genesis 15:6 as proving his point in verse James 2:21 that Abraham had w...
IMPUTATION Imputation is the act of God whereby He accounts righteousness to the believer in Christ, who has borne the believer's sins in vindication of the law. (_ See Scofield) - (Philemon 1:18)....
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...
AND THE SCRIPTURE. Note the climax which James uses!!! Abraham's faith being made perfect through his actions made this come true!!! The quotation is from Genesis 15:6 Septuagint. God accepted Abraham...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 2:23 James uses Genesis 15:6 in a way that complements rather than contradicts Paul (Romans 4:1;...
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 2:22. MADE PERFECT.—Or, “a complete, and therefore acceptable, thing.” James 2:23. IMPUTED.—“Was accounted as equivalent to righteousness.” His willingness to d...
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 Peter 2:6; 2 Chronicles 20:7; 2 Timothy 3:16; Acts 1:16; Exodus 33:11
Was fulfilled [ε π λ η ρ ω θ η]. Not was confirmed, which the word does not mean either in New - Testament or in classical usage, but was actually and fully realized. James here uses the formula which...
And the scripture — Which was afterwards written. Was hereby eminently fulfilled, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness — This was twice fulfilled, — when Abraham first bel...