Wesley's Explanatory Notes
James 2:10
Whosoever keepeth the whole law, except in one point, he is guilty of all — Is as liable to condemnation as if he had offended in every point.
Whosoever keepeth the whole law, except in one point, he is guilty of all — Is as liable to condemnation as if he had offended in every point.
Verse 10. _FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW_, c.] This is a rabbinical form of speech. In the tract _Shabbath_, fol. 70, where they dispute concerning the thirty-nine works commanded by Moses,...
FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW - All except the single point referred to. The apostle does not say that this in fact ever did occur, but he says that if it should, and yet a man should have fa...
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...
If you perfectly keep the royal law, as the Scripture has it: "You must love your neighbour as yourself, you do well. But if you treat people with respect of persons, such conduct is sin and you stand...
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...
OFFEND. stumble. Greek. _ptaio._ See Romans 11:11. IS. has been. GUILTY. See Deuteronomy 27:26; Matthew 26:66;...
_in one point_ The noun, as the italics shew, is not in the Greek, but the English is a satisfactory rendering. Guided by what follows we might perhaps say "in one _commandment_." _he is guilty of all...
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...
Regarded as a whole law is the expression of the divine will; therefore infraction of the law in one particular is transgression of the divine will, and so a transgression of the whole law. The instan...
_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,...
ΌΣΤΙΣ (G3747) с _conj._, кто бы ни. Об использовании с _conj. см._ RG, 956f; BD, 192. ΤΗΡΉΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΤΗΡΈΩ (G5083) хранить, беречь, ΠΤΑΊΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΤΑΊΩ (G4417) спотыкаться...
IF YE FULFIL THE ROYAL LAW— The whole of the apostle's argument depends upon that sacred maxim so frequently introduced in a direct or indirect manner by the infallibly inspired writers of the New Tes...
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...
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...
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 'Aleph (') B C, Vulgate, read Whosoever shall have kept [ teereesee (G5083)] the whole law, and yet shall h...
VERSE 10 FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW, YET OFFEND IN ONE POINT. To be an offender against the law, it is not necessary to violate every provision. If one precept or provision is set at naugh...
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...
It might be said that, even if a man transgressed the Law of Christ in the matter of respect of persons, he was only breaking a small part of that Law. Not so. The Law, like the Lawgiver, is one. To b...
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 WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP... — Better, _have kept the whole Law, but shall have offended in one, has become guilty of all._ As a chain is snapped by failure of the weakest link, so the whole Law, in it...
CHAPTER 11 THE INIQUITY OF RESPECTING THE RICH AND DESPISING THE POOR-THE SOLIDARITY OF THE DIVINE LAW. James 2:5 ST. JAMES is varied in his style. Sometimes he writes short, maxim-like sentences, w...
James 2:1-13 take up again the subject of the rich and poor which was commenced in James 1:9-11....
τηρήσῃ : τηρεῖν is used here with a force precisely corresponding to the Hebrew שׁמר when used in reference to the Law, or a statute, the Sabbath, etc.; the idea is that of guarding something against...
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...
(5) For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of (g) all. (5) A new argument to prove the same conclusion: Those who neglect some and ambitiously honour othe...
Is become guilty of all. It is certain these words are not to be taken merely according to the letter, nor in the sense which at first they seem to represent, as if a man by transgressing one precept...
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] St. Augustine, Ep. lxvii. num. 16. p. 600. An forte quia plenitudo legis charitas est, qua Deus, proximusque diligitur, in quibus præceptis charitatis tota lex pendet et prophetæ, meri...
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...
10_For whosoever shall keep the whole law_. What alone he means is, that God will not be honored with exceptions, nor will he allow us to cut off from his law what is less pleasing to us. At the first...
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 WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW,.... Or the greatest part of it, excepting only in one point, as follows: Adam, in a state of innocence, was able to keep the whole law, but by sin he lost that...
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one _point_, he is guilty of all. Ver. 10. _He is guilty of all_] The whole law is but one copulative,Exodus 16:18; Ezekiel 18:10,13. He that...
_If ye fulfil the royal law_ The supreme law of the great King, which is love; and that to every man, poor as well as rich; _ye do well_ The phrase, νομος βασιλικος, _royal law_, here admits of three...
HE IS GUILTY; he as really violates the law, if he allows himself in one transgression, as if he committed many; and if he continues in it, he will as certainly be condemned....
FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW, AND YET OFFEND-IN ONE POINT, HE IS GUILTY OF ALL....
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...
Who keeps the whole law? Was it possible to keep every precept in the Law of Moses? What does it mean to stumble? Have you ever “tripped” over some command in the Bible? Why is “one point” the same as...
"For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all." "For whoever" -This principle applies to everyone."keeps the whole law" -James is obviously not teaching t...
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 WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP: this is not an assertion, that any man doth keep the whole law so as to offend but in one point, but a supposition that if, or admitting, such a one were. THE WHOLE LAW; all...
James 2:10 For G1063 whoever G3748 keep G5083 (G5692) whole G3650 law G3551 yet G1161 stumble G4417 ...
‘For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all.' This is a no escape clause which embraces us all. In order to back his argument up against anyone who...
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 2:10. FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW, AND YET OFFEND IN ONE POINT one particular, one commandment. HE IS GUILTY OF ALL: that is, although respect of persons may appear to be the violati...
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...
WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP (οστις τηρηση). Indefinite relative clause with οστις and aorist active subjunctive of τηρεω, old verb, to guard (from τηρος guarding), as in Matthew 27:36, without αν (though o...
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...
WHOEVER. The Jews taught that if you kept _one_ commandment, you would be given credit for all the rest, even though you did not keep them. James shows that if you break one, you have broken them all!...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 2:10 ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL OF IT. The law was considered an interdependent whole. Breaking any law meant breaking THE WHOLE LAW....
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 2:1 The Sin of Favoritism. The problem of the poor and the rich, already emphasized in James 1:9,...
_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...
Deuteronomy 27:26; Galatians 3:10; Matthew 5:18; Matthew 5:19...
Keep [τ η ρ η σ η]. See on ver. 8. Offend [π τ α ι σ η]. Lit., as Rev., stumble. He is guilty [γ ε γ ο ν ε ν ε ν ο χ ο ς]. Lit., he is become guilty. Enocov, guilty, is, strictly, holden; within the...
Here the apostle doth suppose. case which ought to make every person very conscientious in his obedience to the whole law of God, namely, that in case. man were careful to observe all the laws of God,...