Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
James 2:9
τοῦ νόμου. Here the law of Christ which makes no distinction between rich and poor.
τοῦ νόμου. Here the law of Christ which makes no distinction between rich and poor.
Verse 9. _BUT IF YE HAVE RESPECT TO PERSONS_] In judgment, or in any other way; _ye commit sin_ against God, and against your brethren, and are _convinced_, ελεγχομενοι, and are _convicted_, by the la...
BUT IF YE HAVE RESPECT TO PERSONS, YE COMMIT SIN - You transgress the plain law of God, and do wrong. See the references on James 2:1. AND ARE CONVINCED OF THE LAW AS TRANSGRESSORS - Greek “By the law...
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...
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...
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...
HAVE RESPECT, &C. Greek. _prosopolepteo._ Only here. Compare James 2:1 and Acts 10:34. See Leviticus 19:15. SIN. App-128. AND ARE, &C. = being convicted. Greek. _elencho._ See...
_but if ye have respect to persons_ The Greek gives a compound verb which is not found elsewhere, IF YE BE PERSON-ACCEPTING. _ye commit sin_ The Greek is more emphatic, " IT IS SIN that ye are workin...
_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,...
ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΛΗΜΠΤΕΪ́ΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΛΗΜΠΤΈΩ (G4380) быть лидеприятным (_см._ James 2:1 об имени). Ind. используется в _conj._ 1 типа, предполагающем реальность условия. Можно согрешить, не...
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...
WHY OVER-RATING RICHES IS SIN _Text 2:5-9_ James 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promi...
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...
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. Respect of persons violates the command to love all alike "as thyself." YE COMMIT [ ergazesthe (G20...
VERSE 9 BUT IF YE HAVE RESPECT OF PERSONS. If, in disregard of the royal law, you continue to have respect of persons, and thus remain partial, you commit sin; you are convicted by the law as transgre...
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...
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...
BUT IF YE HAVE RESPECT TO PERSONS... — Translate, _But if ye respect persons, ye work sin, and are convicted by the Law_ (_i.e.,_ at the bar of conscience) _as transgressors._ The first principle has...
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....
προσωπολημπτεῖτε : see note on James 2:1; the word does not occur elsewhere in the N.T. nor in the Septuagint; _cf._ Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 16:19. ἁμαρτίαν ἐργάζεσθε : the strength of the expres...
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...
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...
When, in the second place, he says, that those who had respect of persons were _convinced_, or _reproved _by the law, the law is taken according to its proper meaning. For since we are bidden by God’s...
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...
BUT IF YE HAVE RESPECT TO PERSONS, YE COMMIT SIN, c] This is not doing well, but is a transgression of the law, as every sin is hence it follows, AND ARE CONVINCED OF THE LAW AS TRANSGRESSORS; which...
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. Ver. 9. _Ye commit sin_] That is flat; though ye have thought otherwise. _See Trapp on "_ Jam 2:4 _"_...
_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...
CONVINCED OF THE LAW; shown by it to be transgressors....
BUT IF YE HAVE RESPECT TO PERSONS, YE COMMIT SIN, AND ARE CONVINCED OF THE LAW AS TRANSGRESSORS. It is a peculiar fact that history repeats itself, that the same conditions seem to be found in the Chr...
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...
How do we show partiality to others? What ever happened to “sin” in our language? Why do avoid this word? Why do we use - mistake, goof, error in judgment - instead of SIN? Why is partiality a sin? Wh...
"But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors." "if you show partiality" -There is not room for partiality in the command to love neighbor as self....
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...
BUT IF YE HAVE RESPECT TO PERSONS, YE COMMIT SIN; the second part of the apostle's answer, in which he sets _persons_ in opposition to _neighbour:_ q.d. If you, instead of loving your neighbour, which...
James 2:9 but G1161 if G1487 partiality G4380 (G5719) commit G2038 (G5736) sin G266 convicted G1651 ...
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...
‘If you really (or ‘however, if you') fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself, you do well, but if you have respect of persons, you commit sin, bei...
James 2:9. BUT IF YE HAVE RESPECT OF PERSONS, YE COMMIT SIN, ye violate this royal law, AND ARE CONVINCED OF, convicted by, THE LAW. By the law here is not meant a single commandment, as the law again...
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...
BUT IF YE HAVE RESPECT OF PERSONS (ε δε προσωπολημπτειτε). Condition of first class by contrast with that in verse James 2:8. For this verb (present active indicative), formed from προσωπον λαμβανω...
SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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...
BUT. James makes this as strong as he can! It is a deliberate, conscious act of sin if they make distinctions on the basis of outward appearance (social rank, wealth, clothes, etc.) THE LAW condemns y...
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 2:9 PARTIALITY. Favoring the rich breaks the OT commands to treat the poor fairly (Leviticus 19:15;...
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...
1 Corinthians 14:24; 1 John 3:4; Galatians 2:19; James 2:1; John 16:8
Ye have respect to persons [π ρ ο σ ω π ο λ η μ π τ ε ι τ ε]. Only here in New Testament. See on ver. 1. Ye commit sin [α μ α ρ τ ι α ν ε ρ γ α ζ ε σ θ ε]. Lit., "work sin." Compare Matthew 7:23; Acts...
Being convicted — By that very law. Exodus 23:3....