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Verse 17. _IF IT HATH NOT WORKS, IS DEAD_] The faith that does not
produce works of charity and mercy is without the living principle
which animates all true faith, that is, _love to God_ and _love t...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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DEAD. Greek. _nekros._ Compare App-139.
ALONE. by (App-104.) itself....
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ΟὝΤΩΣ ΚΑῚ Ἡ ΠΊΣΤΙΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. The conclusion is drawn
by analogy. It is inconceivable that ἔλεος, pity, or compassion,
can exist without results, so is the conception of faith without works
an impossible...
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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...
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_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...
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ΟΫΤΩΣ (G3779) подобным образом. Здесь
применяется сравнение (Ropes),
ΚΑΘ' ΈΑΥΤΉΝ (G2596; G1438) в себе, по
отношению к себе, внутри (Dibelius; Mayor;
Adamson)....
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EVEN SO FAITH, IF IT HATH NOT WORKS, &C.— See the preceding note.
St. Paul (says Dr. Heylin,) had used the term _faith_ as it was
understood in the Jewish schools; (and still in our own schools, where...
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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...
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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...
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Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
FAITH ... BEING ALONE. Alford joins, 'is dead in itself.' Bengel, 'If
the works which living faith produces have no existence, it is a pro...
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VERSE 17 EVEN SO FAITH, IF IT HATH NOT WORKS, IS DEAD, BEING ALONE.
Now, if your simple statement to the distressed brother or sister did
not clothe them, did not feed them, just that certain it is th...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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EVEN SO FAITH, IF IT HATH NOT WORKS, IS DEAD, BEING ALONE. — Better,
like the margin, _is dead in its own self._ If to be childless among
women were a curse in Israel, so to be barren among God’s grac...
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(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...
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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...
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οὕτως καὶ ἡ πίστις …: just as faith without works
is dead, so this spurious, quiescent charity, which is content to
leave all to God without any attempt at individual effort, is
worthless. καθʼ ἑαυτήν...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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17_Is dead, being alone_. He says that faith is dead, being by itself,
that is, when destitute of good works. We hence conclude that it is
indeed no faith, for when dead, it does not properly retain t...
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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...
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EVEN SO FAITH, IF IT HATH NOT WORKS, IS DEAD, BEING ALONE. It is like
a lifeless carcass, a body without a soul, James 2:26 for as works,
without faith, are dead works, so faith, without works, is a d...
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Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Ver. 17. _Is dead, being alone_] That is, being workless; for life
discovers itself by action; so doth true faith by trust in God and
love t...
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_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...
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IS DEAD; it is not the kind of faith which justifies the soul: that
is, a living, operative faith, which works by love, purifies the
heart, overcomes the world, and produces good works....
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Proof of faith demanded in brotherly love:...
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EVEN SO FAITH, IF IT HATH NOT WORKS, IS DEAD, BEING ALONE....
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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...
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Can our faith be dead? Explain how faith saves. Are we saved by faith?
What is faith by itself? What are the “works” mentioned in this
verse? Can our faith go up and down, have highs and lows? Can our...
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ALONE:
_ Gr._ by itself...
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"Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself"."Even
so" -Just like mere words directed at. Christian in need are
completely worthless, so faith that isn't active is completely
worthles...
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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,...
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EVEN SO FAITH; that which they boasted of, and called faith. IS DEAD;
void of that life, in which the very essence of faith consists, and
which always discovers itself in vital actings and good fruits...
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James 2:17 Thus G2532 also G3779 faith G4102 itself G2596 G1438 if
G3362 does G2192 not G3362 have...
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‘Even so faith, if it does not have works, is dead in itself.'
And that is why he can say that such faith is dead. It is
unresponsive, it fails to act, and it reveals a closed mind and a
closed heart...
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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'....
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James 2:17. Now follows the application of this illustration. As this
love, which merely expends itself in kind words and wishes, is of no
value; so neither is the faith of him who professes to believ...
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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...
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IF IT HAVE NOT WORKS
(εαν μη εχη εργα). Another condition of the third class
with εαν and μη and the present active subjunctive of εχω, "if
it keep on not having works."IN ITSELF
(καθ' εαυτην). In...
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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...
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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...
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SO IT IS WITH FAITH. "Faith which does not prove itself by actions is
as worthless as good wishes to the poor without food and clothing....
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 2:17 DEAD. Useless, with no life at all. It
cannot lead to salvation (v. James 2:14). True faith will produce
WORKS....
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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......
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_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...
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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.
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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...
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1 Corinthians 13:13; 1 Corinthians 13:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1
Timothy 1:5;...
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Being alone [κ α θ ε α υ τ η ν]. Wrong. Rev., correctly, in
itself. The phrase belongs to dead. It is dead, not merely in
reference to something else, but absolutely....
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So likewise that faith which hath not works is a mere dead, empty
notion; of no more profit to him that hath it, than the bidding the
naked be clothed is to him....