Discussion Questions on Chapter Two
(The question numbers refer to the verse number.)
1. Who is addressed in this verse? How do we “hold” faith? What is partiality? Is partiality another word or prejudice? List some kinds or types of partiality in our world. Can we have faith in Jesus and be partial?
CHAPTER II. _We should not prefer the rich to the poor, nor show any_ _partiality inconsistent with the Gospel of Christ_, 1-4. _God has chosen the poor, rich in faith, to be heirs of his_ _kingdo...
MY BRETHREN - Perhaps meaning brethren in two respects - as Jews, and as Christians. In both respects the form of address would be proper. HAVE NOT THE FAITH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST - Faith is the di...
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...
HAVE. hold. FAITH. App-150. LORD. App-98. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. XI GLORY. Compare 1 Corinthians 2:8. Seep. 1511. WITH. App-104. RESPECT OF PERSONS. Greek. _prosopolepsia._ See Romans 2:11....
James 2:1-13. Respect of Persons 1. _have not the faith_ Better, DO NOT HOLD. The Greek for "respect of persons" (better, perhaps, ACCEPTANCE OF PERSONS) is in the plural, as including all the varied...
1–4. THE SUBJECT OF θρησκεία NATURALLY LEADS TO THE THOUGHT OF THE συναγωγή, CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH WHICH IS THE SPIRITUAL DANGER OF προσωπολημψία, AGAINST WHICH ST JAMES NOW WARNS HIS BRETHREN....
ἈΔΕΛΦΟΊ ΜΟΥ, the name itself is a protest against the sin of προσωπολημψία. ΜῊ … ἜΧΕΤΕ is pointed interrogatively by Westcott and Hort. This construction however is regularly used only where a negati...
_GOD HATES DISCRIMINATION -- JAMES 2:1-7:_ The Christian religion will not allow a person to practice discrimination. Discrimination is an example of inconsistency between faith and action. In the thi...
ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΛΗΜΨΊΑ (G4382) лицеприятие, пристрастность (_см._ Romans 2:11; Davids; Mayor), ΈΧΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, обладать. _Praes. imper._ с отр. ΜΉ (G3361) может призывать к пр...
WITH RESPECT OF PERSONS.— The word Προσωποληψια signifies the respect of persons in judgment, not purely according to the merits of the cause, but according to external respects which relate not to it...
TEMPTATION IN THE CHURCH _Text 2:1-4_ 1. My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2. For if there come into your synagogue a man with...
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...
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2:1-13. Illustrating "the perfect law of liberty" (James 1:25) in one instance of a sin against...
VERSE 1. MY BRETHREN, HAVE NOT FAITH. The apostle in this verse desires to impress the brethren with the idea that with God there is no distinction to be made among men growing out of the accidental c...
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...
II. (1) MY BRETHREN. — The second chapter opens with some stern rebukes for those unworthy Christians who had “men’s persons in admiration,” and, doubtless, that “because of advantage” to themselves....
CHAPTER 10 THE CHRISTOLOGY OF ST. JAMES-THE PRACTICAL UNBELIEF INVOLVED IN SHOWING A WORLDLY RESPECT OF PERSONS IN PUBLIC WORSHIP. James 2:1 As has been stated already, in a previous chapter, one of...
James 2:1-13 take up again the subject of the rich and poor which was commenced in James 1:9-11....
μὴ … ἔχετε : the imperative, which is also found in all the versions, seems more natural and more in accordance with the style of the Epistle than the interrogative form adopted by WH. ἐν προσωπολημψί...
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...
CHRISTIANITY ELIMINATES PARTIALITY Roberts points out that the Greek word for "respect of persons" literally means "face receiving." In other words, judging what kind of man one is by how he looks. Th...
My (1) brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of (a) glory, with respect of persons. (1) The first: charity which proceeds from a true faith, cannot exist with the respecti...
With respect of persons. This partial respect of persons is several times condemned both in the Old and New Testament. St. James here speaks of it as it was committed in the assemblies, by which many...
CONTENTS We have in this Chapter, an interesting Statement, of the Conduct to be observed by the Lord's People, towards the Lord's Poor. And also, a blessed Account of the Works of Faith, as distingu...
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...
This reproof seems at first sight to be hard and unreasonable; for it is one of the duties of courtesy, not to be neglected, to honor those who are elevated in the world. Further, if respect of person...
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...
MY BRETHREN,.... As the apostle is about to dissuade from the evil of having respect to persons, this is a very fit introduction to it, and carries in it an argument why it should not obtain; since th...
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, _the Lord_ of glory, with respect of persons. Ver. 1. _The Lord of glory_] Or, "Have not the glorious faith of our Lord Jesus Christ," &c. Fa...
_My brethren_ The equality of Christians intimated by this name is the ground of the admonition; _have_ That is, _hold; not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory_ Of which glory all wh...
HAVE NOT; hold not. THE FAITH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST; his gospel considered as addressed to our faith. Compare Acts 6:7. WITH RESPECT OF PERSONS; let not the outward condition of persons regulate y...
MY BRETHREN, HAVE NOT THE FAITH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE LORD OF GLORY, WITH RESPECT OF PERSONS....
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...
"My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism."My brethren" -We will have more success in helping our brethren improve themselves or ch...
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...
JAMES CHAPTER 2 JAMES 2:1 It is not agreeable to the Christian profession to regard the rich, and despise the poor. JAMES 2:10 The guilt of any one breach of the law. JAMES 2:13 The obligation to merc...
James 2:1 My G3450 brethren G80 not G3361 hold G2192 (G5720) faith G4102 our G2257 Lord G2962 Jesus...
CHAPTER 2. FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. The Fact That Faith Without Relevant Action Is Dead Is Illustrated (James 2:1). It Will Be Brought Into Judgment (James 2:8,) And The Case Is Argued Scriptural...
‘My brothers, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, with respect of persons.' James commences by drawing their attention to the fact that the glory of our Lord, Jesus Christ, is far...
James 2:1. MY BRETHREN. The connection appears to be: As the true service of God consists in active benevolence, exercised especially toward the poor and afflicted, St. James takes occasion to reprove...
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...
MY BRETHREN (αδελφο μου). Transition to a new topic as in James 1:19; James 2:5; James 2:14; James 3:1;...
THE LORD OF GLORY The Glory, that is, in the sense of (Hebrews 1:3) as taking the place of the shekinah. WITH RESPECT In the presence of Christ the Glory, earthly distinctions disappear....
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...
MY BROTHERS! See note on James 1:2. AS BELIEVERS. "You are NEW in your union to Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17_)."_ YOU MUST NEVER. "You must never be guilty of prejudice and discrimination in your dealin...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 2:1 The Sin of Favoritism. The problem of the poor and the rich, already emphasized in James 1:9,...
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 2:8; 1 Timothy 1:19; 1 Timothy 5:21; 2 Chronicles 19:7;...
Have [ε χ ε τ ε]. Rev., hold, not in the sense of hold fast, cleave to, but of possessing, occupying, and practicing, as a matter of habit. Thus we say that a man holds his property by a certain tenur...
My brethren — The equality of Christians, intimated by this name, is the ground of the admonition. Hold not the faith of our common Lord, the Lord of glory — Of which glory all who believe in him part...
For the better understanding of these words, let us consider. 1. What the apostle doth not; 2. What he doth condemn. 3. What is here not condemned, namely, 1. The paying of civil respect to all perso...