Manly Luscombe Commentary on NT
James 2:25
Who was Rahab? What was her “occupation”? Why is she always connected with it? How was she justified by works? What do the examples of Abraham and Rahab teach us?
Who was Rahab? What was her “occupation”? Why is she always connected with it? How was she justified by works? What do the examples of Abraham and Rahab teach us?
JAMES 2:25 avgge,louj {A} So that readers would not mistakenly understand avgge,louj as “angels,” various witnesses (C L 945 1241 1739 _al_) replaced it with katasko,pouj (“spies,” also found in...
Verse 25. _RAHAB THE HARLOT_] Joshua 2:1, c., and _"_Hebrews 11:31_"_, c. Rahab had the _approbation_ due to genuine faith, which she actually possessed, and gave the fullest proof that she did so by...
LIKEWISE ALSO WAS NOT RAHAB THE HARLOT JUSTIFIED BY WORKS? - In the same sense in which Abraham was, as explained above - showing by her act that her faith was genuine, and that it was not a mere cold...
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...
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...
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...
ALSO. Should follow "harlot". SENT... OUT. App-174. ANOTHER. App-124....
_was not Rahab the harlot_ The question meets us, What led St James to select this example? St Paul does not refer to it, as he probably would have done, had he been writing with St James's teaching p...
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...
ῬΑᾺΒ Ἡ ΠΌΡΝΗ. See Hebrews 11:31. ὙΠΟΔΕΞΑΜΈΝΗ, having _secretly_ (ὑπό) received them as guests. In Hebrews the simple verb δεξαμένη is used. ἘΚΒΑΛΟΥ͂ΣΑ expresses energetic action, eagerness and impati...
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...
ΟΜΟΊΩΣ (G3668) _adv._ подобным образом. ΠΌΡΝΗ (G4204) блудница, проститутка. О Раав (Нав. 2:1-21), которая давала кров странникам или путешественникам, _см._ в D.J.Wiseman, "Rahab of Jericho" ТВ 14 ...
WAS NOT RAHAB—JUSTIFIED BY WORKS,— It ought to be observed, that _Rahab_ is not here celebrated for "lying, and betraying her country to its enemies," as some have objected. With respect to _lies,_ th...
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 MUST HAVE WORKS (EXAMPLE NO. 3) _Text 2:25-26_ James 2:25 And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by her works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out anoth...
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? Rahab's act was such that it cannot be quoted to prove justificat...
VERSE 25 LIKEWISE ALSO WAS NOT RAHAB THE HARLOT. You, my brethren of Hebrew descent, know the history of Rahab. It is found also in the books you esteem as sacred, along with the other books recognize...
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...
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...
LIKEWISE ALSO... — The second example, brought forward in strange and complete contrast to Abraham, “the father of many nations,” is that of Rahab, the harlot, who received and sheltered in her house...
(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...
James 2:21; James 2:25 CHAPTER 13 THE FAITH OF THE DEMONS; THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM; AND THE FAITH OF RAHAB THE HARLOT. James 2:19; James 2:21;...
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...
Ῥαὰβ ἡ πόρνη : It must probably have been the position already accorded to Rahab in Jewish tradition that induced the writer to cite an example like this. In _Mechilta_, 64 _b_, it is said that the ha...
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...
RAHAB'S EXAMPLE Likewise, Rahab the harlot showed her trust in God by receiving and hiding the spies (Joshua 2:1-24). Despite the fact that she had lived a wicked life, as her name indicates, she and...
(13) Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way? (13) A forth reason taken from a similar example of Rahab th...
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...
25_Likewise also was not Rahab_. It seems strange that he connected together those who were so unlike. Why did he not rather choose some one from so large a number of illustrious fathers, and join him...
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...
LIKEWISE ALSO WAS NOT RAHAB THE HARLOT,.... Hebrews 11:31 justified by works; this woman was an instance of the grace of God in calling the chief of sinners, and was a true believer; and what she did...
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent _them_ out another way? Ver. 25. _The messengers_] Gr. The angels, so Luke 7:24; Acts 12:...
_Likewise also_, &c. After Abraham, the father of the Jews, the apostle cites Rahab, a woman and a sinner of the Gentiles, to show that in every nation and sex true faith produces works, and is perfec...
BY WORKS; they proved that she had faith. Between the teaching of James in this chapter and that of Paul there is perfect agreement. When the question is, What is the ground of justification before Go...
The example of Abraham and Rahab:...
LIKEWISE ALSO, WAS NOT RAHAB, THE HARLOT, JUSTIFIED BY WORKS WHEN SHE HAD RECEIVED THE MESSENGERS AND HAD SENT THEM OUT ANOTHER WAY?...
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...
THE EXAMPLE OF RAHAB"The illustration of Rahab utilized. person who was in stark contrast to Abraham in virtually every way except as illustrative of an energetic faith. Rahab was. woman,. Gentile,. p...
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,...
This instance of RAHAB is joined to that of Abraham, either to show, that none of any condition, degree, or nation, was ever numbered among true believers, without good works; or else to prove, that f...
James 2:25 Likewise G3668 G1161 was G1344 not G3756 Rahab G4460 harlot G4204 also G2532 justified G1344 ...
‘And in the same way was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?' James then brings a second example out of the Old Testament,...
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 2:25. The second example which James adduces is that of Rahab. LIKEWISE ALSO WAS NOT RAHAB. The same example, and the same incident in Rahab's history, is also adduced by the author of the Epi...
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...
RAHAB THE HARLOT (Ρααβ η πορνη). Her vicious life she left behind, but the name clung to her always. For our purposes the argument of James may seem stronger without the example of Rahab (Joshua 2:1...
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...
THE PROSTITUTE RAHAB. This verse is proof that God's acceptance of a person does not depend upon their past. She was well known to the Jews, because she was the great-great-grandmother of David the ki...
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......
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 2:25 RAHAB THE PROSTITUTE believed the stories of God’s saving work for the Hebrews (Joshua 2:8). So, at some personal risk, she hid the Jewish spies from her own p
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 2:24. BY WORKS.—That is, by the acts which indicate faith to be a reality, and alive. James 2:26. DEAD.—In the sense of being ineffective; mere helpless sentime...
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...
Hebrews 11:31; James 2:18; James 2:22; Joshua 2:1; Joshua 2:19;...
Rahab. Also referred to in Hebrews 11:31, among the examples of faith. Dante places her in the third heaven : "Thou fain wouldst know who is within this light That here beside me thus is scintillating...
After Abraham, the father of the Jews, the apostle cites Rahab, a woman, and a sinner of the gentiles; to show, that in every nation and sex true faith produces works, and is perfected by them; that i...
Here the apostle declares, that Rahab was justified by. working faith, as Abraham was before her, which appeared in her entertaining the spirits, lodging them in her house, and dismissing them with al...