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Verse 11. _FOR HE THAT SAID_] That is, the authority that gave one
commandment gave also the rest; and he who breaks one resists this
authority; so that the breach of any one commandment may be justl...
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FOR HE THAT SAID, DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, SAID ALSO, DO NOT KILL -
That is, these are parts of the same law of God, and one is as
obligatory as the other. If, therefore, you violate either of these
pr...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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SAID ALSO, &C. See Exodus 20:14; Exodus 20:13.
NO. not, James 2:4....
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_For he that said, Do not commit adultery_ The two commandments are
chosen as standing first in the Second Table, the fifth being classed
by most Jewish writers as belonging to the First, just as in G...
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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...
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ΕἸ ΔῈ ΟΥ̓ ΜΟΙΧΕΎΕΙΣ. This use of οὐ for μή in
the protasis of a conditional sentence is not infrequent in the N.T.,
especially when there is an antithesis between a negative and
affirmative sentence a...
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_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,...
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ΕΙΠΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить.
Part, в роли _subst._
ΜΟΙΧΕΎΣΗΣ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΜΟΙΧΕΎΩ (G3431)
прелюбодействовать.
ΦΟΝΕΎΣΗΣ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΦΟΝΕΎΩ (G5407)
убивать.
ΟΕΙ....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now
if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a
transgressor of the law.
He is One who gave the whole law; ther...
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VERSE 11 FOR HE THAT SAID, DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, ALSO SAID, DO NOT
KILL.
The command here brought to view by the apostle are two of the
original precepts spoken from Sinai's summit. Both were spoken...
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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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FOR HE THAT SAID... — All men have favourite vices and indulgences;
and most
“Compound for sins they have a mind to
By damning those they’re not inclined to;”
forgetful that the same Lawgiver has lai...
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James 2:1-13 take up again the subject of the rich and poor which was
commenced in James 1:9-11....
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μὴ μοιχεύσῃς, etc.: for the order of the seventh
commandment preceding the sixth, _cf._ the Septuagint (Exodus
20:13-14), and Luke 18:20; Romans 13:9. With this mention of adultery
and murder together...
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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...
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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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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...
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(6) For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill.
Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a
transgressor of the law.
(6) A proof: because the Lawmaker is...
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[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...
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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...
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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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11_For he that said_, or _he who hath said_. This is a proof of the
former verse; because the Lawgiver is to be considered rather than
each particular precept apart. The righteousness of God, as an
in...
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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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FOR HE THAT SAID, DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,.... That same lawgiver, who
is but one, and is God, that gave out the seventh command, and forbids
adultery,
SAID ALSO, DO NOT KILL; delivered the sixth comm...
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For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now
if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a
transgressor of the law.
Ver. 11. _For he that said_] "God spake...
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_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...
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FOR HE THAT SAID, DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, SAID ALSO, DO NOT KILL. NOW
IF THOU COMMIT NO ADULTERY, YET IF THOU KILL, THOU ART BECOME A
TRANSGRESSOR OF THE LAW....
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The will of God to be kept in all parts:...
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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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What law is quoted? What is adultery as used in the Ten Commandments?
What is murder as used in the Ten Commandments? When does one become a
transgressor of the law?...
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THAT SAID:
Or, that Law which said...
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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...
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All proof of what he laid down in the former verse, by instancing in
these two commands, there being the same reason of all the rest, the
same sovereignty and righteousness of God appearing in them, a...
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James 2:11 For G1063 said G2036 (G5631) Do G3431 not G3361 adultery
G3431 (G5661) also G2532 said...
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‘For he who said, “Do not commit adultery”, said also, “Do not
murder”. Now if you do not commit adultery, but do murder, you are
become a transgressor of the law.'
He then illustrates this from two b...
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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...
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James 2:11. FOR: the reason of the above assertion, arising from the
unity of the Divine Author of the law. He, namely God, THAT SAID, DO
NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, SAID ALSO, DO NOT KILL (Exodus 20:13-14)....
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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...
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HE THAT SAID
(ο ειπων)--SAID ALSO
(ειπεν κα). The unity of the law lies in the Lawgiver who spoke
both prohibitions (μη and the aorist active subjunctive in each one,
μοιχευσηισ, φονευσηις). The o...
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TRANSGRESSOR
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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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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FOR THE SAME ONE. The same God gave each command, and in breaking any
command, you sin against the same Lawgiver. EVEN IF YOU DO NOT. "The
fact that you did not commit adultery would not make up for t...
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 2:1 The Sin of Favoritism. The problem of the
poor and the rich, already emphasized in James 1:9,...
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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....
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_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...
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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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Deuteronomy 5:17; Deuteronomy 5:18; Exodus 20:13; Exodus 20:14;...
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A transgressor [π α ρ α β α τ η ς]. From para, beyond, and
bainw, to go. A transgressor, therefore, is one who goes beyond the
line. So, also, trespass, which is trespass, from the Latin trans,
across...
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For it is the same authority which establishes every commandment....
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As if the apostle had said, "He that threatened adultery with death,
threatened also murder with death; it is the same lawgiver that
forbids both, and his authority is as truly contemned in transgress...