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Verse 10. _FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW_, c.] This is a
rabbinical form of speech. In the tract _Shabbath_, fol. 70, where
they dispute concerning the thirty-nine works commanded by Moses,...
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FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW - All except the single point
referred to. The apostle does not say that this in fact ever did
occur, but he says that if it should, and yet a man should have fa...
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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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OFFEND. stumble. Greek. _ptaio._ See Romans 11:11.
IS. has been.
GUILTY. See Deuteronomy 27:26; Matthew 26:66;...
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_in one point_ The noun, as the italics shew, is not in the Greek, but
the English is a satisfactory rendering. Guided by what follows we
might perhaps say "in one _commandment_."
_he is guilty of all...
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Regarded as a whole law is the expression of the divine will;
therefore infraction of the law in one particular is transgression of
the divine will, and so a transgression of the whole law. The
instan...
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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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_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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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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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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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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For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point,
he is guilty of all.
'Aleph (') B C, Vulgate, read Whosoever shall have kept [ teereesee
(G5083)] the whole law, and yet shall h...
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VERSE 10 FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW, YET OFFEND IN ONE
POINT.
To be an offender against the law, it is not necessary to violate
every provision. If one precept or provision is set at naugh...
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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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It might be said that, even if a man transgressed the Law of Christ in
the matter of respect of persons, he was only breaking a small part of
that Law. Not so. The Law, like the Lawgiver, is one. To b...
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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 WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP... — Better, _have kept the whole Law, but
shall have offended in one, has become guilty of all._ As a chain is
snapped by failure of the weakest link, so the whole Law, in it...
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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...
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τηρήσῃ : τηρεῖν is used here with a force precisely
corresponding to the Hebrew שׁמר when used in reference to the
Law, or a statute, the Sabbath, etc.; the idea is that of guarding
something against...
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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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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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(5) For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one
[point], he is guilty of (g) all.
(5) A new argument to prove the same conclusion: Those who neglect
some and ambitiously honour othe...
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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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Is become guilty of all. It is certain these words are not to be taken
merely according to the letter, nor in the sense which at first they
seem to represent, as if a man by transgressing one precept...
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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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10_For whosoever shall keep the whole law_. What alone he means is,
that God will not be honored with exceptions, nor will he allow us to
cut off from his law what is less pleasing to us. At the first...
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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 WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW,.... Or the greatest part of
it, excepting only in one point, as follows: Adam, in a state of
innocence, was able to keep the whole law, but by sin he lost that...
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For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one _point_,
he is guilty of all.
Ver. 10. _He is guilty of all_] The whole law is but one
copulative,Exodus 16:18; Ezekiel 18:10,13. He that...
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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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HE IS GUILTY; he as really violates the law, if he allows himself in
one transgression, as if he committed many; and if he continues in it,
he will as certainly be condemned....
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The will of God to be kept in all parts:...
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FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW, AND YET OFFEND-IN ONE POINT,
HE IS GUILTY OF ALL....
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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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Who keeps the whole law? Was it possible to keep every precept in the
Law of Moses? What does it mean to stumble? Have you ever
“tripped” over some command in the Bible? Why is “one point”
the same as...
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"For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has
become guilty of all." "For whoever" -This principle applies to
everyone."keeps the whole law" -James is obviously not teaching t...
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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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FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP: this is not an assertion, that any man doth
keep the whole law so as to offend but in one point, but a supposition
that if, or admitting, such a one were. THE WHOLE LAW; all...
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James 2:10 For G1063 whoever G3748 keep G5083 (G5692) whole G3650 law
G3551 yet G1161 stumble G4417 ...
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‘For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point,
he is become guilty of all.'
This is a no escape clause which embraces us all. In order to back his
argument up against anyone who...
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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 2:10. FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW, AND YET OFFEND IN
ONE POINT one particular, one commandment.
HE IS GUILTY OF ALL: that is, although respect of persons may appear
to be the violati...
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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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WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP
(οστις τηρηση). Indefinite relative clause with οστις
and aorist active subjunctive of τηρεω, old verb, to guard (from
τηρος guarding), as in Matthew 27:36, without αν (though o...
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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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WHOEVER. The Jews taught that if you kept _one_ commandment, you would
be given credit for all the rest, even though you did not keep them.
James shows that if you break one, you have broken them all!...
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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 27:26; Galatians 3:10; Matthew 5:18; Matthew 5:19...
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Keep [τ η ρ η σ η]. See on ver. 8.
Offend [π τ α ι σ η]. Lit., as Rev., stumble.
He is guilty [γ ε γ ο ν ε ν ε ν ο χ ο ς]. Lit., he is
become guilty. Enocov, guilty, is, strictly, holden; within the...
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Whosoever keepeth the whole law, except in one point, he is guilty of
all — Is as liable to condemnation as if he had offended in every
point....
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Here the apostle doth suppose. case which ought to make every person
very conscientious in his obedience to the whole law of God, namely,
that in case. man were careful to observe all the laws of God,...