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Verse 6. _DO NOT RICH MEN OPPRESS YOU_] The administration of justice
was at this time in a miserable state of corruption among the Jews;
but a _Christian_ was one who was to expect no justice any wh...
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BUT YE HAVE DESPISED THE POOR - Koppe reads this as an interrogation:
“Do ye despise the poor?” Perhaps it might be understood somewhat
ironically: “You despise the poor, do you, and are disposed to h...
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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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Listen, my dear brothers. Did God not choose those who are poor by the
world's valuation to be rich because of their faith and to be heirs of
the Kingdom which he has promised to those who love him? B...
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HAVE. Omit.
DESPISED. shamed. Greek. _atimazo._ See Acts 5:41.
POOR. Singular, as James 2:2.
OPPRESS. See Acts 10:38.
DRAW. themselves drag. Greek. _h_ elko. See...
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_But ye have despised the poor_ Better, YE HAVE DISHONOURED, or DONE
DISHONOUR TO, the word implying the outward act that expressed
contempt. The Greek tense may point to the special instance just giv...
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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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ἨΤΙΜΆΣΑΤΕ. The aorist points to the particular instance
cited by the Apostle. You dishonoured the poor man—deprived him of
his due τιμή or rank and dignity in the kingdom of heaven. The
more technical...
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_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...
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WHY OVER-RATING RICHES IS SIN
_Text 2:5-9_
James 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as
to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he
promi...
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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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But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw
you before the judgment seats?
The world's judgment of the poor contrasted with God's. YE - from whom
better things might have b...
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VERSE 6 BUT YE HAVE DESPISED THE POOR.
Since you have been guilty of despising the poor, let MG inquire why
you show such high regard for the rich as such, because, in
considering the answer to this...
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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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Josephus ('Ant.'
28.8) speaks of the cruelty of the rich Sadducees to the poor in
Jerusalem: cp. also Isaiah 3:15; Amos 4:1, and many other passages
from the prophets of the OT. denouncing the cruelt...
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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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BUT YE HAVE DESPISED THE POOR. — Better, _ye dishonoured the poor
man_ — _i.e._, when, as already mentioned (James 2:2), you exalted
the rich unto the “good place” of your synagogue. Thus whom God
had...
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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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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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ἠτιμάσατε : _Cf._, though in an entirely different
connection, Sir 10:23, οὐ δίκαιον ἀτιμάσαι
πτωχὸν συνετόν (δίκαιον is absent in the Hebrew);
the R.V. “dishonoured” accurately represents the Greek,...
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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 POOR ARE OFTEN RICH IN FAITH
The simple truth is that the poor in this world are much more likely
to have that rich faith which moves them to obey the gospel call
(James 2:5). They do not have so...
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But ye have despised the poor. (3) Do not rich men oppress you, and
draw you before the judgment seats?
(3) Secondly, he proves them to be fools: since the rich men are
rather to be held detestable a...
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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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6_Do not the rich_. He seems to instigate them to vengeance by
bringing forward the unjust rule of the rich, in order that they who
were unjustly treated, might render like for like: and yet we are
ev...
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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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BUT YE HAVE DESPISED THE POOR,.... Or dishonoured, and reproached
them, by showing respect of persons, in preferring the rich to them,
and in distinguishing them in such a manner as was to their conte...
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But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw
you before the judgment seats?
Ver. 6. _Ye have despised the poor_] _Pauper ubique iacet._ Zephaniah
3:12, afflicted and poor are...
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_Hearken_ As if he had said, Stay, consider, ye that judge thus. Does
not the presumption lie rather in favour of the poor man? _Hath not
God chosen the poor_ That is, are not they whom God hath chose...
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DO NOT RICH MEN OPPRESS YOU; unbelieving rich men: as much as to say,
Why show such partiality to the rich? Are not they your chief
persecutors?...
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BUT YE HAVE DESPISED THE POOR. DO NOT RICH MEN OPPRESS YOU, AND DRAW
YOU BEFORE THE JUDGMENT-SEATS?...
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DEAD FAITH COMPARED WITH LIVING FAITH.
Caution against partiality:...
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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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How do we dishonor some people? What does the term “disrespect”
mean as we describe how others treat us?
How do rich people oppress us? Why does James say that the rich drag
us into courts? Is the le...
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"But you have dishonored the poor man. It is not the rich who oppress
you and personally drag you into court?"But you have" -The situation
described in the previous verses wasn't hypothetical, these C...
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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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BUT YE HAVE DESPISED THE POOR; God's poor, viz. by your respecting
persons. DO NOT RICH MEN? Either those that were unbelieving Jews or
heathen; or such as made a profession of Christianity, but were...
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James 2:6 But G1161 you G5210 dishonored G818 (G5656) man G4434 not
G3756 rich G4145 oppress G2616 ...
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Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the
judgment-seats?'
James then makes a further point. He is not necessarily saying that
this is true of that particular rich man. But his p...
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‘Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose those who are poor
as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingly Rule
which he promised to those who love him? But you have dishonoured...
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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...
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James 2:6. BUT YE, in contrast to God's estimate of the poor. God has
chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, whereas ye, on the
contrary, HAVE DESPISED THE POOR: not so much the poor gener...
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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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BUT YE HAVE DISHONOURED THE POOR MAN
(υμεις δε ητιμασατε τον πτωχον). First aorist
active indicative of ατιμαζω, old verb from ατιμος,
dishonoured (Matthew 13:57). In the act of partiality pictured...
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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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BUT YOU DISHONOR THE POOR! "Contrary to the example set for you by God
himself, you create distinctions and allow evil motives to influence
you." WHO ARE THE ONES? The Bible usually speaks of the rich...
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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 2:6 OPPRESS YOU reflects terrible social
injustices in the first century. Merchants and landowners were taking
land and possessions from the poor (see James 5:1
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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...
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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 11:22; 1 Kings 21:11; Acts 13:50; Acts 16:19; Acts
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Despised [η τ ι μ α σ α τ ε]. Not strong enough. They had
manifested their contempt; had done despite to them. Rev., correctly,
dishonored. From the use of the aorist tense, ye dishonored, which the
A...
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Do not the rich often oppress you — By open violence; often drag you
— Under colour of law....
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Our apostle here charges them downright with that sin which he had
been before condemning, namely, an undue respect of persons, despising
the poor whom God himself had chosen and honoured: BUT YE HAVE...