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James 2

James 2:1

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

James 2:2

ASSEMBLY. synagogue. Greek. _sunagoge._ App-120. MAN. App-123. WITH. GOLD RING. Literally gold-ringed. Greek. _chrusodaktulios,_ Only here. GOODLY. bright, or shining. Greek. _lampros._ Here, James 2:3 (gay). Luke 23:11.Acts 10:30; Revelation 15:6; Revelation 18:14; Revelation 19:8; Revelation 22:... [ Continue Reading ]

James 2:4

ARE... PARTIAL. App-122. OF. Genitive of quality or character. App-17. EVIL. App-128. THOUGHTS. reasonings. See Matthew 15:19.... [ Continue Reading ]

James 2:5

BELOVED. App-135. HATH... CHOSEN. Did... choose. GOD. App-98. THIS. the. WORLD. App-129. KINGDOM. See App-112, App-113, App-114. HATH. Omit. LOVE. App-135.... [ Continue Reading ]

James 2:6

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 Acts 21:30. BEFORE. to. App-104. JUDGMENT SEATS. App-177.... [ Continue Reading ]

James 2:7

THAT. the. WORTHY. honourable. Greek. _kalos._ See Romans 12:17. NAME. See Acts 2:38; Acts 15:26. BY THE WHICH, &C. = which is called upon (App-104.) you. called. See Acts 2:21.... [ Continue Reading ]

James 2:8

ROYAL. Greek. _basilikos._ See John 4:46. ACCORDING TO. App-104. SCRIPTURE. Greek. _graphe._ The quotation is from Leviticus 19:18.... [ Continue Reading ]

James 2:9

HAVE RESPECT, &C. Greek. _prosopolepteo._ Only here. Compare James 2:1 and Acts 10:34. See Leviticus 19:15. SIN. App-128. AND ARE, &C. = being convicted. Greek. _elencho._ See 1 Corinthians 14:24 (convince). TRANSGRESSORS. App-128.... [ Continue Reading ]

James 2:10

OFFEND. stumble. Greek. _ptaio._ See Romans 11:11. IS. has been. GUILTY. See Deuteronomy 27:26; Matthew 26:66; Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:10.... [ Continue Reading ]

James 2:13

HE... JUDGMENT. (there shall be) judgment to him. JUDGMENT. App-177. WITHOUT MERCY. Greek. _anileos._ Only here. NO. not, as James 2:1. REJOICETH AGAINST. boasteth over. Greek. _katakauchaomai._ See James 3:14 and Romans 11:18.... [ Continue Reading ]

James 2:14

WHAT DOTH, &C. = What _is_ the profit (Greek. _ophelos)_. See 1 Corinthians 15:32. THOUGH. if, as in James 2:2. A MAN. one. App-123. WORKS. Compare Matthew 5:16. CAN, &C. Question preceded by _me,_ assuming. negative answer.... [ Continue Reading ]

James 2:15

BE. Greek. _huparcho._ See Luke 9:48. DESTITUTE. lacking. Greek. _leipo_, as in James 1:4; James 1:5. DAILY. Greek. _ephemeros._ Only here.... [ Continue Reading ]

James 2:19

BELIEVEST. App-150. DEVILS. demons. See App-101. BELIEVE. App-150. TREMBLE. shudder. Greek. _phrisso._ Only here.... [ Continue Reading ]

James 2:20

WILT. App-102. KNOW. App-132. DEAD. In the _Textus Receptus_ the same as James 2:17, but the texts read _argos,_ idle or barren. See Matthew 12:36 and 2 Peter 1:8.... [ Continue Reading ]

James 2:23

FULFILLED. App-125. BELIEVED. App-150. IMPUTED. reckoned. Greek. _logizomai_. See Romans 2:3 (thinkest). RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191. Quoted from Genesis 15:6, but it received. further fulfilment after Jam 22:10, which obtained the testimony of verses: James 2:15. FRIEND OF GOD. See 2 Chronicles 20:7... [ Continue Reading ]

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