(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 always one and the same, and the contents of the law cannot be divided.
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
SAID ALSO, &C. See Exodus 20:14; Exodus 20:13. NO. not, James 2:4....
_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...
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...
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...
_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,...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
James 2:1-13 take up again the subject of the rich and poor which was commenced in James 1:9-11....
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...
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...
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...
[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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
The will of God to be kept in all parts:...
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...
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?...
THAT SAID: Or, that Law which said...
"For He who said, 'Do not commit adultery,' also said, 'Do not commit murder.' Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become. transgressor of the law." _ Points To Note:_ 1...
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...
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...
James 2:11 For G1063 said G2036 (G5631) Do G3431 not G3361 adultery G3431 (G5661) also G2532 said...
‘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...
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...
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)....
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...
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...
TRANSGRESSOR SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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...
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...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 2:1 The Sin of Favoritism. The problem of the poor and the rich, already emphasized in James 1:9,...
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....
_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...
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...
Deuteronomy 5:17; Deuteronomy 5:18; Exodus 20:13; Exodus 20:14;...
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...
For it is the same authority which establishes every commandment....
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...