James 2:19
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What does James 2:19 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble."
What does James 2:19 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble."
JAMES 2:19 ei-j evstin o` qeo,j {B} Among the several readings the chief difference turns on the presence or absence of the article: B 614 630 1875 2412 2495 _al_ read ei-j qeo,j evstin (“There is on...
Verse 19. _THOU BELIEVEST THAT THERE IS ONE GOD_] This is the faith in which these persons put their hope of pleasing God, and of obtaining eternal life. Believing in the _being and unity of_ _God_ di...
THOU BELIEVEST THAT THERE IS ONE GOD - One of the great and cardinal doctrines of religion is here selected as an illustration of all. The design of the apostle seems to have been to select one of the...
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) James 2:1...
The surface contradiction between James and Paul, which made Luther call this an epistle of straw, and the Tü bingen critics hail it as a Judaist's attack upon Paulinism, troubles no one now, simply b...
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...
BELIEVEST. App-150. DEVILS. demons. See App-101. BELIEVE. App-150. TREMBLE. shudder. Greek. _phrisso._ Only here....
Justification by Faith and Works 14. _though a man say he hath faith_ The section on which we now enter has been the battle-field of almost endless controversies. It led Luther in the boldness of a ze...
14–26. THE RELATION BETWEEN ΠΊΣΤΙΣ AND ἜΡΓΑ:—a subject suggested by the preceding paragraph, but also probably by one of the questions referred to St James for solution. Such questions were frequently...
_GOD ILLUSTRATED SAVING FAITH -- JAMES 2:19-26:_ The demons prove that a faith that does not reflect itself in works cannot save. "Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils als...
ΠΙΣΤΕΎΕΙΣ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΈΎΩ (G4100) верить. _Praes._ обозначает условие или состояние веры, ΌΤ (G3754) что, передает содержание веры и используется здесь с гл., чтобы передать не призыв к...
THOU BELIEVEST THAT THERE IS ONE GOD;— All that is said from this place to James 2:23 is by way of answer to the inquiry made James 2:18 namely, which was the way to manifest that a man had true faith...
CHAPTER V. _THE DEVIL'S FAITH_ James 2:14-26 _Introduction_ Faith has come to mean some kind of magic word by which men shall do the impossible, even to the acquisition of heaven. The word really...
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. THOU - emphatic. Thou self-deceiving claimant to faith without works. THAT THERE IS ONE-GOD, [ ho (G3...
VERSE 19. THOU BELIEVEST THAT THERE IS ONE GOD. As though the one claiming to possess faith without works still insists in the correctness of his position, and in proof asserts that he believes in th...
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...
(14-26) FAITH AND WORKS. — We now enter on the most debatable ground of the Epistle; a battle-field strewn with the bones and weapons of countless adversaries. It is an easy thing to shoot “arrows, ev...
CHAPTER 12 FAITH AND WORKS: THREE VIEWS OF THE RELATION, OF THE TEACHING OF ST. JAMES TO THE TEACHING OF ST. PAUL-THE RELATION OF LUTHER TO BOTH. James 2:14 "What doth it profit, my brethren, if a m...
On this section see Introduction IV., § 2. There are a few points worth drawing attention to, in connection with the subject treated of in these verses, before we come to deal with the passage in deta...
DEEDS THE EVIDENCE OF FAITH James 2:14 The Apostle is speaking here of a faith that does not result in a changed life. It is the faith which believes _about_ Jesus Christ, as distinguished from that...
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...
A FAITH THAT DOES NOT WORK IS USELESS Those who claimed to have faith but failed to be fair in their treatment of the poor, as well as rich, had a faith that would not save them. James does not say th...
(10) Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. (10) Another reason taken from an absurdity: if such a faith were the true faith by means of which we...
_The devils also believe, and tremble. St. James compares indeed faith without other virtues and good works, to the faith of devils: but comparisons must never be stretched farther than they are inten...
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? (15) If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, (16) And one of you say unt...
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...
19_Thou believest that there is one God_. From this one sentence it appears evident that the whole dispute is not about faith, but of the common knowledge of God, which can no more connect man with Go...
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...
THOU BELIEVEST THAT THERE IS ONE GOD,.... These words are a continuation of the address of the man that has works, to him that boasts of his faith without them, observing to him, that one, and a main...
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. Ver. 19. _Believe and tremble_] Gr. φρισσουσι, roar as the sea, and shriek horribly, Acts 19:29; Mark 6:49...
Jam. 2:19. "The devils also believe and tremble." They believe that Jesus is the Christ, etc. And tremble at the thoughts of the overthrow he will give them. Jam. 4:14...
_Yea, a man_ Who judges better; _may say_ To such a vain talker, in order to bring matters to a short issue; _thou hast faith_ Thou sayest; _and I_ make it appear by my life and conversation that I _h...
THOU DOEST WELL; in believing that there is one God, thou believest the truth; but it will do you no good, any more than it does devils who believe the same, unless it lead you to obey him....
Proof of faith demanded in brotherly love:...
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...
How many gods are there? Does Satan believe in God? Will Satan be saved? (Since faith saves, will Satan be saved?) What does the word “tremble” suggest? Why did Felix tremble in Acts 24:25 ?...
"You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder."You believe that God is one" -"there is one God". One of the basic truths which one must accept, is that there is one G...
14-26 Those are wrong who put a mere notional belief of the gospel for the whole of evangelical religion, as many now do. No doubt, true faith alone, whereby men have part in Christ's righteousness,...
THOU BELIEVEST THAT THERE IS ONE GOD; thou givest thy assent to this truth, that there is one God. This may likewise imply other articles of the creed, to which the like assent may be given. THOU DOES...
James 2:19 You G4771 believe G4100 (G5719) that G3754 is G2076 (G5748) one G1520 God G2316 do G4160 (G5719) well G2573 Even G2532 demons G1140 believe G4100 and G2532 tremble G5425 (G5719) you do - Ja...
THE REPLY COMES, ‘BUT SURELY IF WE HAVE FAITH THAT IS ENOUGH. WILL WE NOT BE SEEN TO BE RIGHTEOUS BECAUSE WE HAVE FAITH IN CHRIST? THEN SURELY IT DOES NOT REALLY MATTER HOW WE BEHAVE TOWARDS OTHERS'....
James 2:14-26. In this passage James continues to enforce practical religion. He tells his readers that faith destitute of works is of no avail to the saving of the soul, and is as useless as a charit...
THOU BELIEVEST THAT GOD IS ONE (συ πιστευεις οτ εις θεος εστιν). James goes on with his reply and takes up mere creed apart from works, belief that God exists (there is one God), a fundamental doct...
James 2:19 Atheism. I. For the vast majority of mankind, two phenomena have been in all ages, and I believe will be to the end of time, the all-sufficient proof that there is one God. One is the uni...
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...
DO YOU BELIEVE? The basic belief of the Jew was stated in the _Shema'_ "Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One" (Deuteronomy 6:4-6). This is the _profession of faith_ which every Jew makes o...
JAMES 2:14 Faith without Works Is Dead. James continues the theme that hearing/faith must lead to doing/works. It may seem that James contradicts Paul’s “by grace you have been saved through faith......
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 2:14. SAY.—Or, “make profession.” The man may really have the faith, but it cannot be an _effective_ faith if it finds no expression in actions. “Faith, without...
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.V., "Hold not the faith of our Lord Jesu...
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...
1 Corinthians 8:4; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 Timothy 2:5; Acts 16:17; Acts 19:15; Acts 24:25; Deuteronomy 6:4; Ephesians 4:5; Ephesians 4:6;...
Tremble [φ ρ ι σ σ ο υ σ ι ν]. Only here in New Testament. It means, originally, to be rough on the surface; to bristle. Hence, used of the fields with ears of corn; of a line of battle bristling with...
Thou believest there is one God — I allow this: but this proves only that thou hast the same faith with the devils. Nay, they not only believe, but tremble — At the dreadful expectation of eternal tor...
If the demons believe in God, then why are they not saved? PROBLEM: According to the Bible, all that is necessary to be saved is to “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 16:31), for “whoever belie...
As if the apostle had said, "Be thou either Jew of Christian, thou believest that there is. God, and assentest to the articles of religion: herein thou doest well, but this is no more than what the de...