James 2:1-9
DEAD FAITH COMPARED WITH LIVING FAITH. Caution against partiality:... [ Continue Reading ]
DEAD FAITH COMPARED WITH LIVING FAITH. Caution against partiality:... [ Continue Reading ]
MY BRETHREN, HAVE NOT THE FAITH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE LORD OF GLORY, WITH RESPECT OF PERSONS.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IF THERE COME UNTO YOUR ASSEMBLY A MAN WITH A GOLD RING, IN GOODLY APPAREL, AND THERE COME IN ALSO A POOR MAN IN VILE RAIMENT,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND YE HAVE RESPECT TO HIM THAT WEARETH THE GAY CLOTHING, AND SAY UNTO HIM, SIT THOU HERE IN A GOOD PLACE; AND SAY TO THE POOR, STAND THOU THERE, OR SIT HERE UNDER MY FOOTSTOOL;... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE YE NOT THEN PARTIAL IN YOURSELVES, AND ARE BECOME JUDGES OF EVIL THOUGHTS?... [ Continue Reading ]
HEARKEN, MY BELOVED BRETHREN, HATH NOT GOD CHOSEN THE POOR OF THIS WORLD RICH IN FAITH, AND HEIRS OF THE KINGDOM WHICH HE HATH PROMISED TO THEM THAT LOVE HIM?... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT YE HAVE DESPISED THE POOR. DO NOT RICH MEN OPPRESS YOU, AND DRAW YOU BEFORE THE JUDGMENT-SEATS?... [ Continue Reading ]
DO NOT THEY BLASPHEME THAT WORTHY NAME BY THE WHICH YE ARE CALLED?... [ Continue Reading ]
IF YE FULFILL THE ROYAL LAW ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURE, THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF, YE DO WELL;... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF YE HAVE RESPECT TO PERSONS, YE COMMIT SIN, AND ARE CONVINCED OF THE LAW AS TRANSGRESSORS. It is a peculiar fact that history repeats itself, that the same conditions seem to be found in the Christian congregations after just about so long a time of Gospel preaching. The apostle does not hesit... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW, AND YET OFFEND-IN ONE POINT, HE IS GUILTY OF ALL.... [ Continue Reading ]
The will of God to be kept in all parts:... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO SPEAK YE, AND SO DO, AS THEY THAT SHALL BE JUDGED BY THE LAW OF LIBERTY.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE SHALL HAVE JUDGMENT WITHOUT MERCY THAT HATH SHOWED NO MERCY; AND MERCY REJOICETH AGAINST JUDGMENT. The solidarity, the unity of the will of God is here brought out. For in connection with the fact that a carnal preference of persons is a transgression of the holy will of God, the apostle arg... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT DOTH IT PROFIT, MY BRETHREN, THOUGH A MAN SAY HE HATH FAITH AND HAVE NOT WORKS? CAN FAITH SAVE HIM?... [ Continue Reading ]
Proof of faith demanded in brotherly love:... [ Continue Reading ]
IF A BROTHER OR A SISTER BE NAKED AND DESTITUTE OF DAILY FOOD,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ONE OF YOU SAY UNTO THEM, DEPART IN PEACE, BE YE WARMED AND FILLED, NOTWITHSTANDING YE GIVE THEM NOT THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE NEEDFUL TO THE BODY, WHAT DOTH IT PROFIT?... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN SO FAITH, IF IT HATH NOT WORKS, IS DEAD, BEING ALONE.... [ Continue Reading ]
YEA, A MAN MAY SAY, THOU HAST FAITH AND I HAVE WORKS; SHOW ME THY FAITH WITHOUT THY WORKS, AND I WILL SHOW THEE MY FAITH BY MY WORKS.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU BELIEVEST THAT THERE IS ONE GOD; THOU DOEST WELL: THE DEVILS ALSO BELIEVE AND TREMBLE.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WILT THOU KNOW, O VAIN MAN, THAT FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD? This passage is not opposed to Romans 3:21, but offers the opposite side of the question, the key to the entire discussion being given in v. 17. The apostle first of all asks a challenging question: What is the advantage, my brethren... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS NOT ABRAHAM, OUR FATHER, JUSTIFIED BY WORKS WHEN HE HAD OFFERED ISAAC, HIS SON, UPON THE ALTAR?... [ Continue Reading ]
The example of Abraham and Rahab:... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEST THOU HOW FAITH WROUGHT WITH HIS WORKS, AND BY WORKS WAS FAITH MADE PERFECT?... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED WHICH SAITH, ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS IMPUTED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND HE WAS CALLED THE FRIEND OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SEE, THEN, HOW THAT BY WORKS A MAN IS JUSTIFIED, AND NOT BY FAITH ONLY.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKEWISE ALSO, WAS NOT RAHAB, THE HARLOT, JUSTIFIED BY WORKS WHEN SHE HAD RECEIVED THE MESSENGERS AND HAD SENT THEM OUT ANOTHER WAY?... [ Continue Reading ]
FAR AS THE BODY WITHOUT THE SPIRIT IS DEAD, SO FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD ALSO. In bringing examples from the Old Testament to illustrate his argument, the apostle first refers to an incident in the life of Abraham: Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works when he sacrificed his son Isaac up... [ Continue Reading ]