THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JAMES. _Chronological Notes relative to this Epistle_. -Year of the Constantinopolitan era of the world, or that used by the Byzantine historians, and other eastern writers, 5...
JAMES, A SERVANT OF GOD - On the meaning of the word “servant” in this connection, see the note at Romans 1:1. Compare the note at Philemon 1:16. It is remarkable that James does not call himself an a...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. TRIALS AND THE EXERCISE OF FAITH CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Trials and the power of faith (James 1:1)_ 2. The resources of faith (James 1:5) 3. The realization of faith (James 1:9...
JAMES 1:1. The greeting is in one of the ordinary forms with which public or private letters open (_cf._ Acts 15:23). Like his brother Judas (Jude 1:1), James calls himself servant of. Jesus Christ: h...
GREETINGS (James 1:1) _ 1:1 James, the slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greetings to the twelve tribes who are scattered throughout the world._ At the very beginning of his letter Ja...
SERVANT. App-190. GOD. App-98. LORD. App-98. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. Only here and James 2:1 in this epistle. TWELVE. No suggestion of the separate houses of Judah and Israel. Note the complete numb...
Trials and their Purpose 1. _a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ_ The description which the writer gives of himself throws no light on his identity. The term "servant," better SLAVE, as one...
CH. James 1:1. INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS 1. ΘΕΟΥ͂ ΚΑῚ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ͂. καὶ is here disjunctive. James (or Jacob) is the δοῦλος of God and also of the Lord Jesus Christ. Grammatically it would be pos...
_SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF GOD, SELF AND BRETHREN -- JAMES 1:1:_ The epistle of James begins, "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting....
ΙΆΚΩΒΟΣ (G2385) Иаков. Этот Иаков был сводным братом Иисуса (_см._ Mark 6:3-5; Mayor; Martin, xxxi-lxix; JMM; DLNT, 545-47). Он вырос в бедной семье, в которой было по меньшей мере 7 детей, но до воск...
TO THE TWELVE TRIBES, &C.— It is well known, that the Jews were dispersed abroad, and to be found in great multitudes in almost all parts of the world, as well at the time of writing this epistle, as...
CHAPTER I James 1:1 SALUTATION _Text 1:1_ James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. _Queries_ 1. Is there more than one J...
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. The last subject discussed in James 3:13; James 4:7. JAMES - an apostle of the circ...
VERSE 1. A SERVANT OF GOD AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. The expression is not identical with those of the apostle Paul to be found in his Epistle to the Romans, wherein he called himself a servant of...
1 James is never called an apostle and does not write this epistle in that character. Rather, he puts himself in the place of a slave. Hence the epistle is not concerned with authoritative teaching so...
THE POWER OF FAITH UNDER TEMPTATION 1. Servant] better, 'slave.' The word does not suggest any degradation, but only absolute surrender to the Master. St. James's humility prevents the mention of the...
WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO JAMES _IAN MACKERVOY_ The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. INTRODUCTION 1 THE WRITER James is the writer of the letter. But he does not tell us...
JAMES, A SERVANT (or _slave,_ or _bond-servant_) _OF_ GOD AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. — Bound to Him, _i.e.,_ in devotion and love. In like manner, St. Paul (Romans 1:1, _et seq._)_,_ St. Peter (2 P...
Ἰάκωβος : A very common name among Palestinian Jews, though its occurrence does not seem to be so frequent in pre-Christian times. Some noted Jewish Rabbis of this name lived in the earliest centuries...
STEADFAST FAITH James 1:1 This Epistle is marked by the austere features of the Jerusalem church, which refused to be affected by that wider contact with the Gentile world, by which the life and teac...
James wrote to Christians in the midst of temptation and trial. He showed first that the issue of testing is that they "may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing." It is therefore to be looked upo...
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND HIS READERS Rather than relying upon his physical kinship with our Lord to get himself a hearing, James calls himself "a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ." The Greek wo...
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the (a) twelve tribes which are (b) scattered abroad, greeting. (a) That is, written to no one man, city, or country, but to all the Jews gene...
James, a servant of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ. Some have doubted whether the author of this epistle was St. James, the apostle, because he does not call himself an apostle. By the same weak ar...
CONTENTS The Epistle opens with a general, Salutation. Various Directions are given to the Church. God's Grace and Love to the Church are very blessedly set forth. James 1:1 James, a servant of God...
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...
1_To the twelve tribes_. When the ten tribes were banished, the Assyrian king placed them in different parts. Afterwards, as it usually happens in the revolutions of kingdoms (such as then took place,...
The Epistle of James is not addressed to the assembly, and does not take the ground of apostolic authority over the persons to whom it is sent. It is a practical exhortation which still recognises the...
JAMES, A SERVANT OF GOD,.... That is, of God the Father; not by creation only, as every man is; nor merely by calling grace, as is every regenerate person; but by office, as a preacher of the Gospel,...
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. Ver. 1. _To the twelve tribes_] Once very devout, Acts 26:7; still the most nimble and...
_James, a servant of Jesus Christ_ Whose name the apostle mentions but once more in the whole epistle, namely, James 2:1, and not at all in his whole discourse, Acts 15:14, &c., or Acts 21:20. It migh...
VARIOUS TEMPTATIONS AND THEIR ENDURANCE. The address: JAMES, A SERVANT OF GOD AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, TO THE TWELVE TRIBES WHICH ARE SCATTERED ABROAD, GREETING. Unlike the salutations which cha...
This chapter has a very close relationship to the Old Testament, for all is seen in connection with God; and Christ is not yet spoken of as the center and essence of all blessing and of all direction...
Which James is the author of this book? What is a “bond servant”? Is this book addressed to Jews or Christians? Who are the “12 tribes” mentioned here? Where do they live?...
'James,. bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad, greetings.' 'James,. bond-servant of God' -Some have contended that if the brother of Jesus had...
1-11 Christianity teaches men to be joyful under troubles: such exercises are sent from God's love; and trials in the way of duty will brighten our graces now, and our crown at last. Let us take care...
JAMES CHAPTER 1 JAMES 1:1 The apostle's address to the dispersed Jews. JAMES 1:2 He recommendeth patience and joy in afflictions. JAMES 1:5 and prayer with faith....
James 1:1 James G2385 bondservant G1401 God G2316 and G2532 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 twelve G1427 tribes...
INTRODUCTION. Note here the standard formula for a letter, that is, name of the sender, name of the recipient, and greeting. This was a typical opening to a letter in ancient times. ‘James, a servan...
James 1:1. JAMES: the same name as the Hebrew Jacob. The James who is the author of this Epistle is the Lord's brother, known in ecclesiastical history as the bishop of Jerusalem, and was either a son...
JAMES (Ιακωβος). Grecised form (nominative absolute) of the Hebrew Ιακωβ (so LXX). Common name among the Jews, and this man in Josephus (_Ant_. XX.9.1) and three others of this name in Josephus als...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._ According to the teaching of some in the present day, the apostle should...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._ James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was an apostle,...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._ «Where are the lost ten tribes?» asks somebody. They never were lost. Tha...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._ The apostle James evidently believed in no lost ten tribes, as some nowad...
CONTENTS: Testing of faith. Solicitation to evil not of God. Obedience as a test of true faith. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, James. CONCLUSION: Such as have a true title in Jesus Christ through faith may...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ._ He does not style himself an _apostle,_ because he would not assume any superiority; yet the majesty of his address is the language...
FROM JAMES. Both Paul (Galatians 1:19), and Josephus, the Jewish Historian, call this James _the Lord's brother._ See the introduction to this Letter. A SERVANT. He was not an apostle in the same sens...
_James, a servant of God_ ST. James and his Epistle This Epistle, although Luther stigmatised it as “an epistle of straw,” has many claims on our regard. It is the first Christian document that was...
COUNSELS FOR THE TEMPTED AND TRIED _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 1:1. Salutation. JAMES.—Greek Ἰάκωβος, a familiar Jewish name. Two so named were in the apostolic company. James the son of Ze...
EXPOSITION JAMES 1:1 SALUTATION. JAMES, A SERVANT OF GOD AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. (On the person who thus describes himself, see the Introduction) It is noteworthy that he keeps entirely out of...
Let's turn to James chapter one. James introduces himself as the bondslave of God and of Jesus Christ. It's a title that most of the apostles delighted to take. Renouncing any claim for any rights, tu...
1 Kings 18:31; 1 Peter 1:1; 2 Peter 1:1; 2 Timothy 4:21; Acts 1:13;...
Jesus Christ. Only here and in ch. 2 1; nowhere in the speeches of James (Acts 14:14; Acts 14:15; Acts 21:20 sq.). Had he used Jesus ' name it might have been supposed to arise from vanity, because he...
A servant of Jesus Christ — Whose name the apostle mentions but once more in the whole epistle, James 2:1. And not at all in his whole discourse, Acts 15:14, &c.; or Acts 21:20. It might have seemed,...
Observe here, 1. The author and penman of this epistle described by his name, James; by his office, A SERVANT OF GOD, AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST: that is, by special office, as. dispenser of his gos...