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JAMES 2:25 avgge,louj {A}
So that readers would not mistakenly understand avgge,louj as
“angels,” various witnesses (C L 945 1241 1739 _al_) replaced it
with katasko,pouj (“spies,” also found in Heb...
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Verse 25. _RAHAB THE HARLOT_] Joshua 2:1, c., and _"_Hebrews 11:31_"_,
c. Rahab had the _approbation_ due to genuine faith, which she
actually possessed, and gave the fullest proof that she did so by...
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LIKEWISE ALSO WAS NOT RAHAB THE HARLOT JUSTIFIED BY WORKS? - In the
same sense in which Abraham was, as explained above - showing by her
act that her faith was genuine, and that it was not a mere cold...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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ALSO. Should follow "harlot".
SENT... OUT. App-174.
ANOTHER. App-124....
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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ΟΜΟΊΩΣ (G3668) _adv._ подобным образом.
ΠΌΡΝΗ (G4204) блудница, проститутка. О
Раав (Нав. 2:1-21), которая давала кров
странникам или путешественникам, _см._
в D.J.Wiseman, "Rahab of Jericho" ТВ 14 ...
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WAS NOT RAHAB—JUSTIFIED BY WORKS,— It ought to be observed, that
_Rahab_ is not here celebrated for "lying, and betraying her country
to its enemies," as some have objected. With respect to _lies,_ th...
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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...
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Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she
had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
Rahab's act was such that it cannot be quoted to prove justificat...
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VERSE 25 LIKEWISE ALSO WAS NOT RAHAB THE HARLOT.
You, my brethren of Hebrew descent, know the history of Rahab. It is
found also in the books you esteem as sacred, along with the other
books recogniz...
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20 The case of Abraham is most helpful in further defining the
distinct viewpoints of Paul and James. The former refers us to the
fifteenth chapter of Genesis, the latter to the twenty-second. In the...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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RAHAB'S EXAMPLE
Likewise, Rahab the harlot showed her trust in God by receiving and
hiding the spies (Joshua 2:1-24). Despite the fact that she had lived
a wicked life, as her name indicates, she and...
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(13) Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when
she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way?
(13) A forth reason taken from a similar example of Rahab th...
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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...
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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...
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25_Likewise also was not Rahab_. It seems strange that he connected
together those who were so unlike. Why did he not rather choose some
one from so large a number of illustrious fathers, and join him...
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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...
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LIKEWISE ALSO WAS NOT RAHAB THE HARLOT,....
Hebrews 11:31 justified by works; this woman was an instance of the
grace of God in calling the chief of sinners, and was a true believer;
and what she did...
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Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she
had received the messengers, and had sent _them_ out another way?
Ver. 25. _The messengers_] Gr. The angels, so Luke 7:24; Acts 12:...
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_Likewise also_, &c. After Abraham, the father of the Jews, the
apostle cites Rahab, a woman and a sinner of the Gentiles, to show
that in every nation and sex true faith produces works, and is
perfec...
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BY WORKS; they proved that she had faith. Between the teaching of
James in this chapter and that of Paul there is perfect agreement.
When the question is, What is the ground of justification before Go...
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The example of Abraham and Rahab:...
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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...
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Who was Rahab? What was her “occupation”? Why is she always
connected with it? How was she justified by works? What do the
examples of Abraham and Rahab teach us?...
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THE EXAMPLE OF RAHAB"The illustration of Rahab utilized. person who
was in stark contrast to Abraham in virtually every way except as
illustrative of an energetic faith. Rahab was. woman,. Gentile,.
p...
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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,...
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This instance of RAHAB is joined to that of Abraham, either to show,
that none of any condition, degree, or nation, was ever numbered among
true believers, without good works; or else to prove, that f...
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James 2:25 Likewise G3668 G1161 was G1344 not G3756 Rahab G4460 harlot
G4204 also G2532 justified G1344 (G5681) by G1537 works G2041 received
G5264 (G5666) messengers G32 and G2532 out G1544 (G5631) a...
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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'....
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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...
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RAHAB THE HARLOT
(Ρααβ η πορνη). Her vicious life she left behind, but the
name clung to her always. For our purposes the argument of James may
seem stronger without the example of Rahab (Joshua 2:...
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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...
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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...
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THE PROSTITUTE RAHAB. This verse is proof that God's acceptance of a
person does not depend upon their past. She was well known to the
Jews, because she was the great-great-grandmother of David the ki...
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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......
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
James 2:24. BY WORKS.—That is, by the acts which indicate faith to
be a reality, and alive.
James 2:26. DEAD.—In the sense of being ineffective; mere helpless
sentime...
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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...
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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...
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Hebrews 11:31; James 2:18; James 2:22; Joshua 2:1; Joshua 2:19; Joshua
6:17; Joshua 6:22; Matthew 1:5; Matthew 21:31...
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Rahab. Also referred to in Hebrews 11:31, among the examples of faith.
Dante places her in the third heaven :
"Thou fain wouldst know who is within this light That here beside me
thus is scintillatin...
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After Abraham, the father of the Jews, the apostle cites Rahab, a
woman, and a sinner of the gentiles; to show, that in every nation and
sex true faith produces works, and is perfected by them; that i...
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Here the apostle declares, that Rahab was justified by. working faith,
as Abraham was before her, which appeared in her entertaining the
spirits, lodging them in her house, and dismissing them with al...