the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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THE MESSAGE
James 2:1
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My brothers and sisters, do not show favoritism as you hold on to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
My brethren, haue not the faith of our Lord Iesus Christ the Lord of glorie, with respect of persons.
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.
My brothers and sisters, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.
My dear brothers and sisters, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, never think some people are more important than others.
My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.
My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
My friends, if you have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, you won't treat some people better than others.
My brothers, practice the faith of our Lord Yeshua, the glorious Messiah, without showing favoritism.
My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [Lord] of glory, with respect of persons:
My dear brothers and sisters, you are believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. So don't treat some people better than others.
My brethren, haue not the faith of our glorious Lorde Iesus Christ in respect of persons.
MY brethren, do not, with hypocrisy, uphold the glorious faith of our LORD Jesus Christ.
My friends, as believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, you must never treat people in different ways according to their outward appearance.
My brothers, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.
My brothers, do not with partiality have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.
My fellow believers, do not practice your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of partiality [toward people—show no favoritism, no prejudice, no snobbery].
My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.
My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.
My brothers, do not practice your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ by showing partiality.Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 1:17; 16:19; Proverbs 24:23; 28:21; Matthew 22:16; 1 Corinthians 2:8; James 2:9; Jude 1:16;">[xr]
My brethren, do not hold with acceptance of faces the faith of the glory of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
My brethren, hold ye not the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, with a respect to persons.
My brethren, haue not the fayth of our Lorde Iesus Christe, the Lord of glorie, with respect of persons.
My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring,
My brethren, you must not make distinctions between one man and another while you are striving to maintain faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is our glory.
Mi britheren, nyle ye haue the feith of oure Lord Jhesu Crist of glorie, in accepcioun of persoones.
My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.
My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.
My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others?
My Christian brothers, our Lord Jesus Christ is the Lord of shining-greatness. Since your trust is in Him, do not look on one person as more important than another.
My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ?
My brethren, do not, with respect for persons, be holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, with respect of persons.
My brethren, show no partiality as you hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.
Brethren have not the fayth of oure lorde Iesus Christ the lorde of glory in respecte of persons.
My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Brethren, haue not the faith of oure LORDE Iesus Christ ye LORDE of glory in respecte of persons.
My brethren, let not your christian profession be accompanied with partiality.
If you're ridin' for the Lord, don't go to shunnin' some folks and favorin' others.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the faith: Acts 20:21, Acts 24:24, Colossians 1:4, 1 Timothy 1:19, Titus 1:1, 2 Peter 1:1, Revelation 14:12
the Lord: Psalms 24:7-10, 1 Corinthians 2:8, Titus 2:13, Hebrews 1:3
with: James 2:3, James 2:9, James 3:17, Leviticus 19:15, Deuteronomy 1:17, Deuteronomy 16:19, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Proverbs 24:23, Proverbs 28:21, Matthew 22:16, Romans 1:11, 1 Timothy 5:21, Jude 1:16
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 26:18 - neither shall it be Psalms 15:4 - a vile Psalms 49:2 - General Haggai 2:9 - glory Matthew 23:6 - General Luke 14:12 - when John 4:1 - the Lord John 5:44 - and John 7:24 - General John 21:7 - It is 2 Corinthians 5:16 - know we no Ephesians 1:17 - the Father
Cross-References
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground— God hadn't yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)— God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!
Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
He wrote on, "Blessed be the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, and who gave King David a son so wise, so knowledgeable and shrewd, to build a temple for God and a palace for himself. I've sent you Huram-Abi—he's already on his way—he knows the construction business inside and out. His mother is from Dan and his father from Tyre. He knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, in purple, violet, linen, and crimson textiles; he is also an expert engraver and competent to work out designs with your artists and architects, and those of my master David, your father.
Then on the twenty-fourth day of this month, the People of Israel gathered for a fast, wearing burlap and faces smudged with dirt as signs of repentance. The Israelites broke off all relations with foreigners, stood up, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their parents. While they stood there in their places, they read from the Book of The Revelation of God , their God, for a quarter of the day. For another quarter of the day they confessed and worshiped their God . A group of Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the platform and cried out to God , their God, in a loud voice. The Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "On your feet! Bless God , your God, for ever and ever!" Blessed be your glorious name, exalted above all blessing and praise! You're the one, God , you alone; You made the heavens, the heavens of heavens, and all angels; The earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them; You keep them all alive; heaven's angels worship you!
The skies were made by God 's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.
God 's Message, the God who created the cosmos, stretched out the skies, laid out the earth and all that grows from it, Who breathes life into earth's people, makes them alive with his own life: "I am God . I have called you to live right and well. I have taken responsibility for you, kept you safe. I have set you among my people to bind them to me, and provided you as a lighthouse to the nations, To make a start at bringing people into the open, into light: opening blind eyes, releasing prisoners from dungeons, emptying the dark prisons. I am God . That's my name. I don't franchise my glory, don't endorse the no-god idols. Take note: The earlier predictions of judgment have been fulfilled. I'm announcing the new salvation work. Before it bursts on the scene, I'm telling you all about it."
God , Creator of the heavens— he is, remember, G od. Maker of earth— he put it on its foundations, built it from scratch. He didn't go to all that trouble to just leave it empty, nothing in it. He made it to be lived in. This God says: "I am God , the one and only. I don't just talk to myself or mumble under my breath. I never told Jacob, ‘Seek me in emptiness, in dark nothingness.' I am God . I work out in the open, saying what's right, setting things right. So gather around, come on in, all you refugees and castoffs. They don't seem to know much, do they— those who carry around their no-god blocks of wood, praying for help to a dead stick? So tell me what you think. Look at the evidence. Put your heads together. Make your case. Who told you, and a long time ago, what's going on here? Who made sense of things for you? Wasn't I the one? God ? It had to be me. I'm the only God there is— The only God who does things right and knows how to help. So turn to me and be helped—saved!— everyone, whoever and wherever you are. I am God , the only God there is, the one and only. I promise in my own name: Every word out of my mouth does what it says. I never take back what I say. Everyone is going to end up kneeling before me. Everyone is going to end up saying of me, ‘Yes! Salvation and strength are in God !'" All who have raged against him will be brought before him, disgraced by their unbelief. And all who are connected with Israel will have a robust, praising, good life in God !
"Pay close attention now: I'm creating new heavens and a new earth. All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain are things of the past, to be forgotten. Look ahead with joy. Anticipate what I'm creating: I'll create Jerusalem as sheer joy, create my people as pure delight. I'll take joy in Jerusalem, take delight in my people: No more sounds of weeping in the city, no cries of anguish; No more babies dying in the cradle, or old people who don't enjoy a full lifetime; One-hundredth birthdays will be considered normal— anything less will seem like a cheat. They'll build houses and move in. They'll plant fields and eat what they grow. No more building a house that some outsider takes over, No more planting fields that some enemy confiscates, For my people will be as long-lived as trees, my chosen ones will have satisfaction in their work. They won't work and have nothing come of it, they won't have children snatched out from under them. For they themselves are plantings blessed by God , with their children and grandchildren likewise God -blessed. Before they call out, I'll answer. Before they've finished speaking, I'll have heard. Wolf and lamb will graze the same meadow, lion and ox eat straw from the same trough, but snakes—they'll get a diet of dirt! Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill anywhere on my Holy Mountain," says God .
But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing. He put the whole universe together And pays special attention to Israel. His name? God -of-the-Angel-Armies!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My brethren,.... As the apostle is about to dissuade from the evil of having respect to persons, this is a very fit introduction to it, and carries in it an argument why it should not obtain; since the saints are all brethren, they are children of the same Father, belong to the same family, and are all one in Christ Jesus, whether high or low, rich, or poor:
have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the] Lord of glory, with respect of persons: that is, such as have, and hold, and profess the faith of Christ, ought not along with it to use respect of persons, or to make such a distinction among the saints, as to prefer the rich, to the contempt of the poor; and in this exhortation many things are contained, which are so many arguments why such a practice should not be encouraged; for faith, whether as a doctrine or as a grace, is alike precious, and common to all; and is the faith of Christ, which, as a doctrine, is delivered by him to all the saints, and as a grace, he is both the author and object of it; and is the faith of their common Lord and Saviour, and who is the Lord of glory, or the glorious Lord; and the poor as well as the rich are espoused by him, as their Lord and husband; and are redeemed by him, and are equally under his government and protection, and members of his body: the Syriac Version reads, "have not the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus", c. meaning either the glory which Christ is possessed of, whether as the Son of God, in the perfections of his nature, or as man and Mediator, being now crowned with glory and honour, and which is seen and known by faith or else that glory which Christ has in his hands, to bestow upon his people, and to which they are called, and will appear in, when he shall appear, and about which their faith is now employed: and since this glory equally belongs to them all, no difference should be made on account of outward circumstances, so as to treat any believer with neglect and contempt.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
My brethren - Perhaps meaning brethren in two respects - as Jews, and as Christians. In both respects the form of address would be proper.
Have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ - Faith is the distinguishing thing in the Christian religion, for it is this by which man is justified, and hence, it comes to be put for religion itself. Notes, 1 Timothy 3:9. The meaning here is, âdo not hold such views of the religion of Christ, as to lead you to manifest partiality to others on account of their difference of rank or outward circumstances.â
The Lord of glory - The glorious Lord; he who is glorious himself, and who is encompassed with glory. See the notes at 1 Corinthians 2:8. The design here seems to be to show that the religion of such a Lord should be in no way dishonored.
With respect of persons - That is, you are not to show respect of persons, or to evince partiality to others on account of their rank, wealth, apparel, etc. Compare Proverbs 24:23; Proverbs 28:21; Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 1:17; Deu 10:17; 2 Chronicles 19:7; Psalms 40:4. See the subject explained in the Acts 10:34 note; Romans 2:11 note.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER II.
We should not prefer the rich to the poor, nor show any
partiality inconsistent with the Gospel of Christ, 1-4.
God has chosen the poor, rich in faith, to be heirs of his
kingdom, even those whom some among their brethren despised
and oppressed, 5, 6.
They should love their neighbour as themselves, and have no
respect of persons, 7-9.
He who breaks one command of God is guilty of the whole,
10, 11.
They should act as those who shall be judged by the law of
liberty; and he shall have judgment without mercy, who shows
no mercy, 12, 13.
Faith without works of charity and mercy is dead; nor can it
exist where there are no good works, 14-20.
Abraham proved his faith by his works, 21-24.
And so did Rahab, 25.
As the body without the soul is dead, so is faith without good
works, 26.
NOTES ON CHAP. II.
Verse James 2:1. My brethren, have not — This verse should be read interrogatively: My brethren, do ye not make profession of the faith or religion of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with acceptance of persons? That is, preferring the rich to the poor merely because of their riches, and not on account of any moral excellence, personal piety, or public usefulness. ÏιÏÏιÏ, faith, is put here for religion; and ÏηÏδοξηÏ, of glory, should, according to some critics, be construed with it as the Syriac and Coptic have done. Some connect it with our Lord Jesus Christ-the religion of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. Others translate thus, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus. There are many various readings in the MSS. and versions on this verse: the meaning is clear enough, though the connection be rather obscure.
