James 2:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

James 2:1 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 24:23
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
James 2:9
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
Deuteronomy 16:19
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Leviticus 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Deuteronomy 1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

The apostle is here reproving a very corrupt practice. He shows how much mischief there is in the sin of prosopolepsia — respect of persons, which seemed to be a very growing evil in the churches of Christ even in those early ages, and which, in these after-times, has sadly corrupted and divided Christian nations and societies. Here we have, I. A caution against this sin laid down in general: My b…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Jas 2:1-26. The Sin of Respect of Persons: Dead, Unworking Faith Saves No Man. James illustrates “the perfect law of liberty” (Jas 1:25) in one particular instance of a sin against it, concluding with a reference again to that law (Jas 2:12, 13). 1. brethren--The equality of all Christians as “brethren,” forms the groundwork of the admonition. the faith of ... Christ--that is, the Christian faith.…