James 2:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

James 2:4 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 7:24
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Job 34:19
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
Matthew 7:1-5
Judge not, that ye be not judged. …
Psalms 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Malachi 2:9
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

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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. 4)

4. Are ye not ... partial--literally, “Have ye not made distinctions” or “differences” (so as to prefer one to another)? So in Jude 22. in yourselves--in your minds, that is, according to your carnal inclination [Grotius]. are become judges of evil thoughts--The Greek words for “judges” and for “partial,” are akin in sound and meaning. A similar translation ought therefore to be given to both. Thu…