Chapter 2
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the faith Acts 20:21, Acts 24:24; Col 1:4; 1Tim 1:19; Titus 1:1; 2Pet 1:1; Rev 14:12
the Lord Ps 24:7-10; 1Cor 2:8; Titus 2:13; Heb 1:3
with Jas 2:3, Jas 2:9, Jas 3:17; Lev 19:15; Deut 1:17, Deut 16:19; 2Chr 19:7; Prov 24:23, Prov 28:21; Matt 22:16; Rom 1:11; 1Tim 5:21; Jude 1:16
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assembly Gr. synagogue
gold Esth 3:10, Esth 8:2; Luke 15:22
goodly Gen 27:15; Matt 11:8-9
in vile Isa 64:6; Zech 3:3-4
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ye Jude 1:16
in a good place or well, or, seemly
to the Jas 2:6; Isa 65:5; Luke 7:44-46; 2Cor 8:9
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partial Jas 1:1-27; Job 34:19; Mal 2:9
judges Jas 4:11; Job 21:27; Ps 58:1, Ps 82:2, Ps 109:31; Matt 7:1-5; John 7:24
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Hearken Judg 9:7; 1Kgs 22:28; Job 34:10, Job 38:14; Prov 7:24, Prov 8:32; Mark 7:14; Acts 7:2
Hath not Jas 1:9; Isa 14:32, Isa 29:19; Zeph 3:12; Zech 11:7, Zech 11:11; Matt 11:5; Luke 6:20; Luke 9:57-58, Luke 16:22, Luke 16:25; John 7:48; 1Cor 1:26-28; 2Cor 8:9
rich Prov 8:17-21; Luke 12:21; 1Cor 3:21-23; 2Cor 4:15, 2Cor 6:10; Eph 1:18, Eph 3:8; 1Tim 6:18; Heb 11:26; Rev 2:9, Rev 3:18, Rev 21:7
heirs Matt 5:3, Matt 25:34; Luke 12:32, Luke 22:29; Rom 8:17; 1Thess 2:12; 2Thess 1:5; 2Tim 4:8, 2Tim 4:18; 1Pet 1:4; 2Pet 1:11
the or, that which, Jas 1:12; Exod 20:6; 1Sam 2:30; Prov 8:17; Matt 5:3; Luke 6:20, Luke 12:32; 1Cor 2:9; 2Tim 4:8
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ye Jas 2:3; Ps 14:6; Prov 14:31, Prov 17:5; Eccl 9:15-16; Isa 53:3; John 8:49; 1Cor 11:22
Do Jas 5:4; Job 20:19; Ps 10:2, Ps 10:8, Ps 10:10, Ps 10:14, Ps 12:5; Prov 22:16; Eccl 5:8; Isa 3:14-15; Amos 2:6-7, Amos 4:1, Amos 5:11, Amos 8:4-6; Mic 6:11-12; Hab 3:14; Zech 7:10
and Jas 5:6; 1Kgs 21:11-13; Acts 4:1-3, Acts 4:26-28, Acts 5:17-18, Acts 5:26-27, Acts 13:50, Acts 16:19-20; Acts 17:6, Acts 18:12
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blaspheme Ps 73:7-9; Matt 12:24, Matt 27:63; Luke 22:64-65; Acts 26:11; 1Tim 1:13; Rev 13:5-6
worthy Ps 111:9; Song 1:3; Isa 7:14, Isa 9:6-7; Jer 23:6; Matt 1:23; Acts 4:12; Phil 2:9-11; Rev 19:13, Rev 19:16
by Isa 65:15; Acts 11:26; Eph 3:15
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the royal Jas 2:12, Jas 1:25; 1Pet 2:9
Thou Lev 19:18, Lev 19:34; Matt 22:39; Mark 12:31-33; Luke 10:27-37; Rom 13:8-9; Gal 5:14; Gal 6:2; 1Thess 4:9
ye do Jas 2:19; 1Kgs 8:18; 2Kgs 7:9; Jonah 4:4, Jonah 4:9; Matt 25:21, Matt 25:23; Phil 4:14
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if Jas 2:1-4; Lev 19:15
are John 8:9, John 8:46, John 16:8 *marg. 1Cor 14:24; Jude 1:15
transgressors Rom 3:20, Rom 7:7-13; Gal 2:19; 1John 3:4
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For While the Jews taught that "he who transgresses all the precepts of the law has broken the yoke, dissolved the covenant, and exposed the law to contempt; and so has he done who has only broken one precept;" they also taught, "that he who observed any principal command was equal to him who kept the whole law," and gave for an example the forsaking of idolatry. To correct this false doctrine was the object James had in view.
whosoever Deut 27:26; Matt 5:18-19; Gal 3:10
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he said that, or, that law, which said
Do not commit Exod 20:13-14; Deut 5:17-18; Matt 5:21-28, Matt 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Rom 13:9
Now Lev 4:2, Lev 4:13, Lev 4:22; Ps 130:3-4
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speak Phil 4:8; Col 3:17; 2Pet 1:4-8
the Jas 2:8, Jas 1:25
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he Jas 5:4; Gen 42:21; Judg 1:7; Job 22:6-10; Prov 21:13; Isa 27:11; Matt 5:7; Matt 6:15, Matt 7:1-2, Matt 18:28-35, Matt 25:41-46; Luke 16:25
and Ps 85:10; Jer 9:24; Ezek 33:11; Mic 7:18; Eph 1:6-7, Eph 2:4-7; 1John 4:8-16, 1John 4:18-19
rejoiceth or, glorieth
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What Jas 2:16; Jer 7:8; Rom 2:25; 1Cor 13:3; 1Tim 4:8; Heb 13:9
though Jas 2:18, Jas 2:26, Jas 1:22-25; Matt 5:20, Matt 7:21-23, Matt 7:26-27; Luke 6:49; Acts 8:13, Acts 8:21, Acts 15:9; 1Cor 13:2, 1Cor 16:22; Gal 5:6, Gal 5:13; 1Thess 1:3; 1Tim 1:5; Titus 1:16, Titus 3:8; Heb 11:7-8, Heb 11:17; 2Pet 1:5; 1John 5:4-5
can 1Cor 15:2; Eph 2:8-10
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Jas 2:5; Job 31:16-21; Isa 58:7, Isa 58:10; Ezek 18:7; Matt 25:35-40; Mark 14:7; Luke 3:11; Acts 9:29; Heb 11:37
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one Job 22:7-9; Prov 3:27-28; Matt 14:15-16, Matt 15:32, Matt 25:42-45; Rom 12:9; 2Cor 8:8; 1John 3:16-18
what Jas 2:14
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so Jas 2:14, Jas 2:19-20, Jas 2:26; 1Cor 13:3, 1Cor 13:13; 1Thess 1:3; 1Tim 1:5; 2Pet 1:5-9
alone Gr. by itself
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Thou Jas 2:14, Jas 2:22; Rom 14:23; 1Cor 13:2; Gal 5:6; Heb 11:6, Heb 11:31
without thy works Some copies read, by thy works.
and I will Jas 2:22-25, Jas 3:13; Matt 7:17; Rom 8:1; 2Cor 5:17, 2Cor 7:1; 1Thess 1:3-10; 1Tim 1:5; Titus 2:7, Titus 2:11-14
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Deut 6:4; Isa 43:10, Isa 44:6, Isa 44:8, Isa 45:6, Isa 45:21-22, Isa 46:9; Zech 14:9; Mark 12:29; John 17:3; Rom 3:30; 1Cor 8:4, 1Cor 8:6; Gal 3:20; Eph 4:5-6; 1Tim 2:5; Jude 1:4
thou doest Jas 2:8; Jonah 4:4, Jonah 4:9; Mark 7:9
the Matt 8:29; Mark 1:24, Mark 5:7; Luke 4:34; Acts 16:17, Acts 19:15, Acts 24:25; Jude 1:6; Rev 20:2-3, Rev 20:10
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O vain Jas 1:26; Job 11:11-12; Ps 94:8-11; Prov 12:11; Jer 2:5; Rom 1:21; 1Cor 15:35-36; Gal 6:3; Col 2:8; 1Tim 1:6; Titus 1:10
that Jas 2:14
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Abraham Josh 24:3; Isa 51:2; Matt 3:9; Luke 1:73, Luke 16:24, Luke 16:30; John 8:39, John 8:53; Acts 7:2; Rom 4:1, Rom 4:12, Rom 4:16
justified Jas 2:18, Jas 2:24; Ps 143:2; Matt 12:37, Matt 25:31-40; Rom 3:20
when Gen 22:9-12, Gen 22:16-18
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Seest thou or, Thou seest
faith Jas 2:18; Gal 5:6; Heb 11:17-19
faith made 1John 2:5, 1John 4:17-18
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the scripture Mark 12:10, Mark 15:28; Luke 4:21; Acts 1:16; Rom 9:17, Rom 11:2; Gal 3:8-10, Gal 3:22; 2Tim 3:16; 1Pet 2:6
Abraham Gen 15:6; Rom 4:3-6, Rom 4:10-11, Rom 4:22-24; Gal 3:6
the Friend Exod 33:11; 2Chr 20:7; Job 16:21 *marg. Isa 41:8; John 15:13-15
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Jas 2:15-18, Jas 2:21-22; Ps 60:12
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was Josh 2:1; Matt 1:5
the harlot Matt 21:31
justified Jas 2:18, Jas 2:22
when Josh 2:19-21, Josh 6:17, Josh 6:22-25; Heb 11:31
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as Job 34:14-15; Ps 104:29, Ps 146:4; Eccl 12:7; Isa 2:22; Luke 23:46; Acts 7:59-60
spirit or, breath
so Jas 2:14, Jas 2:17, Jas 2:20
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the faith Acts 20:21, Acts 24:24; Col 1:4; 1Tim 1:19; Titus 1:1; 2Pet 1:1; Rev 14:12
the Lord Ps 24:7-10; 1Cor 2:8; Titus 2:13; Heb 1:3
with Jas 2:3, Jas 2:9, Jas 3:17; Lev 19:15; Deut 1:17, Deut 16:19; 2Chr 19:7; Prov 24:23, Prov 28:21; Matt 22:16; Rom 1:11; 1Tim 5:21; Jude 1:16
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assembly Gr. synagogue
gold Esth 3:10, Esth 8:2; Luke 15:22
goodly Gen 27:15; Matt 11:8-9
in vile Isa 64:6; Zech 3:3-4
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ye Jude 1:16
in a good place or well, or, seemly
to the Jas 2:6; Isa 65:5; Luke 7:44-46; 2Cor 8:9
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partial Jas 1:1-27; Job 34:19; Mal 2:9
judges Jas 4:11; Job 21:27; Ps 58:1, Ps 82:2, Ps 109:31; Matt 7:1-5; John 7:24
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Hearken Judg 9:7; 1Kgs 22:28; Job 34:10, Job 38:14; Prov 7:24, Prov 8:32; Mark 7:14; Acts 7:2
Hath not Jas 1:9; Isa 14:32, Isa 29:19; Zeph 3:12; Zech 11:7, Zech 11:11; Matt 11:5; Luke 6:20; Luke 9:57-58, Luke 16:22, Luke 16:25; John 7:48; 1Cor 1:26-28; 2Cor 8:9
rich Prov 8:17-21; Luke 12:21; 1Cor 3:21-23; 2Cor 4:15, 2Cor 6:10; Eph 1:18, Eph 3:8; 1Tim 6:18; Heb 11:26; Rev 2:9, Rev 3:18, Rev 21:7
heirs Matt 5:3, Matt 25:34; Luke 12:32, Luke 22:29; Rom 8:17; 1Thess 2:12; 2Thess 1:5; 2Tim 4:8, 2Tim 4:18; 1Pet 1:4; 2Pet 1:11
the or, that which, Jas 1:12; Exod 20:6; 1Sam 2:30; Prov 8:17; Matt 5:3; Luke 6:20, Luke 12:32; 1Cor 2:9; 2Tim 4:8
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ye Jas 2:3; Ps 14:6; Prov 14:31, Prov 17:5; Eccl 9:15-16; Isa 53:3; John 8:49; 1Cor 11:22
Do Jas 5:4; Job 20:19; Ps 10:2, Ps 10:8, Ps 10:10, Ps 10:14, Ps 12:5; Prov 22:16; Eccl 5:8; Isa 3:14-15; Amos 2:6-7, Amos 4:1, Amos 5:11, Amos 8:4-6; Mic 6:11-12; Hab 3:14; Zech 7:10
and Jas 5:6; 1Kgs 21:11-13; Acts 4:1-3, Acts 4:26-28, Acts 5:17-18, Acts 5:26-27, Acts 13:50, Acts 16:19-20; Acts 17:6, Acts 18:12
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blaspheme Ps 73:7-9; Matt 12:24, Matt 27:63; Luke 22:64-65; Acts 26:11; 1Tim 1:13; Rev 13:5-6
worthy Ps 111:9; Song 1:3; Isa 7:14, Isa 9:6-7; Jer 23:6; Matt 1:23; Acts 4:12; Phil 2:9-11; Rev 19:13, Rev 19:16
by Isa 65:15; Acts 11:26; Eph 3:15
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the royal Jas 2:12, Jas 1:25; 1Pet 2:9
Thou Lev 19:18, Lev 19:34; Matt 22:39; Mark 12:31-33; Luke 10:27-37; Rom 13:8-9; Gal 5:14; Gal 6:2; 1Thess 4:9
ye do Jas 2:19; 1Kgs 8:18; 2Kgs 7:9; Jonah 4:4, Jonah 4:9; Matt 25:21, Matt 25:23; Phil 4:14
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if Jas 2:1-4; Lev 19:15
are John 8:9, John 8:46, John 16:8 *marg. 1Cor 14:24; Jude 1:15
transgressors Rom 3:20, Rom 7:7-13; Gal 2:19; 1John 3:4
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For While the Jews taught that "he who transgresses all the precepts of the law has broken the yoke, dissolved the covenant, and exposed the law to contempt; and so has he done who has only broken one precept;" they also taught, "that he who observed any principal command was equal to him who kept the whole law," and gave for an example the forsaking of idolatry. To correct this false doctrine was the object James had in view.
whosoever Deut 27:26; Matt 5:18-19; Gal 3:10
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he said that, or, that law, which said
Do not commit Exod 20:13-14; Deut 5:17-18; Matt 5:21-28, Matt 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Rom 13:9
Now Lev 4:2, Lev 4:13, Lev 4:22; Ps 130:3-4
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speak Phil 4:8; Col 3:17; 2Pet 1:4-8
the Jas 2:8, Jas 1:25
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he Jas 5:4; Gen 42:21; Judg 1:7; Job 22:6-10; Prov 21:13; Isa 27:11; Matt 5:7; Matt 6:15, Matt 7:1-2, Matt 18:28-35, Matt 25:41-46; Luke 16:25
and Ps 85:10; Jer 9:24; Ezek 33:11; Mic 7:18; Eph 1:6-7, Eph 2:4-7; 1John 4:8-16, 1John 4:18-19
rejoiceth or, glorieth
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What Jas 2:16; Jer 7:8; Rom 2:25; 1Cor 13:3; 1Tim 4:8; Heb 13:9
though Jas 2:18, Jas 2:26, Jas 1:22-25; Matt 5:20, Matt 7:21-23, Matt 7:26-27; Luke 6:49; Acts 8:13, Acts 8:21, Acts 15:9; 1Cor 13:2, 1Cor 16:22; Gal 5:6, Gal 5:13; 1Thess 1:3; 1Tim 1:5; Titus 1:16, Titus 3:8; Heb 11:7-8, Heb 11:17; 2Pet 1:5; 1John 5:4-5
can 1Cor 15:2; Eph 2:8-10
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Jas 2:5; Job 31:16-21; Isa 58:7, Isa 58:10; Ezek 18:7; Matt 25:35-40; Mark 14:7; Luke 3:11; Acts 9:29; Heb 11:37
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one Job 22:7-9; Prov 3:27-28; Matt 14:15-16, Matt 15:32, Matt 25:42-45; Rom 12:9; 2Cor 8:8; 1John 3:16-18
what Jas 2:14
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so Jas 2:14, Jas 2:19-20, Jas 2:26; 1Cor 13:3, 1Cor 13:13; 1Thess 1:3; 1Tim 1:5; 2Pet 1:5-9
alone Gr. by itself
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Thou Jas 2:14, Jas 2:22; Rom 14:23; 1Cor 13:2; Gal 5:6; Heb 11:6, Heb 11:31
without thy works Some copies read, by thy works.
and I will Jas 2:22-25, Jas 3:13; Matt 7:17; Rom 8:1; 2Cor 5:17, 2Cor 7:1; 1Thess 1:3-10; 1Tim 1:5; Titus 2:7, Titus 2:11-14
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Deut 6:4; Isa 43:10, Isa 44:6, Isa 44:8, Isa 45:6, Isa 45:21-22, Isa 46:9; Zech 14:9; Mark 12:29; John 17:3; Rom 3:30; 1Cor 8:4, 1Cor 8:6; Gal 3:20; Eph 4:5-6; 1Tim 2:5; Jude 1:4
thou doest Jas 2:8; Jonah 4:4, Jonah 4:9; Mark 7:9
the Matt 8:29; Mark 1:24, Mark 5:7; Luke 4:34; Acts 16:17, Acts 19:15, Acts 24:25; Jude 1:6; Rev 20:2-3, Rev 20:10
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O vain Jas 1:26; Job 11:11-12; Ps 94:8-11; Prov 12:11; Jer 2:5; Rom 1:21; 1Cor 15:35-36; Gal 6:3; Col 2:8; 1Tim 1:6; Titus 1:10
that Jas 2:14
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Abraham Josh 24:3; Isa 51:2; Matt 3:9; Luke 1:73, Luke 16:24, Luke 16:30; John 8:39, John 8:53; Acts 7:2; Rom 4:1, Rom 4:12, Rom 4:16
justified Jas 2:18, Jas 2:24; Ps 143:2; Matt 12:37, Matt 25:31-40; Rom 3:20
when Gen 22:9-12, Gen 22:16-18
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Seest thou or, Thou seest
faith Jas 2:18; Gal 5:6; Heb 11:17-19
faith made 1John 2:5, 1John 4:17-18
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the scripture Mark 12:10, Mark 15:28; Luke 4:21; Acts 1:16; Rom 9:17, Rom 11:2; Gal 3:8-10, Gal 3:22; 2Tim 3:16; 1Pet 2:6
Abraham Gen 15:6; Rom 4:3-6, Rom 4:10-11, Rom 4:22-24; Gal 3:6
the Friend Exod 33:11; 2Chr 20:7; Job 16:21 *marg. Isa 41:8; John 15:13-15
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Jas 2:15-18, Jas 2:21-22; Ps 60:12
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was Josh 2:1; Matt 1:5
the harlot Matt 21:31
justified Jas 2:18, Jas 2:22
when Josh 2:19-21, Josh 6:17, Josh 6:22-25; Heb 11:31
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as Job 34:14-15; Ps 104:29, Ps 146:4; Eccl 12:7; Isa 2:22; Luke 23:46; Acts 7:59-60
spirit or, breath
so Jas 2:14, Jas 2:17, Jas 2:20
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