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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 2:25

Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot ,.... See Gill on 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, she did in faith, Hebrews 11:31 and her faith was shown by her works to be true and genuine; and it was manifest that she was a justified person. This instance is produced with the other, to show, that wherever there is true faith, whether in Jew or Gentile, in man or woman, in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 2:26

For as the body without the spirit is dead ,.... This simile is made use of to illustrate what the apostle had asserted in James 2:17 that as a body, when the spirit or soul is departed from it, or the breath is gone out of it, is dead, and without motion, and useless; which the Jews F4 Ohel. Moed, fol. 15. 1. express in like manner, פגר גוף בלא רוח , "the body without the spirit", or "breath, is a carcass". So faith without works is dead also : a vain thing, useless and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:10

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, etc. - This is a rabbinical form of speech. In the tract Shabbath, fol. 70, where they dispute concerning the thirty-nine works commanded by Moses, Rabbi Yochanan says: But if a man do the whole, with the omission of one, he is guilty of the whole, and of every one. In Bammidar rabba, sec. 9, fol. 200, and in Tanchum, fol. 60, there is a copious example given, how an adulteress, by that one crime, breaks all the ten commandments, and by the same mode... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:11

For he that said - That is, the authority that gave one commandment gave also the rest; and he who breaks one resists this authority; so that the breach of any one commandment may be justly considered a breach of the whole law. It was a maxim also among the Jewish doctors that, if a man kept any one commandment carefully, though he broke all the rest, he might assure himself of the favor of God; for while they taught that "He who transgresses all the precepts of the law has broken the yoke,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:12

So speak ye, and so do - Have respect to every commandment of God, for this the law of liberty - the Gospel of Jesus Christ, particularly requires; and this is the law by which all mankind, who have had the opportunity of knowing it, shall be judged. But all along St. James particularly refers to the precept, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:13

For he shall have judgment - He who shows no mercy to man, or, in other words, he who does not exercise himself in works of charity and mercy to his needy fellow creatures, shall receive no mercy at the hand of God; for he hath said, Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. The unmerciful therefore are cursed, and they shall obtain no mercy. Mercy rejoiceth against judgment - These words are variously understood. Mercy, the merciful man, the abstract for the concrete,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:14

What doth it profit - though a man say he hath faith - We now come to a part of this epistle which has appeared to some eminent men to contradict other portions of the Divine records. In short, it has been thought that James teaches the doctrine of justification by the merit of good works, while Paul asserts this to be insufficient, and that man is justified by faith. Luther, supposing that James did actually teach the doctrine of justification by works, which his good sense showed him to be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:15

If a brother or sister be naked - That is, ill-clothed; for γυμνος , naked, has this meaning in several parts of the New Testament, signifying bad clothing, or the want of some particular article of dress. See Matthew 25:36 , Matthew 25:38 , Matthew 25:43 , Matthew 25:44 , and John 21:7 . It has the same comparative signification in most languages. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:16

Be ye warmed and filled - Your saying so to them, while you give them nothing, will just profit them as much as your professed faith, without those works which are the genuine fruits of true faith, will profit you in the day when God comes to sit in judgment upon your soul. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:17

If it hath not works, is dead - The faith that does not produce works of charity and mercy is without the living principle which animates all true faith, that is, love to God and love to man. They had faith, such as a man has who credits a well-circumstanced relation because it has all the appearance of truth; but they had nothing of that faith that a sinner, convinced of his sinfulness, God's purity, and the strictness of the Divine laws, is obliged to exert in the Lord Jesus, in order to... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 2:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 2:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:17

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