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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - James 2:1-7

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

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - James 2:2-4

2:2-4 For, if a man comes into your assembly with his fingers covered with gold rings and dressed in elegant clothes and a poor man comes in dressed in shabby clothes, and you pay special attention to the man who is dressed in elegant clothes and you say to him: "Will you sit here, please?" and you say to the poor man, "You stand there!" or, "Squat on the floor beside my footstool!" have you not drawn distinctions within your minds, and have you not become judges whose thoughts are evil? ... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - James 2:5-7

2:5-7 Listen, my dear brothers. Did God not choose those who are poor by the world's valuation to be rich because of their faith and to be heirs of the Kingdom which he has promised to those who love him? But you dishonour the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and is it not they who drag you to the law-courts? And is it not they who abuse the fair name by which you have been called? "God," said Abraham Lincoln, "must love the common people because he made so many of them."... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 2:3

And ye have respect to him that wears the gay clothing ,.... Take notice of him, and show favour to him, to the neglect and contempt of the other. This is an instance of respect of persons condemned and dissuaded from: and say unto him, sit thou here in a good place ; the best place; whether it be in a religious assembly, or in a civil court of judicature: and say to the poor, stand thou there ; or in a lower and meaner place: or sit thou here under my footstool ; this also was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 2:4

Are ye not then partial in yourselves ,.... That is, guilty of such partiality as must appear to yourselves, and your own consciences must accuse you of; or do not ye distinguish, or make a difference among yourselves, by such a conduct, towards the rich and the poor: and are become judges of evil thoughts ; or "are distinguishers by evil thoughts"; that is, make a distinction between the rich and the poor, by an evil way of thinking, that one is better than the other, and to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 2:5

Hearken, my beloved brethren ,.... As to a matter of importance, and worthy of attention and regard; being an instance of the divine conduct towards the poor, and carries in it a strong argument against respect of persons: hath not God chosen the poor of this world ? this interrogative is equal to a strong affirmative; and the sense is, that God has chosen the poor of this world; and which is to be understood, not of the choice of them to an office, either in church or state; though... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:3

Sit here under my footstool - Thus evidently prejudging the cause, and giving the poor man to see that he was to expect no impartial administration of justice in his cause. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:4

Are ye not then partial - Ου διεκριθητε· Do ye not make a distinction, though the case has not been heard, and the law has not decided? Judges of evil thoughts? - Κριται διαλογισμων πονηρων· Judges of evil reasonings; that is, judges who reason wickedly; who, in effect, say in your hearts, we will espouse the cause of the rich, because they can befriend us; we will neglect that of the poor, because they cannot help us, nor have they power to hurt us. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:5

Hath not God chosen the poor of this world - This seems to refer to Matthew 11:5 ; : And the poor have the Gospel preached to them. These believed on the Lord Jesus, and found his salvation; while the rich despised, neglected, and persecuted him. These had that faith in Christ which put them in possession of the choicest spiritual blessings, and gave them a right to the kingdom of heaven. While, therefore, they were despised of men, they were highly prized of God. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:4

Verse 4 4Are ye not then partial in yourselves ? or, are ye not condemned in yourselves. This may be read affirmatively as well as interrogatively, but the sense would be the same, for he amplifies the fault by this, that they took delight and indulged themselves in so great a wickedness. If it be read interrogatively, the meaning is, “Does not your own conscience hold you convicted, so that you need no other judge?” If the affirmative be preferred, it is the same as though he had said, “This... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - James 2:1-7

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - James 2:2-4

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - James 2:5-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 2:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 2:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - James 2:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 2:4

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