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James 2:4 - Exposition

The copula ( καὶ ) of the Received Text is certainly spurious. It is found in K, L, but is wanting in א , A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic. B also omits the negative ου) . If this manuscript is followed, the sentence must be read as a direct statement, and not as interrogative. But if (with most manuscripts and editions) the interrogative be retained, the translation is still doubtful. διεκρίθητε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς may mean:

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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James 2:4 - Exposition

James 2:4 - Exposition

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