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You seeὁρᾶτεthatὅτιa personἄνθρωποςis declared righteousδικαιοῦταιbyἐξworksἔργωνandκαὶnotοὐκbyἐκfaithπίστεωςalone.μόνον
James 2:24
Study it in the app“You see that a person is declared righteous by works and not by faith alone.”
Abraham: his faith worked together with his deedsFaith
With the Greek beneath
James 2:24, word by word
- You seeὁρᾶτεhorate
perceive
To realize, understand.
Where else “horate” appears- a personἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
someone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpos” appears- is declared righteousδικαιοῦταιdikaioutai
declare righteous
God pronouncing you in the right and forgiving you.
Where else “dikaioutai” appears- worksἔργωνergōn
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “ergōn” appears- faithπίστεωςpisteōs
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteōs” appears- aloneμόνονmonon
only
Nothing beyond that: bread is not enough to live.
Where else “monon” appears
The context
23and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, And Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness; and he was called a friend of God.
24 · This verse (above)
25And in the same way was not Rahab the prostitute also declared righteous by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
To study James 2 in a group
1. What it says
What situation does James describe with the man in the gold ring and the poor man, and what does he say about it (v. 1-4)?
2. What it means
James says faith without works is dead (v. 14-17). What example does he use, and what is he trying to show?
3. How I live it
Whom could you treat today with the same attention you would give to someone important?