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have you notοὐmade distinctionsδιεκρίθητεamongἐνyourselvesἑαυτοῖςandκαὶbecomeἐγένεσθεjudgesκριταὶwith evilπονηρῶνthoughts?διαλογισμῶν
James 2:4
Study it in the app“have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?”
James forbids treating the rich better than the poor in the meetingThe Church and Community
With the Greek beneath
James 2:4, word by word
- made distinctionsδιεκρίθητεdiekrithēte
make distinction
To make a difference between people.
Where else “diekrithēte” appears- becomeἐγένεσθεegenesthe
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “egenesthe” appears- judgesκριταὶkritai
judge
Judge: one who decides a case; also one who rules.
Where else “kritai” appears- with evilπονηρῶνponērōn
evil
One who does or desires evil, opposed to God and the good.
Where else “ponērōn” appears- thoughtsδιαλογισμῶνdialogismōn
thought
What one thinks or wonders inside.
Where else “dialogismōn” appears
The context
3and you pay attention to the one wearing the splendid clothing and say, You, sit here in a good place, and to the poor man you say, You, stand, or sit there under my footstool,
4 · This verse (above)
5Listen, my beloved brothers: has not God chosen the poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
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?