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Do they notοὐκ αὐτοὶblasphemeβλασφημοῦσινthe goodτὸ καλὸνnameὄνομαthat was invokedτὸ ἐπικληθὲνoverἐφ’you?ὑμᾶς
James 2:7
Study it in the app“Do they not blaspheme the good name that was invoked over you?”
With the Greek beneath
James 2:7, word by word
- blasphemeβλασφημοῦσινblasphēmousin
blaspheme
To speak with contempt against God or what is holy.
Where else “blasphēmousin” appears- the goodκαλὸνkalon
beautiful
Lovely to look at.
Where else “kalon” appears- nameὄνομαonoma
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appears- that was invokedἐπικληθὲνepiklēthen
be called
To give someone an added name: "also known as Peter".
Where else “epiklēthen” appears
Translation note
It can be understood as the name of the Lord, invoked over them to show that they belong to him (the same expression in Acts 15:17, quoting Amos 9:12).
The context
6But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do they themselves not drag you into the courts?
7 · This verse (above)
8If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well.
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?