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Butδὲifεἰyou show partiality,προσωπολημπτεῖτεyou commitἐργάζεσθεsin,ἁμαρτίανbeing convictedἐλεγχόμενοιbyὑπὸthe lawτοῦ νόμουasὡςtransgressors.παραβάται
James 2:9
Study it in the app“But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.”
With the Greek beneath
James 2:9, word by word
- you show partialityπροσωπολημπτεῖτεprosōpolēmpteite
show partiality
Show partiality: treat some people better than others.
Where else “prosōpolēmpteite” appears- you commitἐργάζεσθεergazesthe
do
To accomplish something, good or bad.
Where else “ergazesthe” appears- sinἁμαρτίανhamartian
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartian” appears- being convictedἐλεγχόμενοιelenchomenoi
convict
To expose someone's wrong with proof, so they cannot deny it.
Where else “elenchomenoi” appears- the lawνόμουnomou
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomou” appears- transgressorsπαραβάταιparabatai
transgressor
Transgressor: someone who breaks a command.
Where else “parabatai” appears
The context
8If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well.
9 · This verse (above)
10For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles in one point has become guilty of all.
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?