The Epistle of St. James: With an Introduction and Notes |
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Abraham Acts adjective amongst Apostle blessed Book of Enoch brethren brother Christian Church classical Greek confession connection context contrast Didache doubt Dr Zahn Ecclus emphasised Enoch Epistle of James Epistle of St evil exhortation expression faith Father further glory Grafe heart Hebrew Hegesippus Hermas Introd Isaiah James ii Jerusalem Jesus Christ Jewish Jewish-Christian Jews John judge judgment latter loco Lord's Luke Macc Mark Matt Mayor meaning mercy nature Oecumenius parallel passage persons Philo phrase points poor pray prayer prophets Prov Psalms of Solomon R.V. marg Rahab reference regarded rendering rich righteous sense similar sins Soden son of Alphaeus speaks spirit Spitta St James St James's St Paul Syriac teaching Testament things thou thought tion tongue truth unto verb verse viii Vulg whilst Wisd wisdom word writer xviii
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Page 107 - Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Page 149 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly, that it might not rain ; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 130 - I am : and ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.
Page 148 - And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
Page 142 - My son, in thy sickness be not negligent: but pray unto the Lord, and he will make thee whole. Leave off from sin, and order thine hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all wickedness. Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour; and make a fat offering, as not being. Then give place to the physician, for the Lord hath created him: let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him.
Page 51 - For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Page 55 - If a brother or sister be naked, and in lack of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 26 - Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
Page 6 - MY SON, IF THOU COME TO SERVE THE LORD, PREPARE THY SOUL for temptation. Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.
Page 31 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.