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Text -- James 2:11 (NET)

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2:11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: Jam 2:11 - -- He that said ( ho eipōn ) - said also (eipen kai ). The unity of the law lies in the Lawgiver who spoke both prohibitions (mē and the aoris...

He that said ( ho eipōn )

- said also (eipen kai ). The unity of the law lies in the Lawgiver who spoke both prohibitions (mē and the aorist active subjunctive in each one, moicheusēis , phoneusēis ). The order here is that of B in Exod 20 (Luk 18:20; Rom 13:9), but not in Mat 5:21, Mat 5:27 (with ou and future indicative).

Robertson: Jam 2:11 - -- Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest ( ei de ou moicheueis , phoneueis de ). Condition of first class with ou (not mē ) because of...

Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest ( ei de ou moicheueis , phoneueis de ).

Condition of first class with ou (not mē ) because of the contrast with de , whereas ei mē would mean "unless,"a different idea. So ou in Jam 1:23.

Robertson: Jam 2:11 - -- A transgressor of the law ( parabatēs nomou ) as in Jam 2:9. Murder springs out of anger (Mat 5:21-26). People free from fleshly sins have often "m...

A transgressor of the law ( parabatēs nomou )

as in Jam 2:9. Murder springs out of anger (Mat 5:21-26). People free from fleshly sins have often "made their condemnation of fleshly sins an excuse for indulgence towards spiritual sins"(Hort).

Vincent: Jam 2:11 - -- A transgressor ( παραβάτης ) From παρά , beyond, and βαίνω , to go . A transgressor, therefore, is one who goes beyond...

A transgressor ( παραβάτης )

From παρά , beyond, and βαίνω , to go . A transgressor, therefore, is one who goes beyond the line. So, also, trespass, which is transpass, from the Latin trans, across, and passus, a step. A similar word occurs in Homer, ὑπερβασία , a transgression or trespass, from ὑπέρ , over, and βαίνω , to go.

Wesley: Jam 2:11 - -- For it is the same authority which establishes every commandment.

For it is the same authority which establishes every commandment.

JFB: Jam 2:11 - -- He is One who gave the whole law; therefore, they who violate His will in one point, violate it all [BENGEL]. The law and its Author alike have a comp...

He is One who gave the whole law; therefore, they who violate His will in one point, violate it all [BENGEL]. The law and its Author alike have a complete unity.

JFB: Jam 2:11 - -- Selected as being the most glaring cases of violation of duty towards one's neighbor.

Selected as being the most glaring cases of violation of duty towards one's neighbor.

Clarke: Jam 2:11 - -- For he that said - That is, the authority that gave one commandment gave also the rest; and he who breaks one resists this authority; so that the br...

For he that said - That is, the authority that gave one commandment gave also the rest; and he who breaks one resists this authority; so that the breach of any one commandment may be justly considered a breach of the whole law. It was a maxim also among the Jewish doctors that, if a man kept any one commandment carefully, though he broke all the rest, he might assure himself of the favor of God; for while they taught that "He who transgresses all the precepts of the law has broken the yoke, dissolved the covenant, and exposed the law to contempt, and so has he done who has broken even one precept,"(Mechilta, fol. 5, Yalcut Simeoni, part 1, fol. 59), they also taught, "that he who observed any principal command was equal to him who kept the whole law;"(Kiddushin, fol. 39); and they give for example, "If a man abandon idolatry, it is the same as if he had fulfilled the whole law,"(Ibid., fol. 40.) To correct this false doctrine James lays down that in the 11th verse. Thus they did and undid.

Calvin: Jam 2:11 - -- 11.For he that said, or he who hath said. This is a proof of the former verse; because the Lawgiver is to be considered rather than each particular ...

11.For he that said, or he who hath said. This is a proof of the former verse; because the Lawgiver is to be considered rather than each particular precept apart. The righteousness of God, as an indivisible body, is contained in the law. Whosoever, then, transgresses one article of the Law, destroys, as far as he can, the righteousness of God. Besides, as in one part, so in every part, God’s will is to try our obedience. Hence a transgressor of the law is every one who offends as to any one of its commandments according to this saying,

“Cursed is he who fulfills not all things.”
(Deu 27:26.)

We further see, that the transgressor of the law, and the guilty of all, mean the same according to James.

TSK: Jam 2:11 - -- he said that, or, that law, which said Do not commit : Exo 20:13, Exo 20:14; Deu 5:17, Deu 5:18; Mat 5:21-28, Mat 19:18; Mar 10:19; Luk 18:20; Rom 13:...

he said that, or, that law, which said

Do not commit : Exo 20:13, Exo 20:14; Deu 5:17, Deu 5:18; Mat 5:21-28, Mat 19:18; Mar 10:19; Luk 18:20; Rom 13:9

Now : Lev 4:2, Lev 4:13, Lev 4:22; Psa 130:3, Psa 130:4

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Jam 2:11 - -- For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill - That is, these are parts of the same law of God, and one is as obligatory as...

For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill - That is, these are parts of the same law of God, and one is as obligatory as the other. If, therefore, you violate either of these precepts, you transgress the law of God as such, and must be held to be guilty of violating it as a whole. The penalty of the law will be incurred, whatever precept you violate.

Poole: Jam 2:11 - -- All proof of what he laid down in the former verse, by instancing in these two commands, there being the same reason of all the rest, the same sover...

All proof of what he laid down in the former verse, by instancing in these two commands, there being the same reason of all the rest, the same sovereignty and righteousness of God appearing in them, and it being the will of God to try our obedience in one as well as another.

Thou art become a transgressor of the law viz. by contemning the authority and holiness of God, which appears in the whole law, and every command of it.

Haydock: Jam 2:10-11 - -- [BIBLIOGRAPHY] St. Augustine, Ep. lxvii. num. 16. p. 600. An forte quia plenitudo legis charitas est, qua Deus, proximusque diligitur, in quibus p...

[BIBLIOGRAPHY]

St. Augustine, Ep. lxvii. num. 16. p. 600. An forte quia plenitudo legis charitas est, qua Deus, proximusque diligitur, in quibus præceptis charitatis tota lex pendet et prophetæ, merito fit reus omnium, qui contra illam facit ex qua pendent omnia.

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Gill: Jam 2:11 - -- For he that said, Do not commit adultery,.... That same lawgiver, who is but one, and is God, that gave out the seventh command, and forbids adultery,...

For he that said, Do not commit adultery,.... That same lawgiver, who is but one, and is God, that gave out the seventh command, and forbids adultery,

said also, Do not kill; delivered the sixth command, which forbids murder.

Now if thou commit no adultery; do not break the seventh command;

yet if thou kill, break the sixth command,

thou art become a transgressor of the law; not of that particular precept of the law, the seventh command, for the contrary is supposed before, but of the sixth only; and yet by so doing, a man becomes a violator of the whole law; for the law is but one, though it consists of various precepts; and the breach of one precept, as well as of another, is the breach of the law: and besides, there is but one lawgiver, who has enjoined one command, as well as another, and whose legislative power and authority is despised and trampled upon by the violation of one command, as of another. This is the apostle's argument, and way of reasoning, proving the above assertion, that he that breaks the law in one particular instance, is guilty of the breach of the whole law.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jam 2:11 A quotation from Exod 20:13 and Deut 5:17.

Geneva Bible: Jam 2:11 ( 6 ) 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 transgress...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Jam 2:1-26 - --1 It is not agreeable to Christian profession to regard the rich, and to despise the poor brethren;13 rather we are to be loving and merciful;14 and n...

MHCC: Jam 2:1-13 - --Those who profess faith in Christ as the Lord of glory, must not respect persons on account of mere outward circumstances and appearances, in a manner...

Matthew Henry: Jam 2:8-13 - -- The apostle, having condemned the sin of those who had an undue respect of persons, and having urged what was sufficient to convict them of the grea...

Barclay: Jam 2:8-11 - --The connection of thought with the previous passage is this. James has been condemning those who pay special attention to the rich man who enters the...

Constable: Jam 2:1-26 - --III. Partiality and Vital Faith 2:1-26 "In the epistle of James, the Holy Spirit has given the church a commenta...

Constable: Jam 2:1-13 - --A. The Problem of Favoritism 2:1-13 James' previous reference to hypocritical religiosity (1:26-27) seem...

Constable: Jam 2:10-11 - --5. The importance of partiality 2:10-11 2:10 James anticipated that some of his readers might feel that preferential treatment was not very important....

College: Jam 2:1-26 - --JAMES 2 VII. JUDGING BY APPEARANCE (2:1-13) A. FAVORITISM (2:1-7) 1 My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favorit...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: James (Book Introduction) THE EPISTLE OF JAMES BEFORE a.d. 50 By Way of Introduction The Author He claims to be James, and so the book is not anonymous. It is either ge...

JFB: James (Book Introduction) THIS is called by EUSEBIUS ([Ecclesiastical History, 2.23], about the year 330 A.D.) the first of the Catholic Epistles, that is, the Epistles intende...

JFB: James (Outline) INSCRIPTION: EXHORTATION ON HEARING, SPEAKING, AND WRATH. (Jam. 1:1-27) THE SIN OF RESPECT OF PERSONS: DEAD, UNWORKING FAITH SAVES NO MAN. (Jam. 2:1-...

TSK: James (Book Introduction) James, the son of Alphaeus, the brother of Jacob, and the near relation of our Lord, called also James the Less, probably because he was of lower stat...

TSK: James 2 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Jam 2:1, It is not agreeable to Christian profession to regard the rich, and to despise the poor brethren; Jam 2:13, rather we are to be ...

Poole: James 2 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 2

MHCC: James (Book Introduction) This epistle of James is one of the most instructive writings in the New Testament. Being chiefly directed against particular errors at that time brou...

MHCC: James 2 (Chapter Introduction) (Jam 2:1-13) All professions of faith are vain, if not producing love and justice to others. (Jam 2:14-26) The necessity of good works to prove the s...

Matthew Henry: James (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The General Epistle of James The writer of this epistle was not James the son of Zebedee; for he was pu...

Matthew Henry: James 2 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter the apostle condemns a sinful regarding of the rich, and despising the poor, which he imputes to partiality and injustice, and show...

Barclay: James (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTER OF JAMES James is one of the books which bad a very hard fight to get into the New Testament. Even when it did come to ...

Barclay: James 2 (Chapter Introduction) Respect Of Persons (Jam_2:1) The Peril Of Snobbery Within The Church (Jam_2:2-4) The Riches Of Poverty And The Poverty Of Riches (Jam_2:5-7) The R...

Constable: James (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical background The writer of this epistle was evidently the half-b...

Constable: James (Outline) Outline I. Introduction 1:1 II. Trials and true religion 1:2-27 A. The v...

Constable: James James Bibliography Adamson, James B. The Epistle of James. New International Commentary on the New Testament se...

Haydock: James (Book Introduction) THE CATHOLIC EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES, THE APOSTLE. __________ ON THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES. INTRODUCTION. The seven following Epistles have bee...

Gill: James (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JAMES This epistle is called "general", because not written to any particular person, as the epistles to Timothy, Titus, and Philem...

Gill: James 2 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JAMES 2 In this chapter the apostle dissuades from a respect of persons, on account of outward circumstances; shows that the law is...

College: James (Book Introduction) FOREWORD I owe a debt of gratitude to many for assistance with this volume. John York and John Hunter are responsible for making me a part of the Co...

College: James (Outline) OUTLINE I. GREETING - 1:1 II. ENDURING TRIALS - 1:2-4 III. ASK FOR WISDOM - 1:5-8 IV. RICHES TEMPORARY - 1:9-11 V. TEMPTATION NOT FROM ...

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