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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - James 2:20 - 2:20
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wilt thou know - “Vain” men are not willing to know, since they have no wish to “do” the will of God. James beseeches such a one to lay aside his perverse unwillingness to know what is palpable to all who are willing to do.
vain - who deceivest thyself with a delusive hope, resting on an unreal faith.
without works - The Greek, implies separate from the works [Alford] which ought to flow from it if it were real.
is dead - Some of the best manuscripts read, “is idle,” that is, unavailing to effect what you hope, namely, to save you.