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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - James 2:5 - 2:5
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Hearken - James brings to trial the self-constituted “judges” (Jam 2:4).
poor of this world - The best manuscripts read, “those poor in respect to the world.” In contrast to “the rich in this world” (1Ti 6:17). Not of course all the poor; but the poor, as a class, furnish more believers than the rich as a class. The rich, if a believer, renounces riches as his portion; the poor, if an unbeliever, neglects that which is the peculiar advantage of poverty (Mat 5:3; 1Co 1:26, 1Co 1:27, 1Co 1:28).
rich in faith - Their riches consist in faith. Luk 12:21, “rich toward God.” 1Ti 6:18, “rich in good works” (Rev 2:9; compare 2Co 8:9). Christ’s poverty is the source of the believer’s riches.
kingdom ... promised - (Luk 12:32; 1Co 2:9; 2Ti 4:8).