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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - James 2:6 - 2:6
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The world’s judgment of the poor contrasted with God’s.
ye - Christians, from whom better things might have been expected; there is no marvel that men of the world do so.
despised - literally, “dishonored.” To dishonor the poor is to dishonor those whom God honors, and so to invert the order of God [Calvin].
rich - as a class.
oppress - literally, “abuse their power against” you.
draw you - Translate, “is it not they (those very persons whom ye partially prefer, Jam 2:1-4) that drag you (namely, with violence)” [Alford].
before ... judgment seats - instituting persecutions for religion, as well as oppressive lawsuits, against you.