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And one of you say unto them (eipēi de tis autois ex humōn). Third-class condition again continued from Jam 2:15 with second aorist active subjunctive eipēi.
Go in peace (hupagete en eirēnēi). Present active imperative of hupagō. Common Jewish farewell (Jdg 18:6; 1Sa 1:17; 1Sa 20:42; 2Sa 15:9). Used by Jesus (Mar 5:34; Luk 7:50).
Be ye warmed and filled (thermainesthe kai chortazesthe). Present imperative either middle (direct) or passive. We have thermainomai as a direct middle in Joh 18:18 (were warming themselves) and that makes good sense here: “Warm yourselves.” Chortazō was originally used for pasturing cattle, but came to be used of men also as here. “Feed yourselves” (if middle, as is likely). Instead of warm clothes and satisfying food they get only empty words to look out for themselves.
And yet ye give not (mē dōte de). Third-class condition with de (and yet) and mē and the second aorist active subjunctive of didōmi, to give, cold deeds with warm words.
The things needful to the body (ta epitēdeia tou sōmatos). “The necessities of the body” (the necessaries of life). Old adjective from adverb epitēdes (enough), only here in N.T.
What doth it profit? (ti ophelos̱). As in Jam 2:14 and here the conclusion (apodosis) of the long condition begun in Jam 2:15.