Robertson Word Pictures - James 4:12

Robertson Word Pictures - James 4:12 - 4:12

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Robertson Word Pictures - James 4:12 - 4:12

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4:16 - 4:16
4:17 - 4:17

One only (heis). No “only” in the Greek, but heis here excludes all others but God.

The lawgiver (ho nomothetēs). Old compound (from nomos, tithēmi), only here in N.T. In Psa 9:20. Cf. nomotheteō in Heb 7:11; Heb 8:6.

To save (sōsai, first aorist active infinitive of sōzō) and to destroy (kai apolesai, first aorist active infinitive of apollumi to destroy). Cf. the picture of God’s power in Mat 10:28, a common idea in the O.T. (Deu 32:39; 1Sa 2:16; 2Ki 5:7).

But who art thou? (su de tis ei̱). Proleptic and emphatic position of su (thou) in this rhetorical question as in Rom 9:20; Rom 14:4.

Thy neighbour (ton plēsion). “The neighbour” as in Jam 2:8.