John Bengel Commentary - James 2:6 - 2:6

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John Bengel Commentary - James 2:6 - 2:6


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Jam 2:6. Ἠτιμάσατε, ye have despised) while ye held the poor in too little esteem. A most expressive word.-οὐχ οἱ πλούσιοι, do not the rich) Not all the rich, but many of them, and none but they; for the poor have not the power, even if they wished. The apostle mentions this, not to excite the godly to envy, but to show the unworthiness of the rich.-αὐτοὶ, these) The demonstrative pronoun, as in Jam 2:7. In Hebrew, הם. These are they who act both with open violence, and yet with the appearance of justice.-ἕλκουσιν ὑμᾶς, drag you) with unreasonable violence.