Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - James 5:19 - 5:19

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - James 5:19 - 5:19


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19. ἀδελφοί μου introduces another and a last topic closely connected with prayer, namely Conversion.

τῆς ἀληθείας. The clause ἐάν τις ἐν ὑμῖν makes it clear that the truth spoken of is the Christian truth, the saving truth of the gospel, almost equivalent to ἡ πίστις. Comp. 1Ti 6:10 ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστὶν ἡ φιλαργυρία, ἧς τινες ὀρεγόμενοι ἀπεπλανήθησαν ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως, 21 ἀντιθέσεις τῆς ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως, ἥν τινες ἐπαγγελλόμενοι περὶ τὴν πίστιν ἠστόχησαν, 2Ti 2:18 οἵτινες περὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἠστόχησαν, λέγοντες ἀνάστασιν ἤδη γεγονέναι, καὶ ἀνατρέπουσι τήν τινων πίστιν. Therefore the conversion spoken of here is not conversion from heathenism or Judaism, but from some perversion of the Christian truth or morality such as is indicated in the passages cited.