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Bob Utley · Citado em PreceptAustin
Tiago 2
Utley - Believers must be careful of worldly distinctions. They must also be impartial. God (in Christ), has torn down every barrier that humans have raised to their fellow human: rich-poor; Jew-Gentile; slave-free; and men-women (cf. 1 Cor. 12:13; Gal. 3:28; Col. 3:11). J
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Utley on faith - This is not "faith" in the sense of doctrine, as in Acts 6:7; 13:8; 14:22; Gal. 1:23; 3:23; 6:10; Phil. 1:27; Jude 3 and 20, but personal trust in Christ (objective genitive). "in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ" This GENITIVE phrase is literally "of the glory" and is in apposition to the GENITIVE phrase literally "of the Lord." This is a title for Deity in the Bible (cf. Ps. 29:1-9; Acts 7:2; Eph. 1:17). The rabbis used the term Shekinah glory" to speak of YHWH dwelling with Israel (cf. Exod. 16:10; 2 Chr. 7:1-3). Our glorious (doxa) Lord (kurios) Jesus (Iesous) Christ (Christos) - Literally "our Lord Jesus Christ of the glory." ESV = "Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory"- Some commentators think this is a reference to the Shekinah glory of God (cf Ex 40:34, Nu 14:10, 1Ki 8:11, 2Chr 7:2). In either event James is appealing to those who "are actively adhering to the One in Whom "the faith" centers." (Hiebert). Paul later calls Christ “the Lord of glory” in 1 Corinthians 2:8. Looking up to Jesus prevents us from looking down on others. Lord (kurios) Jesus (Iesous) Christ (Christos) - His full Name is found only here and James 1:1 in this letter and in that passage on a par with God! There are of course other allusions to Jesus Christ (See Jas 2:7, Jas 5:7, 9, 14-15) John associates glory (doxa) with Jesus in John 1:14+ "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory (doxa), glory (doxa) as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth." (See also Heb 1:3+). Proper View of Christ Leads to a Proper View of Others. Paul Apple makes an excellent point that a "Proper View of Christ Leads to a Proper View of Others. Once we truly see how "glorious" Christ is, there will be no room for distinctions on the human plane because we all pale in comparison to the glory of Christ. Look at how our Lord (in all of His Majesty) treated others and we will see that there is no room for "personal favoritism" on our part. Surely the disciples are not above the Master when it comes to showing compassion to all men without distinction." (Commentary) Paul Apple's comment reminds me of the words in the great hymn Turn Your Eyes on Jesus... Turn your eyes upon Jesus Look full in His wonderful face And the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of His glory and grace Jamieson has an interesting thought on glory in James 2:1 - The glory of Christ resting on the poor believer should make him be regarded as highly by "brethren" as his richer brother; nay, more so, if the poor believer has more of Christ's spirit than the rich brother. Bruce Barton - Early Christians developed descriptions for Jesus that expressed the depth of their trust in him. They could be called reflective names, since they resulted from reflections on Jesus. Paul gives us a number of his reflective names for Jesus: his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord (1 Corinthians 1:9) Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:24) the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15) the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead (Colossians 1:18) our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13) (See James - Page 42) J