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Hilary of Arles

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

167 passages across 8 books of the Bible · Who was this?

On James

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  1. James 2:12
    By the New Testament law everyone is born again, free and equal with one another.

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  2. James 2:13
    If you are merciful and lenient to the poor in your judgment, you will have nothing to fear from the judgment of God.

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  3. James 2:15
    These are the words of faith, spoken to those who know that there is only one God, who is the Father of all his children. True love has two sides to it—help for the body and help for the soul. Here James concentrates on the first of these because he is speaking especially to those who are rich.

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  4. James 2:17
    Works give life to faith, faith gives life to the soul, and the soul gives life to the body.

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  5. James 2:19
    Those who believe but who do not fear God are even worse than the devils. And those who believe and tremble but who do not practice what they preach are just like the devils.

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  6. James 2:21
    When Abraham went up the mountain to sacrifice Isaac, he took four things with him—a sword, fire, a heavy heart and a pile of wood. What does the fire stand for if not the suffering of Christ? What does the sword signify, if not death? What does the wood indicate, if not the cross? And what is the importance of Abraham’s heavy heart, if it does not stand for the compassion of the Father and the angels as they beheld the death of Christ? Isaac was an earthly type of Christ and was offered up for us all. According to tradition this occurred on 25 March, the day on which the world was created, the day on which the last judgment will occur. The place where it happened was none other than the one which God would later choose for the site of his temple on Mount Zion, which is so called because Zion means “mirror of life,” for it was there that Abraham saw as in a mirror the life which was to be revealed in the New Testament.

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  7. James 3:1
    The apostle here prohibits a large number of teachers, for even our Lord Jesus Christ chose only a few for this role. He had only twelve disciples, and not all of them went on to become teachers of the gospel.

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  8. James 3:2
    Perfection consists of righteousness, and silence is the way to achieve it. This is why James connects perfection with keeping one’s mouth shut.

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  9. James 3:6
    Iniquity stains us in the same way as wood is scorched by fire, and hell burns as if it were a fire.

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  10. James 3:11
    The spring is the heart of man, the flowing stream of water is his speech, and the opening through which it pours is his mouth. The sweet water is sound doctrine, while the bitter water is just the opposite.

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  11. James 4:4
    Love of honor and pride and boastfulness is hostile to God, for these things were the undoing of the fallen angels as well as of the first human couple, which is why to this day they are described as “enemies of God.”

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  12. James 4:12
    The law of the Bible was given through many agents, like Moses and Elijah and John the Baptist, but ultimately it is still only one law, and there is only one lawgiver.

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  13. James 5:1
    The rich must repent while there is still time for them to do so. James is speaking here of those rich people who have shown themselves to be too stingy to offer any help to the poor.

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  14. James 5:3
    It is true of course that gold does not rust, but James is comparing it to material things which do rust in the course of time.

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  15. James 5:4
    What James means here is not that God has ears but that he can use his power to put right the wrongs which exist on earth.

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  16. James 5:14
    This sickness is the sickness of sin. If someone is struck down by his own thoughts, then he should pray on his own, but if he has committed some sin he should ask for the church’s prayers. The custom mentioned here is followed even today, for the grace of mercy is symbolized by oil.

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  17. James 5:15
    The prayer of faith is the consensus of the whole church, as it is said in the Gospel: “Whatever you ask in my name shall be done for you.”

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  18. James 5:17
    The apostle regards himself as inferior to the prophets, who performed such miracles. The three years and six months represent the time of the antichrist, but the three years may also stand for the three ages of human history from the creation to the time of David, or they may symbolize the patriarchs, the prophets and the apostles. The miracle mentioned here is meant to encourage believers to persevere in their struggle against the unrighteous, for as in the case of Elijah, even if only one person prays, his prayer represents the common mind of all the righteous.

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  19. James 5:20
    Someone who preaches to sinners in order to convert them will save his soul, even if the people he preaches to are not actually converted.

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