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Theophylact of Ohrid

Medieval · AD 800–1500

1,275 passages across 17 books of the Bible · Who was this?

On James

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  1. James 1:5
    James is referring here to spiritual wisdom, not the human kind. Spiritual wisdom is the cause of all perfect action. This is the heavenly wisdom, and when we have been strengthened by it we can do anything perfectly.

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  2. James 1:9
    Humility is the distributor of all good things, and apart from it there is nothing which is good.

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  3. James 1:27
    In this verse the “world” refers to the common and ungodly people who are led astray by their lusts and errors.

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  4. James 2:4
    The word and often occurs here, where we would expect subordinate clauses instead. This was the older way of speaking, which James records for us.

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  5. James 2:24
    The works of which James speaks are not those of the law but those of righteousness and the other virtues.

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  6. James 4:12
    Who would endure having to live under a law which he despises? Therefore do not be a despiser of the law, says James, and do not look for some other legislator, who will prescribe the opposite. For there is only one lawgiver, God, who can both condemn and deliver sinners.

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  7. James 5:4
    This accusation is a digression directed against the Jewish leaders who robbed the poor and covered themselves with all manner of riches. But they were being prepared for destruction at the hands of the Romans, not least because they condemned our Lord to death.

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  8. James 5:6
    It cannot be denied that this verse refers to Christ, especially since James adds that there was no resistance. Nevertheless it also includes others who suffered at the hands of the Jews, and he may even have been speaking prophetically about his own approaching death.

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  9. James 5:16
    The prayer of a righteous man is effective as long as the person who is being prayed for cooperates with his intentions. For if other people are praying for us while we are wasting our time in idleness and debauchery, their prayers will be useless.

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