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JAMES 2:9
Victor M. Eskew
1. Respect of persons
A. Strong (4380): to favor an individual, that is, show partiality
B. Thayer: to have respect of persons, discriminate
C. Vine: NA
2. Commit
A. Strong (2038): …to be engaged in or with
B. Thayer: to do, work out, exercise, perform, commit
C. Vine: to work…This is a stronger expression than poieo, to do, or prasso, to practice.
3. Sin
A. Strong (266): sin
B. Thayer: to miss the mark, to err…to miss or wander from the path of righteous-ness and honor…to wander from the law of God, violate God’s law, sin…violation of divine law in thought or in act
C. Vine: a missing of the mark…a sinful deed or act of sin
4. Convinced
A. Strong (1651): to confute, admonish
B. Thayer: to convict, refute, confute, generally with a suggestion of shame of the person convicted
C. Vine: to convict, confute, refute, usually with the suggestion of putting the person to shame
5. Law
A. Strong (3551): generally (regulation), or figuratively (principle)
B. Thayer: anything established…a law, a command, a law producing a state approved of God…the Christian religion: the law demanding faith, the moral instruction given by Christ, especially the precept concerning love
C. Vine: the law as decreed by a state and set up as the standard for the administra-tion of justice…”the royal law,” Jms. 2:8, i.e., the law of love…
6. Transgressors
A. Strong (3848): a violator
B. Thayer: a transgressor, a lawbreaker
C. Vine: …one who oversteps the prescribed limit, a transgressor