James 2:7 KJV — MannaFest

James 2:7

Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

KJV

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ASV

Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?

WEB

Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?

YLT

do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you?

DBT

And [do not] they blaspheme the excellent name which has been called upon you?

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James — The Lord's brother writes to the twelve tribes scattered abroad — five chapters of direct, practical wisdom on the life faith produces. Pure religion, the tongue, the prayer of the righteous.

Author: James the Lord's brother (traditional — cf. Gal 1:19), leader of the Jerusalem church
Date: Early — possibly mid-40s AD, making it likely the earliest NT letter

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James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Revelation 13:5–6
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Philippians 2:9–11
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Leviticus 24:16
And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
Isaiah 43:7
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

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Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

54:6); which ye pray may be "hallowed" (Mt 6:9), and "by which ye are called," literally, "which was invoked" or, "called upon by you" (compare Ge 48:16; Ac 15:17), so that at your baptism "into the name" (so the Greek, Mt 28:19) of Christ, ye became Christ's people (1Co 3:23).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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