Parallel Verses English Standard Version If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, King James Bible If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, American Standard Version If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food, Douay-Rheims Bible And if a brother or sister be naked, and want daily food: English Revised Version If a brother or sister be naked, and in lack of daily food, Webster's Bible Translation If a brother or sister is naked, and destitute of daily food, Weymouth New Testament Suppose a Christian brother or sister is poorly clad or lacks daily food, James 2:15 Parallel Commentary Vincent's Word StudiesBe (ὑπάρχωσιν) The distinction between this word and the simple εἶναι, to be, is very subtle. The verb ὑπάρχω originally means to make a beginning; hence, to begin or to come into being; and, though used substantially as a synonym of εἶναι, of a thing actually existing and at hand, it has a backward look to an antecedent condition which has been protracted into the present. Thus we might paraphrase here, "If a brother or sister, having been in a destitute condition, be found by you in that condition." Εἶναι, on the other hand, would simply state the present fact of destitution. See on 2 Peter 1:8. Destitute (λειπόμενοι) Lit., left behind; and hence lacking, as Rev. Compare James 1:4, James 1:5. This usage of the word occurs in James only. Daily (ἐφημέρου) Only here in New Testament. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith... Cross References Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, Matthew 25:36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' Luke 3:11 And he answered them, "Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise." 1 John 3:17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Jump to Previous Christian Clad Clothes Clothing Daily Day's Destitute Food Ill-Clad Lack Naked Need Poorly Sister SupposeJump to Next Christian Clad Clothes Clothing Daily Day's Destitute Food Ill-Clad Lack Naked Need Poorly Sister SupposeLinks James 2:15 NIVJames 2:15 NLT James 2:15 ESV James 2:15 NASB James 2:15 KJV James 2:15 Bible Apps James 2:15 Biblia Paralela James 2:15 Chinese Bible James 2:15 French Bible James 2:15 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |