James 2:1-2

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. James 2:1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
2. James 2:1 tn Or “partiality.”
3. James 2:1 tn Grk “do not have faith with personal prejudice,” with emphasis on the last phrase.
4. James 2:1 tn Grk “our Lord Jesus Christ of glory.” Here δόξης (doxēs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.
5. James 2:2 tn The word for “man” or “individual” here is ἀνήρ (anēr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” But as BDAG 79 s.v. 2 says, “equivalent to τὶς someone.”
6. James 2:2 tn Grk “synagogue.” Usually συναγωγή refers to Jewish places of worship (e.g., Matt 4:23, Mark 1:21, Luke 4:15, John 6:59). The word can be used generally to refer to a place of assembly, and here it refers specifically to a Christian assembly (BDAG 963 s.v. 2.b.).