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What doth it profit? (τ οφελοσ; ). Rhetorical question, almost of impatience. Old word from οφελλω, to increase, in N.T. only here…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
What does it profit, my brethren, though a man say he has faith? The apostle here returns to the subject referred to in James 1:22-27: the…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
What does it (or, is the) profit, my brethren, if a man says he has faith and does not have works?
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
James first states his proposition in two questions, both of which declare that faith not accompanied by good deeds is of no saving value. The two …
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
What does it profit? He proceeds to commend mercy. And as he had threatened that God would be a severe and very dreadful Judge to us unles…
John Gill
JohnGill
What does it profit, my brethren
The apostle having finished his discourse on respect of persons, and the arguments …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Those who substitute a mere intellectual belief in the gospel for the entirety of evangelical religion, as many do today, are mistaken. Undoubtedly…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson