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You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
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Commentators unanimously explain that James is distinguishing between merely believing correct facts about God and having a life-changing, saving faith. Believing that 'God is one' is a foundational truth, but as James shows, even demons hold this belief. This intellectual agreement, without trust and transformation, is not what the Bible means by saving faith.
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James
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Thou believest that there is one God. One of the great and cardinal doctrines of religion is here selected as an illustration of all.
Thou believest that God is one (συ πιστευεις οτ εις θεος εστιν). James goes on with his reply and takes up mere creed apart from w…
19th Century
Anglican
You believe that there is one God; you do well.—Better thus, You believe that God is One; you do well. He is the…
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The second argument offered in support of the proposition stated in v.17 concerns the nature of saving faith. All faithful Jews believed the creed …
16th Century
Protestant
You believe that there is one God. From this one sentence it appears evident that the whole dispute is not about faith, but about the comm…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You believe that there is one God These words are a continuation of the address of the man that has works, to him th…
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Those who substitute a mere intellectual belief in the gospel for the entirety of evangelical religion, as many do today, are mistaken. Undoubtedly…
