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Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,
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Restoring, Not Regenerating
Commentators widely agree that the term 'convert' here does not refer to a person's initial salvation. Instead, it describes the act of restoring a fellow Christian who has strayed from the truth, either in belief or behavior. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill compare this to the restoration of believers like Peter after his denial of Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth. Either doctrinally and speculatively, by embracing error; or practically, by falling into s…
If any one among you do err (εαν τις εν υμιν πλανηθη). Third-class condition (supposed case) with εαν and the first aorist passive…
19th Century
Anglican
Brethren.—My brethren, it should rather be. The last, and, to some, the dearest of the wise Apostle's remarks, is this on…
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It is clear from the words “my brothers” that James addresses this last exhortation to believers. It is also apparent that he speaks of the possibi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth Either from Christ, who is the truth, by departing from him, forsaking…
It is no mark of a wise or holy man to boast of being free from error or to refuse to acknowledge an error. And there is some doctrinal mistake at …
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