James 2:19 KJV — MannaFest

James 2:19

Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

KJV

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ASV

Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

WEB

You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

YLT

thou--thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder!

DBT

Thou believest thatGod is one. Thou doest well. The demons even believe, and tremble.

About this book

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James — The Lord's brother writes to the twelve tribes scattered abroad — five chapters of direct, practical wisdom on the life faith produces. Pure religion, the tongue, the prayer of the righteous.

Author: James the Lord's brother (traditional — cf. Gal 1:19), leader of the Jerusalem church
Date: Early — possibly mid-40s AD, making it likely the earliest NT letter

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Cross-references

45 verses on the floor

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Luke 4:34
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
Mark 1:24
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
Matthew 8:29
And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
James 2:17
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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And as their faith and knowledge only serve to excite horror, so in a little time will thine." The word tremble is commonly looked upon as denoting a good effect of faith; but here it may rather be taken as a bad effect, when applied to the faith of devils.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

But unless thy faith goes farther than an assent to this truth, "the evil spirits (literally, 'demons': 'devil' is the term restricted to Satan, their head) believe" so far in common with thee, "and (so far from being saved by such a faith) shudder (so the Greek)," Mt 8:29;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JAS 2:19DEU 6:4 MRK 12:29-32
JAS 2:19DEU 6:4 ISA 44:6
JAS 2:19DEU 6:4 1TI 2:5
JAS 2:19MAT 8:29 MRK 1:24
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JAS 2:19MAT 8:29 MRK 5:7
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
JAS 2:19DEU 6:4 ISA 45:5-6
JAS 2:19MAT 8:29 LUK 4:34
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JAS 2:19DEU 6:4 JHN 17:3

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