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James 2

James 2 ( James • Chapter 2 (26 verses)): My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ , the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Rahab . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Early Church, Acts & Pauline Epistles—Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria , Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

James ( Jacob ) (Generation 75 • Child of Mary ): see Mark 6:3 (mentioned in Matthew 4 , Matthew 10 , Matthew 13 ) Mary (Generation 74 • Messianic Line • Child of Eli ): ( Matthew 1:16 , Luke 3:23 , Acts 1:14 ) Mary, by whom Yeshua was born ( Matthew 1:16 ). (mentioned in Matthew 1 , Matthew 2 , Matthew 13 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Jezreel 2 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:18 , 2 Sam 2:9 , 1 Kgs 18:45 , 1 Kgs 18:46 , 1 Kgs 21:1 , 2 Kgs 8:29 .) Holy Place 2 (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 8:8 , 1 Kgs 8:10 , 2 Chr 5:9 , 2 Chr 5:11 , 2 Chr 29:5 , 2 Chr 29:7 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Most Holy Place 2 (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 6:16 , 1 Kgs 7:50 , 1 Kgs 8:6 , 1 Chr 6:49 , 2 Chr 3:8 , 2 Chr 3:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Aroer 2 (Guess (near Rabbah ). Referenced in Num 32:34 , Josh 13:25 , Judg 11:33 , 2 Sam 24:5 , 1 Chr 5:8 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include James 2:15 : "If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,"; James 2:17 : "Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone."; James 2:7 : "Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?". Related canonical books and chapters: James 2 ( James • Chapter 2 (26 verses)), James (New Testament • 5 Chapters), Acts 12 ( Acts • Chapter 12 (25 verses)).

Topics, People & Places (36)

James 2

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James • Chapter 2 (26 verses)

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ , the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Rahab .

James

99% New Testament

New Testament • 5 Chapters

James (New Testament, 5 chapters). Key figures: James ( Jacob ), Yeshua the Messiah , Abram/Abraham , Isaac . Key places: Rahab . Opens with: "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting...."

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Book of James

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VIDEO • overview

Overview of James weaving Proverbs wisdom with Jesus ' Sermon on the Mount , insisting that genuine faith in God naturally expresses itself in wholehearted active deeds of justice and love.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License

James (Jacob)

95% Gen 75

Generation 75 • Child of Mary

see Mark 6:3

Acts 12

86% Chapter

Acts • Chapter 12 (25 verses)

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) Mentions: James ( Jacob ), Mary , Saul , Caesarea , Tyre , Sidon , Jerusalem .

Acts 21

86% Chapter

Acts • Chapter 21 (40 verses)

And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes , and from thence unto Patara : And finding a ship sailing over unto Phoenicia , we went aboard, and set forth. Now when we had dis... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Moses , Jacob/Israel , Rhodes , Patara , Phoenicia , Cyprus , Syria .

Galatians 2

86% Chapter

Galatians • Chapter 2 (21 verses)

Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Jerusalem , Antioch 1 .

Mary

86% Messianic Line

Generation 74 • Messianic Line • Child of Eli

( Matthew 1:16 , Luke 3:23 , Acts 1:14 ) Mary, by whom Yeshua was born ( Matthew 1:16 ).

Luke 24

85% Chapter

Luke • Chapter 24 (53 verses)

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Mary , James ( Jacob ), Jacob/Israel , Moses , Galilee , Emmaus , Jerusalem , Nazareth , Bethany 1 .

Acts

78% New Testament

New Testament • 28 Chapters

Acts (New Testament, 28 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , James ( Jacob ), Simon , Judas , Mary . Key places: Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Olivet , Mesopotamia , Cappadocia . Opens with: "The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,..."

Matthew 27

77% Chapter

Matthew • Chapter 27 (66 verses)

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas , which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Eli , Cyrene , Golgotha , Galilee .

Early Church, Acts & Pauline Epistles

69% Wiki Topic

Wiki Article • New Testament & Messiah

Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria , Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.

Apocrypha & Deuterocanonical Literature

69% Wiki Topic

Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom

Preserved in the World English Bible (WEB), King James Version (KJV), and Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV), the eighteen Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha books bridge the intertestamental period between the return from Babylon and the New Testament era.

Gustave Doré — The Transfiguration of Jesus Christ (1866)

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IMAGE • artwork

Christ illuminated in heavenly glory flanked by Moses and Elijah before Peter, James , and John .

Gustave Doré / La Grande Bible de Tours • La Grande Bible de Tours (1866) Public Domain Mark 1.0

Jezreel 2

60% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 32.556°N, 35.331°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:18 , 2 Sam 2:9 , 1 Kgs 18:45 , 1 Kgs 18:46 , 1 Kgs 21:1 , 2 Kgs 8:29 .

Holy Place 2

59% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 8:8 , 1 Kgs 8:10 , 2 Chr 5:9 , 2 Chr 5:11 , 2 Chr 29:5 , 2 Chr 29:7 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Most Holy Place 2

59% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 6:16 , 1 Kgs 7:50 , 1 Kgs 8:6 , 1 Chr 6:49 , 2 Chr 3:8 , 2 Chr 3:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Aroer 2

59% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 31.962°N, 35.911°E

Guess (near Rabbah ). Referenced in Num 32:34 , Josh 13:25 , Judg 11:33 , 2 Sam 24:5 , 1 Chr 5:8 .

Gihon 2

59% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 31.773°N, 35.237°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 1:33 , 1 Kgs 1:38 , 1 Kgs 1:45 , 2 Chr 32:30 , 2 Chr 33:14 .

Ophrah 2

58% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 32.609°N, 35.288°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 6:11 , Judg 6:24 , Judg 8:27 , Judg 8:32 , Judg 9:5 .

Ain 2

58% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 31.371°N, 34.861°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:32 , Josh 19:7 , Josh 21:16 , 1 Chr 4:32 .

Antioch 2

58% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 38.316°N, 31.179°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 13:14 , Acts 14:19 , Acts 14:21 , 2 Tim 3:11 .

Rimmon 2

58% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Ain 1 • 34.353°N, 36.386°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:32 , Josh 19:7 , 1 Chr 4:32 , Zech 14:10 (identified with Ain 1 ).

Succoth 2

58% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 30.621°N, 32.259°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ex 12:37 , Ex 13:20 , Num 33:5 , Num 33:6 .

Aphek 2

57% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 32.105°N, 34.932°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 12:18 , 1 Sam 4:1 , 1 Sam 29:1 .

Baalah 2

57% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Kiriath-jearim • 31.771°N, 34.994°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:9 , Josh 15:10 , 1 Chr 13:6 (identified with Kiriath-jearim ).

Goshen 2

57% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 31.450°N, 34.917°E

~; from harper. Referenced in Josh 10:41 , Josh 11:16 , Josh 15:51 .

Ham 2

57% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • On • 30.108°N, 31.338°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ps 105:23 , Ps 105:27 , Ps 106:22 (identified with On).

Meribah 2

57% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Rephidim • 28.731°N, 33.842°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ex 17:7 , Deut 33:8 , Ps 95:8 (identified with Rephidim ).

Nebo 2

57% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 31.606°N, 35.037°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezra 2:29 , Ezra 10:43 , Neh 7:33 .

Tamar 2

57% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 31.025°N, 35.064°E

now Kurnub; from New Bible Dictionary. Referenced in Ezek 47:18 , Ezek 47:19 , Ezek 48:28 .

Achzib 2

56% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 33.048°N, 35.102°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:29 , Judg 1:31 .

Ataroth 2

56% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Upper Beth-horon • 31.859°N, 35.128°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 16:2 , Josh 16:7 (identified with Upper Beth-horon ).

Baalath 2

56% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Baalath 1 • 31.927°N, 35.055°E

?. Referenced in 1 Kgs 9:18 , 2 Chr 8:6 .

Bethel 2

56% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Baalath-beer • 32.050°N, 35.733°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 12:16 , 1 Sam 30:27 (identified with Baalath-beer ).

En-gannim 2

56% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 32.463°N, 35.304°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:21 , Josh 21:29 .

Scripture Passages (24)

James 2:15 (KJV)

James 2 KJV

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

James 2:17 (KJV)

James 2 KJV

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

James 2:7 (KJV)

James 2 KJV

Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

James 2:20 (KJV)

James 2 KJV

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

James 2:4 (KJV)

James 2 KJV

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

James 1:16 (KJV)

KJV

Do not err, my beloved brethren.

James 5:2 (KJV)

KJV

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

James 1:3 (KJV)

KJV

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

James 2:22 (KJV)

James 2 KJV

Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

James 1:8 (KJV)

KJV

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

James 1:20 (KJV)

KJV

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

James 3:15 (KJV)

KJV

This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

James 1:2 (KJV)

KJV

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

James 2:19 (KJV)

James 2 KJV

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

James 1:9 (KJV)

KJV

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

James 2:24 (KJV)

James 2 KJV

Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

James 2:26 (KJV)

James 2 KJV

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

James 4:16 (KJV)

KJV

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

James 1:1 (KJV)

KJV

James , a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ , to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

James 2:12 (KJV)

James 2 KJV

So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

James 3:11 (KJV)

KJV

Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

James 2:13 (KJV)

James 2 KJV

For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

James 3:16 (KJV)

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For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

James 5:6 (KJV)

KJV

Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

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Scripture Passages (24)

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