"For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
For as the body without the spirit is dead,.... This simile is made use of to illustrate what the apostle had asserted in Jam 2:17 that as a body, when
the spirit or soul is departed from it, or the breath is gone out of it, is dead, and without motion, and useless; which the Jews (d) express in like manner, , "the body without the spirit", or "breath, is a carcass". So faith without works is dead also: a vain thing, useless and unprofitable, can neither justify, nor save, nor prove that a man is justified, or will be saved. (d) Ohel. Moed, fol. 15. 1. Next: James Chapter 3 Sacred Texts | Bible « Previous: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: James: James ... Index Next: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: James: James ... »
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
For as the body without the spirit is dead,.... This simile is made use of to illustrate what the apostle had asserted in Jam 2:17 that as a body, when
the spirit or soul is departed from it, or the breath is gone out of it, is dead, and without motion, and useless; which the Jews (d) express in like manner, , "the body without the spirit", or "breath, is a carcass". So faith without works is dead also: a vain thing, useless and unprofitable, can neither justify, nor save, nor prove that a man is justified, or will be saved. (d) Ohel. Moed, fol. 15. 1. Next: James Chapter 3 Sacred Texts | Bible « Previous: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: James: James ... Index Next: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: James: James ... »