James 2:7
Whether they blaspheme not the good name, that is called to help on you? [Whether they blaspheme not the good name, that is in-called of you?] (Do they not blaspheme the good name, that you call upon for help?)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 111:9The Lord sent redemption to his people; he commanded his testament [into] without end. His name is holy and dreadful; (The Lord sent and redeemed his people; he commanded that his covenant should endure forever. His name is holy and fearful or His name is holy and worthy to be praised;)
Isaiah 7:14For this thing the Lord himself shall give a sign to you. Lo! a virgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son; and his name shall be called Immanuel. [For that he the Lord shall give to you a token. Behold! a maid (en) shall conceive, and bare a son; and thou shalt call his name Immanuel.]
Isaiah 65:15And ye shall leave your name into an oath to my chosen men (or And your name shall be used as a curse by my chosen ones); and the Lord God shall slay thee, and he shall call his servants by another name.
Matthew 1:23Lo! a virgin shall have in [the] womb, and she shall bear a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, that is to say, God with us.
Matthew 27:63and said, Sir [or Sire], we have mind (or we have remembered), that that beguiler [or that deceiver] said (while) yet living, After three days I shall rise again to life.
Acts 4:12and health is not in any other. For neither (any) other name under heaven is given to men, in which it behooveth us to be made safe. (and salvation, or deliverance, is not by any other. For no other name under heaven is given to men, by which it behooveth us to be saved.)
Matthew Henry on James 2:2-8
Regard Due to Poor Christians; Partiality Condemned. ( a. d. 61.) 1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2 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; 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: 4 Are ye not then partial in… Read the whole commentary →