James 2:7
5 Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?
8 If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?
- KJV
- Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
- WEB
- Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
- ASV
- Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?
- DARBY
- And [do not] *they* blaspheme the excellent name which has been called upon you?
- BLB
- Do they not blaspheme the good Name having been called upon you⁺?
- ÅB
- Er det ikke de som spotter det gode navn dere er nevnt med?
- OTB
- Er det ikke de som spotter det edle navnet dere er kalt med?
- B1930
- Er det ikke de som spotter det gode navn I er nevnt med?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 2:9–11
Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
Read in contextPsalms 111:9
He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
Read in contextEphesians 3:15
from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:13
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
Read in contextRevelation 13:5–6
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 1:3
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
Read in contextActs 11:26
and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
Read in contextActs 26:11
I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
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