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James 2:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
he
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
p shall have judgment
krisis (Greek #2920)
by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)
KJV usage: accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment.
Pronounce: kree'-sis
Origin: decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against)
without mercy
anileos (Greek #448)
inexorable
KJV usage: without mercy.
Pronounce: an-ee'-leh-oce
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 2436
, that hath showed
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
no
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
mercy
eleos (Greek #1656)
compassion (human or divine, especially active)
KJV usage: (+ tender) mercy.
Pronounce: el'-eh-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
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kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
mercy
eleos (Greek #1656)
compassion (human or divine, especially active)
KJV usage: (+ tender) mercy.
Pronounce: el'-eh-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
βrejoicetha against
katakauchaomai (Greek #2620)
to exult against (i.e. over)
KJV usage: boast (against), glory, rejoice against.
Pronounce: kat-ak-ow-khah'-om-ahee
Origin: from 2596 and 2744
judgment
krisis (Greek #2920)
by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)
KJV usage: accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment.
Pronounce: kree'-sis
Origin: decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against)
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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
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Prov. 21:13• 13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also himself shall cry, and shall not be heard. (Prov. 21:13)
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Matt. 6:15• 15but if ye do not forgive men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences. (Matt. 6:15)
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Matt. 7:1‑2• 1Judge not, that ye may not be judged;
 2for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you. (Matt. 7:1‑2)
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Psa. 85:10• 10Loving-kindness and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other: (Psa. 85:10)
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or, glorieth.

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James 5:4• 4Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. (James 5:4)
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Gen. 42:21• 21Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us. (Gen. 42:21)
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Judg. 1:7• 7And Adoni-Bezek said, Seventy kings, with their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gleaned under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. (Judg. 1:7)
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Job 22:6‑10• 6For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
 7Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
 8But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
 9Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
 10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; (Job 22:6‑10)
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Prov. 21:13• 13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also himself shall cry, and shall not be heard. (Prov. 21:13)
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Isa. 27:11• 11When its branches are withered they shall be broken off; women shall come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no intelligence; therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will shew them no favour. (Isa. 27:11)
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Matt. 5:7• 7Blessed the merciful, for *they* shall find mercy. (Matt. 5:7)
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Matt. 6:15• 15but if ye do not forgive men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences. (Matt. 6:15)
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Matt. 7:1‑2• 1Judge not, that ye may not be judged;
 2for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you. (Matt. 7:1‑2)
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Matt. 18:28‑35• 28But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay me if thou owest anything.
 29His fellow-bondman therefore, having fallen down at his feet, besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee.
 30But he would not, but went away and cast him into prison, until he should pay what was owing.
 31But his fellow-bondmen, having seen what had taken place, were greatly grieved, and went and recounted to their lord all that had taken place.
 32Then his lord, having called him to him, says to him, Wicked bondman! I forgave thee all that debt because thou besoughtest me;
 33shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-bondman, as *I* also had compassion on thee?
 34And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors till he paid all that was owing to him.
 35Thus also my heavenly Father shall do to you if ye forgive not from your hearts every one his brother. (Matt. 18:28‑35)
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Matt. 25:41‑46• 41Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
 42for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink;
 43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me.
 44Then shall *they* also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee?
 45Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of these least, neither have ye done it to me.
 46And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal. (Matt. 25:41‑46)
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Luke 16:25• 25But Abraham said, Child, recollect that *thou* hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and *thou* art in suffering. (Luke 16:25)
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Psa. 85:10• 10Loving-kindness and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other: (Psa. 85:10)
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Jer. 9:24• 24but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 9:24)
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Ezek. 33:11• 11Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? (Ezek. 33:11)
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Mic. 7:18• 18Who is a *God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness. (Mic. 7:18)
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Eph. 1:6‑7• 6to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved:
 7in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace; (Eph. 1:6‑7)
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Eph. 2:4‑7• 4but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,
 5(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)
 6and has raised us up together, and has made us sit down together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,
 7that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. (Eph. 2:4‑7)
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1 John 4:8‑16,18‑19• 8He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.
 9Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
 10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.
 11Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
 12No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
 13Hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, that he has given to us of his Spirit.
 14And *we* have seen, and testify, that the Father has sent the Son as Saviour of the world.
 15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
 16And *we* have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
 18There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has torment, and he that fears has not been made perfect in love.
 19*We* love because *he* has first loved us. (1 John 4:8‑16,18‑19)
rejoiceth.
or, glorieth.
• This introduction of the divine nature leads the Apostle on to speak of the mercy by which God glorifies Himself. The man who shows no mercy will find himself the object of the judgment which he has loved. (“James 2” by J.N. Darby)
• If we profess the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ and show no mercy, we are not acting according to the dictates of the new nature which delights to exercise mercy rather than judgment. (“The Proof of Faith: James 2” by H. Smith)
• Divine mercy goes hand in hand with righteousness, and thereby it triumphs against the judgment that otherwise had been our due. (“James 2” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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for judgment will be without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

W. Kelly Translation

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for the judgment [is] merciless to him that showeda no mercy. Mercy glorieth over judgment.

WK Translation Notes

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There is no need for the word "hath."