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James 2

James 2:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou
su (Greek #4771)
thou
KJV usage: thou. See also 4571, 4671, 4675; and for the plural 5209, 5210, 5213, 5216.
Pronounce: soo
Origin: the person pronoun of the second person singular
believest
pisteuo (Greek #4100)
to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ)
KJV usage: believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.
Pronounce: pist-yoo'-o
Origin: from 4102
that
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
there is
esti (Greek #2076)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
KJV usage: are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
Pronounce: es-tee'
Origin: third person singular present indicative of 1510
one
heis (Greek #1520)
a primary numeral; one
KJV usage: a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some. See also 1527, 3367, 3391, 3762.
Pronounce: hice
Origin: (including the neuter (etc.) ἕν)
God
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
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
; thou doest
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
well
kalos (Greek #2573)
well (usually morally)
KJV usage: (in a) good (place), honestly, + recover, (full) well.
Pronounce: kal-oce'
Origin: adverb from 2570
: the devils
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
daimonion (Greek #1140)
a dæmonic being; by extension a deity
KJV usage: devil, god.
Pronounce: dahee-mon'-ee-on
Origin: neuter of a derivative of 1142
m also
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
believe
pisteuo (Greek #4100)
to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ)
KJV usage: believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.
Pronounce: pist-yoo'-o
Origin: from 4102
, and
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
tremble
phrisso (Greek #5425)
to "bristle" or chill, i.e. shudder (fear)
KJV usage: tremble.
Pronounce: fris'-so
Origin: apparently a primary verb
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Mark 1:24• 24saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the holy one of God. (Mark 1:24)
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Mark 5:7• 7and crying with a loud voice he says, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not. (Mark 5:7)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Deut. 6:4• 4Hear, Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah; (Deut. 6:4)
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Isa. 43:10• 10Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am HE: before me there was no *God formed, neither shall there be after me. (Isa. 43:10)
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Isa. 44:6,8• 6Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and beside me there is no God.
 8Fear not, neither be afraid. Have I not caused thee to hear from that time, and have declared it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a +God beside me? yea, there is no Rock: I know not any. (Isa. 44:6,8)
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Isa. 45:6,21‑22• 6--that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the going down, that there is none beside me. I am Jehovah, and there is none else;
 21Declare and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath caused this to be heard from ancient time? who hath declared it long ago? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is no God else beside me; a just *God and a Saviour, there is none besides me.
 22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am *God, and there is none else. (Isa. 45:6,21‑22)
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Isa. 46:9• 9Remember the former things of old; for I am *God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me; (Isa. 46:9)
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Zech. 14:9• 9And Jehovah shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Jehovah, and his name one. (Zech. 14:9)
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Mark 12:29• 29And Jesus answered him, The first commandment of all is, Hear, Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord; (Mark 12:29)
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John 17:3• 3And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. (John 17:3)
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Rom. 3:30• 30since indeed it is one God who shall justify the circumcision on the principle of faith, and uncircumcision by faith. (Rom. 3:30)
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1 Cor. 8:4,6• 4--concerning then the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God save one.
 6yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom all things, and *we* for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and *we* by him. (1 Cor. 8:4,6)
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Gal. 3:20• 20But a mediator is not of one, but God is one. (Gal. 3:20)
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Eph. 4:5‑6• 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
 6one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all. (Eph. 4:5‑6)
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1 Tim. 2:5• 5For God is one, and the mediator of God and men one, the man Christ Jesus, (1 Tim. 2:5)
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Jude 4• 4For certain men have got in unnoticed, they who of old were marked out beforehand to this sentence, ungodly persons, turning the grace of our God into dissoluteness, and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ. (Jude 4)
thou doest.
James 2:8• 8If indeed ye keep the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well. (James 2:8)
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Jonah 4:4,9• 4And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry?
 9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, unto death. (Jonah 4:4,9)
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Mark 7:9• 9And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe what is delivered by yourselves to keep. (Mark 7:9)
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Matt. 8:29• 29And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Son of God? hast thou come here before the time to torment us? (Matt. 8:29)
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Mark 1:24• 24saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the holy one of God. (Mark 1:24)
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Mark 5:7• 7and crying with a loud voice he says, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not. (Mark 5:7)
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Luke 4:34• 34saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. (Luke 4:34)
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Acts 16:17• 17She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you the way of salvation. (Acts 16:17)
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Acts 19:15• 15But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but *ye*, who are ye? (Acts 19:15)
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Acts 24:25• 25And as he reasoned concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix, being filled with fear, answered, Go for the present, and when I get an opportunity I will send for thee; (Acts 24:25)
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Jude 6• 6And angels who had not kept their own original state, but had abandoned their own dwelling, he keeps in eternal chains under gloomy darkness, to the judgment of the great day; (Jude 6)
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Rev. 20:2‑3,10• 2And he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
 3and cast him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should not any more deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be loosed for a little time.
 10And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are both the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for the ages of ages. (Rev. 20:2‑3,10)
• {Demons} do not doubt it; but there is no link at all between their heart and God by means of a new nature-far indeed from it. (“James 2” by J.N. Darby)
• It may be an unfeigned certainty that the thing is true: but the life begotten by the Word, so that a relationship is formed between the soul and God, is entirely wanting. (“James 2” by J.N. Darby)
• So a man may believe what is true as to God, and yet have no faith in God. Faith is the outcome of a new nature that trusts in God and proves its existence by its works. Thus the man that says he has faith and yet is "without works" is a vain man and his faith merely a dead profession. (“The Proof of Faith: James 2” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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*Thou* believest that God is one. Thou doest well. The demons even believe, and tremble.

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou believest that God is onea; thou doest well; the demons also believe and shudder.

WK Translation Notes

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It seems extraordinary that the English versions should have deserted the text before their various translators and given what answers only to the Cambridge Greek Text of 1881. All other critics justly insert the article, which makes the textual rendering imperative.