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Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

Proper methodology: verse-by-verse contextual study of the passage being debated rather than countering with other passages

Mike's positive hermeneutical proposal

James 2:14-26 hermeneutics contextual interpretation James 2:14-26
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

Full reading of James 2:14-26

Setting the passage before beginning verse-by-verse analysis

James 2:24 James 2:21 James 2:14-26 Abraham James 2:24 James 2:21
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

James 2:14 — 'Can that faith save him?' — the hypothetical about someone who says he has faith but lacks works

Beginning verse-by-verse analysis of James 2:14

James 2:14 dead faith James 2:14 saving faith
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

James 2:14 introduces 'easy believism' — the person who says 'Jesus is my Savior but not my Lord'

Identifying the theological problem James 2 addresses

James 2:14 dead faith James 2:14 easy believism
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

Greek article 'that' (hē) in James 2:14 — 13 of 16 translations include it, pointing to 'that particular faith' as the referent

Textual note on James 2:14 — 'can that faith save him'

James 2:14 textual criticism translation practice James 2:14
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

Greek 'ophelos' — 'what good is it' means what benefit or advantage; James is asking about the salvific utility of dead faith

Word study on James 2:14's opening phrase

James 2:14 dead faith James 2:14 saving faith
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

James 2:15-16 — the man who tells the needy 'go, be warm and filled' without helping; a parallel to dead faith

Analyzing the illustration James gives in vv.15-16

James 2:15-16 dead faith ophelos James 2:15-16
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

James 2:17 — 'faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead' — the quality of faith is in question, not the quantity of works

Verse-by-verse analysis of James 2:17

James 2:17 dead faith James 2:17 living faith
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

James 2:18 — misunderstood verse: James is voicing an objector's position and then rejecting it, not affirming works over faith

Interpreting the difficult verse 18 of James 2

James 2:18 dead faith demonstration of faith James 2:18
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

James 2:18b — 'I will show you my faith by my works' — works demonstrate faith, faith is still the issue

Completing the analysis of James 2:18

James 2:18 demonstration of faith saving faith James 2:18
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

James 2:19 — 'Even demons believe and shudder' — intellectual assent alone is not saving faith

Verse-by-verse analysis of James 2:19

James 2:19 dead faith saving faith James 2:19
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

Self-deception of the person with dead faith — James 1:22 'deceiving yourselves'

Pastoral application of James 2:19 and connection to James 1

James 2:19 James 1:22 self-deception dead faith James 2:19
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

Contrast between demons (believe and tremble) and the easy-believer (believes and boasts) — the worse of the two

Pastoral application — comparing dead faith to demonic belief

James 2:19 dead faith easy believism James 2:19
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-17

James 2:10 does not teach that all sins are identical; it teaches that breaking any one point of the law makes a person a law-breaker before the same Lawgiver — a relational, not equivalence, statement.

Mike addresses the primary proof-text used to argue all sin is the same and offers an exegesis that resolves the apparent tension.

James 2:10 James 2:11 Romans 3:23 hermeneutics exegesis James 2:10
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-16

Q&A: Connection between belief and obedience in John 3:36 — belief leads to obedience; lack of obedience implies lack of faith

Viewer question from Jacob Englet about John 3:36 and James 2:14-26.

John 3:36 obedience hermeneutics faith and works
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-16

James 2:14-26 — faith without works is dead; Mike references his dedicated video on Catholic vs. Protestant interpretations

Part of Jacob Englet's question on faith and obedience.

James 2:14-26 faith James 2:14-26 faith and works
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-16

James the brother of Jesus — conversion from skeptic to martyr

McLatchie presents the conversion and martyrdom of James, Jesus's brother, as particularly strong evidence for the resurrection.

Acts 1 James the brother of Jesus John 7:5 Josephus resurrection of Jesus Acts 1