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JAMES 2:16
Victor M. Eskew
And one of you say unto the, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
1. Depart
A. Strong (5217): to lead (oneself) under, that is, withdraw or retire (as if sinking out of sight)
B. Thayer: to lead under. To withdraw one’s self, to go away, depart
C. Vine: to go…depart…in this passage the idea is perhaps that of a polite dismissal
2. Peace
A. Strong (1515): (to join) in peace…by implication prosperity
B. Thayer: security, safety, prosperity, felicity
C. Vine: The sense of rest and contentment consequent thereon
3. Warmed
A. Strong (2328): to heat (oneself)
B. Thayer: to make warm, to heat, to warm one’s self
C. Vine: to warm oneself
4. Filled
A. Strong (5526): to fodder, that is…to gorge (supply food in abundance)
B. Thayer: to fill…satisfy with food, to fulfill or satisfy the desire of anyone
C. Vine: to fill or satisfy with food
5. Give them not
A. Strong (1325, 846): to not give
B. Thayer: to fail to give to someone, to refuse to bestow a gift, to not give what is due or obligatory
C. Vine: to give not
6. Things which are needful
A. Strong (2006): serviceable, that is, (by implication) requisite
B. Thayer: fit, suitable, convenient, advantageous, needful, especially of the necessities of life
C. Vine: suitable, convenient, thus, useful, necessary
7. Body
A. Strong (4983): the body
B. Thayer: the body of man
C. Vine: the body as a whole, instrument of life
8. Profit
A. Strong (3786): (to heap up, that is accumulate or benefit); gain
B. Thayer: advantage, profit
C. Vine: profit, advantage, lit. to increase