James 2:6
Douay-Rheims
But you have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you by might? and do not they draw you before the judgment seats?
Adam Clarke
Do not rich men oppress you - The administration of justice was at this time in a miserable state of corruption among the Jews; but a Christian was one who was to expect no justice any where but from his God. The words καταδυναστευουσιν, exceedingly oppress, and ἑλκουσιν εις κριτηρια, drag you to courts of justice, show how grievously oppressed and maltreated the Christians were by their countrymen the Jews, who made law a pretext to afflict their bodies, and spoil them of their property.
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1832 · James 2:6
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