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James 2:4

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

KJV

οὐ διεκρίθητε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς καὶ ἐγένεσθε κριταὶ διαλογισμῶν πονηρῶν;

Greek NT

nonne judicatis apud vosmetipsos, et facti estis judices cogitationum iniquarum ?

Vulgate

do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

ASV

Do you not judge within yourselves, and are become judges of unjust thoughts?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
διακρίνω
diakrino
verb · 19×
διαλογισμός
dialogismos
noun · 14×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κριτής
krites
noun · 19×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πονηρός
poneros
adjective · 77×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: οὐ | WH/Treg/NIV: οὐ | RP: καὶ οὐ
  • οὐSBLGNT
  • οὐWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ οὐRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 4:19 — But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
  • Acts 10:34 — Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
  • Jas 3:17 — But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
  • Jas 4:11 — Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of
  • Job 34:19 — How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
  • John 7:24 — Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
  • John 7:24 — Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
  • Mal 2:9 — Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
  • Mark 7:21 — For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
  • Matt 7:1 — Judge not, that ye be not judged.
  • Ps 58:1 — Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
  • Ps 82:2 — How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
  • Rom 14:13 — Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.