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JAMES 2:13
Victor M. Eskew
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
1. Judgment
A. Strong (2920): (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension a tribunal; by implication justice (specifically divine law)
B. Thayer: judgment…especially concerning justice or injustice, right or wrong, sentence of condemnation, damnatory judgment, condemnation and punishment
C. Vine: primarily denotes a separating, a decision, judgment…and especially of Divine judgment
2. Mercy
A. Strong (448): inexorable
B. Thayer: without mercy, merciless
C. Vine: without feelings of sympathy with the misery of another and especially sympathy manifested in act
3. Sheweth
A. Strong (4160): to do
B. Thayer: to do, do well, to act rightly, carry out, to execute
C. Vine: to do
4. Rejoiceth against
A. Strong (2620): to exult against (this is, over)
B. Thayer: to glory against, to exult over, to boast one’s self to the injury (of a person or thing
C. Vine: a stronger form of “kauchnomai,” meaning “to glory; it signifies to boast against, exult over