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James 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

The copula ( καὶ) of the Received Text is certainly spurious. It is found in K, L, but is wanting in א, A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic. B also omits the negative ου). If this manuscript is followed, the sentence must be read as a direct statement, and not as interrogative.

But if (with most manuscripts and editions) the interrogative be retained, the translation is still doubtful.

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