James 2:5

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Harken my deare beloved brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde which are ryche in fayth and heyres of the kyngdom which he promysed to them that love him?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀκούσατε, ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοί, οὐχ ὁ Θεὸς ἐξελέξατο τοὺς πτωχοὺς τοῦ κόσμου τούτου πλουσίους ἐν πίστει, καὶ κληρονόμους τῆς βασιλείας ἧς ἐπηγγείλατο τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτόν;

Transliteration

Akousate, adelphoi my agapētoi, not the Theos exelexato the ptōchous of the kosmou this plousious in pistei, and klēronomous of the basileias which epēngeilato to the agapōsin him?

Grammar Details

• *Akousate*: aorist, active, imperative, 2nd person plural - listen/hear
• *adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers
• μου: genitive, first person, singular - my
• *agapētoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - beloved
• οὐχ: negative particle (interrogative) - not
• ὁ *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *exelexato*: aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - chose/selected
• τοὺς *ptōchous*: accusative, masculine, plural - the poor
• τοῦ *kosmou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of the world
• τούτου: genitive, masculine, singular, demonstrative - this
• *plousious*: accusative, masculine, plural - rich
• ἐν *pistei*: dative, feminine, singular - in faith
• *klēronomous*: accusative, masculine, plural - heirs
• τῆς *basileias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of the kingdom
• ἧς: genitive, feminine, singular, relative pronoun - which
• *epēngeilato*: aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - he promised
• τοῖς *agapōsin*: dative, masculine, plural, present participle - to those loving
• αὐτόν: accusative, masculine, singular - him

Word Meanings

• *Akousate*: listen/hear/pay attention
• *adelphoi*: brothers/fellow believers/siblings in faith
• *agapētoi*: beloved/dear ones
• *Theos*: God/deity
• *exelexato*: chose/selected/elected
• *ptōchous*: poor/destitute/beggars
• *kosmou*: world/universe/realm/order
• *plousious*: rich/wealthy
• *pistei*: faith/belief/trust
• *klēronomous*: heirs/inheritors
• *basileias*: kingdom/reign/rule
• *epēngeilato*: promised/pledged
• *agapōsin*: loving/cherishing

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:3 : 3 Blessed are the povre in sprete: for theirs is the kyngdome of heven.
• Luke 12:21 : 21 So is it with him that gadereth ryches and is not ryche in God.
• Luke 6:20 : 20 And he lifted vp his eyes apon the disciples and sayde: Blessed be ye poore: for yours is the kyngdome of God.
• Jas 1:12 : 12 Happy is the man that endureth in temptacion for when he is tryed he shall receave the croune of lyfe which the Lorde hath promysed to them that love him.
• Luke 12:32 : 32 Feare not litell floocke for it is youre fathers pleasure to geve you a kingdome.
• Rev 2:9 : 9 I knowe thy workes and tribulacion and poverte but thou art ryche: And I knowe the blaspemy of them whiche call them selves Iewes and are not: but are the congregacio of sathan.
• 1 Pet 1:4 : 4 to enioye an inheritaunce immortall and vndefiled and that purifieth not reserved in heven for you
• Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsell the to bye of me golde tryed in the fyre that thou mayste be riche and whyte raymet yt thou mayste be clothed yt thy fylthy nakednes do not apere: and anoynt thyne eyes with eye salve yt thou mayste se.
• Rev 21:7 : 7 He that overcometh shall inheret all thynges and I will be his God and he shalbe my sonne.
• 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 Ye knowe the liberalitie of oure LORde Iesus Christ which though he were riche yet for youre sakes be came poore: that ye thorow his povertie myght be made ryche.
• 1 Tim 6:18 : 18 and that they do good and be ryche in good workes and redy to geve and to distribute
• 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 From hence forth is layde vp for me a croune of rightewesnes which the LORde that is a righteous iudge shall geve me at that daye: not to me only but vnto all them that love his commynge.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the kynge saye to them on his right honde: Come ye blessed chyldren of my father inheret ye the kyngdo prepared for you from the beginninge of the worlde.
• 1 Cor 1:26-28 : 26 Brethren loke on youre callinge how that not many wyse men after the flesshe not many myghty not many of hye degre are called: 27 but God hath chosen the folysshe thinges of the worlde to confounde the wyse. And God hath chosyn the weake thinges of the worlde to confounde thinges which are mighty. 28 And vile thinges of the worlde and thinges which are despysed hath God chosen yee and thinges of no reputacion for to brynge to nought thinges of reputacion
• 1 Cor 2:9 : 9 But as it is written: The eye hath not sene and the eare hath not hearde nether have entred into the herte of man ye thinges which God hath prepared for them that love him.
• 1 Cor 3:21-23 : 21 Therfore let no ma reioyce in men. For all thinges are youres 22 whether it be Paul other Apollo other Cephas: whether it be ye worlde other lyfe other deeth whether they be present thinges or thinges to come: all are youres 23 and ye are Christes and Christ is goddis.
• 2 Cor 4:15 : 15 For all thinges do I for youre sakes that the plenteous grace by thankes geve of many maye redounde to the prayse of god.
• 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 as sorowynge and yet alwaye mery: as poore and yet make many ryche: as havynge nothynge and yet possessynge all thynges.
• Mark 7:14 : 14 And he called all the people vnto him and sayde vnto them: Herken vnto me every one of you and vnderstonde.
• Matt 11:5 : 5 The blynd se the halt goo the lepers are clensed: the deef heare the ded ryse ageyne and the glad tidinges is preached to the povre.
• Luke 16:22 : 22 And yt fortuned that the begger dyed and was caried by the angelles into Abrahas bosome. The riche man also died and was buried.
• Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraha sayd vnto him Sonne remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme receavedst thy pleasure and contrary wyse Lazarus payne. Now therfore is he comforted and thou art punysshed.
• Luke 22:29 : 29 And I apoynt vnto you a kyngdome as my father hath appoynted to me:
• John 7:48 : 48 Doth eny of the rulers or of the pharises beleve on him?
• Acts 7:2 : 2 And he sayde: ye men brethren and fathers harken to. The God of glory appered vnto oure father Abraha whyll he was yet in Mesopotamia before he dwelt in Charran
• Rom 8:17 : 17 Yf we be sonnes we are also heyres the heyres I meane of God and heyres anexed with Christ: if so be that we suffer togedder that we maye be glorified to gedder.
• 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 And the Lorde shall delivre me from all evyll doynge and shall kepe me vnto his hevenly kyngdome. To who be prayse for ever and ever. Amen.
• Heb 11:26 : 26 and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater ryches then the treasure of Egypt. For he had a respect vnto ye rewarde.
• Jas 1:9 : 9 Let the brother of lowe degre reioyce in yt he is exalted
• Eph 1:18 : 18 and lighten the eyes of youre myndes yt ye myght knowe what that hope is where vnto he hath called you and what the riches of his glorious inheritaunce is apon the sainctes
• Eph 3:8 : 8 Vnto me the lest of all sayntes is this grace geven that I shuld preache amonge the gentyls the unsearchable ryches of Christ
• 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 that ye wolde walke worthy of God which hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glory.
• 2 Thess 1:5 : 5 which is a token of ye ryghtewes iudgemet of god that ye are counted worthy of the kyngdom of god for which ye also suffre.
• 2 Pet 1:11 : 11 Ye and by this meanes an entrynge in shall be ministred vnto you aboundantly in to the everlastynge kyngdome of oure LORde and saveoure Iesus Christ.
• Jas 1:16 : 16 Erre not my deare brethren.
• Luke 9:57-58 : 57 And it chaunsed as he went in the waye a certayne man sayd vnto him: I will folowe the whither soever thou goo. 58 Iesus sayd vnto him: foxes have holes and bryddes of ye ayer have nestes: but the sonne of man hath not where on to laye his heed.
• Exod 20:6 : 6 and yet shewe mercie vnto thousandes amonge them that loue me and kepe my commaundmentes.