“For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.”
— WEB
James 2:13
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.”
— KJV
“For judgment [is] without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.”
— ASV
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Commentary
The converse of, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy" (Mat 5:7). Translate, "The judgment (which is coming on all of us) shall be without mercy to him who hath showed no mercy." It shall be such toward every one as every one shall have been [BENGEL]. "Mercy" here corresponds to "love," Jam 2:8. mercy rejoiceth against judgment--Mercy, so far from fearing judgment in the case of its followers, actually glorifieth against it, knowing that it cannot condemn them. Not that their mercy is the ground of their acquittal, but the mercy of God in Christ towards them, producing mercy on their part towards their fellow men, makes them to triumph over judgment, which all in themselves otherwise deserve.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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