Jam 4:12 | RWP | e4.org | One only ( εις ). No "only" in the Greek, but εις here excludes all others but God. The lawgiver ( ο νομοθετης ). Old compound (from νομοσ, τιθημ ), only here in N.T. In . Cf. νομοθετεω in ; . To save ( σωσα , first aorist active infinitive of σωζω ) and to destroy ( κα απολεσα , first aorist active infinitive of απολλυμ to destroy). Cf. the picture of God's power in , a common idea in the O.T. ( ; ; ). But who art thou? ( συ δε τις ει; ). Proleptic and emphatic position of συ (thou) in this rhetorical question as in ; . Thy neighbour ( τον πλησιον ). "The neighbour" as in .

‏ James 4:12

One only ( εις ). No "only" in the Greek, but εις here excludes all others but God.

The lawgiver ( ο νομοθετης ). Old compound (from νομοσ, τιθημ ), only here in N.T. In Ps 9:20. Cf. νομοθετεω in Heb 7:11; 8:6.

To save ( σωσα, first aorist active infinitive of σωζω )

and to destroy ( κα απολεσα, first aorist active infinitive of απολλυμ to destroy). Cf. the picture of God's power in Mt 10:28, a common idea in the O.T. (De 32:39; 1Sa 2:16; 2Ki 5:7).

But who art thou? ( συ δε τις ει; ). Proleptic and emphatic position of συ (thou) in this rhetorical question as in Ro 9:20; 14:4.

Thy neighbour ( τον πλησιον ). "The neighbour" as in Jas 2:8.