James 2:7
ContextNET © | Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to? 1 |
NIV © | Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong? |
NASB © | Do they not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called? |
NLT © | Aren’t they the ones who slander Jesus Christ, whose noble name you bear? |
MSG © | Aren't they the ones who scorn the new name--"Christian"--used in your baptisms? |
BBE © | Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you? |
NRSV © | Is it not they who blaspheme the excellent name that was invoked over you? |
NKJV © | Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called? |
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NET © | Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to? 1 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “that was invoked over you,” referring to their baptism in which they confessed their faith in Christ and were pronounced to be his own. To have the Lord’s name “named over them” is OT imagery for the Lord’s ownership of his people (cf. 2 Chr 7:14; Amos 9:12; Isa 63:19; Jer 14:9; 15:16; Dan 9:19; Acts 15:17). |