“Look, the virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and they will name Him Immanuel,” which means “God with us.”
James 2:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Do they not speak against the honorable name by which you are called? [i.e., the name “Christ” or “Christian”]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Is it not they who slander and blaspheme that precious name by which you are distinguished and called [the name of Christ invoked in baptism]? American Standard Version (1901) Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called? Common English Bible Aren’t they the ones who insult the good name spoken over you at your baptism? Catholic Public Domain Version Are not they the ones who blaspheme the good name which has been invoked over you? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Do not they blaspheme the good name that is invoked upon you? |
“Look, the virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and they will name Him Immanuel,” which means “God with us.”
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man does not drive out evil spirits except by [the power of] Beelzebub, the chief of evil spirits.”
and said, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘I will rise [from the dead] after three days.’
and when he found him, he brought him [back] to Antioch. So, for an entire year Saul and Barnabas gathered the church together and taught many people. [It was] here in Antioch that the disciples were first [divinely] called Christians.
so that the rest of mankind, including all the Gentiles [or nations], may seek after the Lord and be called by my name.
I often persecuted them in the synagogues, [even] trying to get them to blaspheme [i.e., speak against God]. I had extreme anger toward them and [even] traveled to foreign cities [in my effort] to persecute them.
And there is salvation in no other One [than Jesus] for there is no other Name in the whole world, proclaimed by men, by which [a person] can be saved.”
from whom every family in heaven and on earth receives its name. [Note: Here Paul resumes the prayer he began in verse 1].
[even] though I had previously spoken against Christ, and persecuted [Christians] and acted outrageously. However, I obtained mercy because I acted out of ignorance, not believing [in Christ].
But if a person should have to suffer because he is a Christian, he should not be ashamed [of it], but instead, he should bring honor to God by [wearing] the name [of Christ].
And He is dressed in a robe that has been dipped in blood, and the name by which He is called is “The Word of God.”
And on His robe and His thigh was written the name, “King of kings, and Lord of lords.”