James 2:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁷ Do they not speak against the honorable name by which you are called? [i.e., the name “Christ” or “Christian”].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ 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)

⁷ Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?

Common English Bible

⁷ Aren’t they the ones who insult the good name spoken over you at your baptism?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Are not they the ones who blaspheme the good name which has been invoked over you?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Do not they blaspheme the good name that is invoked upon you?

James 2:7 Cross References

Matthew 1:23

“Look, the virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and they will name Him Immanuel,” which means “God with us.”

Matthew 12:24

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.”

Matthew 27:63

and said, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘I will rise [from the dead] after three days.’

Acts 11:26

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.

Acts 15:17

so that the rest of mankind, including all the Gentiles [or nations], may seek after the Lord and be called by my name.

Acts 26:11

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.

Acts 4:12

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.”

Ephesians 3:15

from whom every family in heaven and on earth receives its name. [Note: Here Paul resumes the prayer he began in verse 1].

1 Timothy 1:13

[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].

1 Peter 4:16

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].

Revelation 19:13

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.”

Revelation 19:16

And on His robe and His thigh was written the name, “King of kings, and Lord of lords.”