James 4:12
There is one lawgiver, and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Unus est legislator et judex, qui potest perdere et liberare.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- εἷς ἐστιν νομοθέτης καὶ κριτής, ὁ δυνάμενος σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι· σὺ δὲ τίς εἶ, ὁ κρίνων τὸν πλησίον;
The Fathers on this verse
The Shepherd of Hermas Book Third. Similitudes, Similitude Ninth. The Great Mysteries in the Building of the Militant and Triumphant Church
“And those from the sixth mountain, which had clefts large and small, and decayed grass in the clefts, who believed, were the following: they who occupy the small clefts are those who bring charges against one another, and by reason of their slanders have decayed in the faith. Many of them, however, repented; and the rest also will repent when they hear my commandments, for their slanders are small, and they will quickly repent. But they who occupy the large clefts are persistent in their slanders, and vindictive in their anger against each other. These, therefore, were thrown away from the tower, and rejected from having a part in its building. Such persons, accordingly, shall have difficulty in living. …