Respect of Persons

RESPECT OF PERSONS

re-spekt': The phrase nasa' phanim, means literally, "lift up the face," and, among other translations, is rendered indifferently "accept" or "respect the person" in the King James Version (contrast Proverbs 18:5 and 24:23). As applied to a (prostrate) suppliant, the phrase means "receive him with favor," and is so used in 1 Samuel 25:35 Malachi 1:8, 9 (compare Genesis 19:21, etc.). By a shift in force the phrase came to mean "accept the person instead of the cause" or "show partiality" (Job 13:8, 10 the American Standard Revised Version), and is so used commonly. A literal translation into Greek gave lambano prosopon (Sirach 35:13 (32:16); Luke 20:21 Galatians 2:6), with the noun prosopolempsia, "face-taking" (Romans 2:11 Ephesians 6:9 Colossians 3:25 James 2:1), rendered uniformly "respect of persons" in English Versions of the Bible. A noun prosopolemptes, "respecter of persons," and a verb prosopolempteo, are found Acts 10:34 James 2:9. God's judgment rests solely on the character of the man and will be influenced by no worldly (Ephesians 6:9) or national (Romans 2:11) considerations.

See also ACCEPT.

Burton Scott Easton

Respect of Persons

The judges of the Hebrews were directed to give sentence strictly according to truth and justice, without regard to the comparative wealth, influence or other advantage of one party over the other, Le 19:15 De 16:17 Proverbs 24:23. Thus God judges, not according to outward appearance or station, but according to the heart, Acts 10:34 Romans 2:6-11. Thus ought men to estimate and treat their fellow men; and to court the favor of the rich and influential is sharply censured in Scripture, Proverbs 28:21 James 2:1-9 Jude 1:16.

678. aprosopolemptos -- not accepting the person, ie without ...
... not accepting the person, ie without respect of persons. Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: aprosopolemptos Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ros-o-pol-ape'-tos ...
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4380. prosopolempteo -- to have respect of persons
... to have respect of persons. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: prosopolempteo
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-o-pol-ape-teh'-o) Short Definition: I show partiality ...
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4382. prosopolempsia -- respect of persons
... respect of persons. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: prosopolempsia
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-o-pol-ape-see'-ah) Short Definition: partiality ...
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765. asebes -- ungodly, impious
... of 4576 , "to respect") -- properly, lack of reverence ("without due respect"),
ie failing ... NASB Word Usage godless man (1), ungodly (6), ungodly persons (1). ...
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Whether Respect of Persons is a Sin?
... Yet God seems to respect persons, since of two men circumstanced alike He sometimes
upraises one by grace, and leaves the other in sin, according to Mat.24:40 ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether respect of persons is.htm

Whether Respect of Persons Takes Place in the Dispensation of ...
... VICES OPPOSED TO DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE (Q ) Whether respect of persons takes
place in the dispensation of spiritual goods? Objection ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether respect of persons takes.htm

Whether the Sin of Respect of Persons Takes Place in Judicial ...
... Now it is not a sin to respect persons in pronouncing penalties, since a heavier
punishment is inflicted on one who injures the person of a prince than on one ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the sin of respect.htm

Whether Respect of Persons Takes Place in Showing Honor and ...
... Whoever are servants under the yoke, let them count their masters worthy of all
honor." Therefore it seems that it is not a sin to respect persons in showing ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether respect of persons takes 2.htm

But Perhaps You Will Say to Me: "Why do You Fill Your Paper with ...
... not think it necessary in such a matter to observe the rule of holy Scripture which
demands that each man should be judged without respect of persons; I will ...
/.../19 but perhaps you will.htm

Colossians iii. 18-25
... For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath
done: and there is no respect of persons with God. (Chap. ...
/.../homily x colossians iii 18-25.htm

If Paul had Known any Mysteries Unrevealed to the Other Apostles ...
... them." "I have not shunned," he says, "to declare unto you all the counsel of God."
Thus did the apostles simply, and without respect of persons, deliver to ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xiv if paul had known.htm

Philosophy is Knowledge Given by God.
... The absence of respect of persons in God is not then in time, but from eternity.
Nor had His beneficence a beginning; nor any more ...
/.../the stromata or miscellanies/chapter viii philosophy is knowledge given.htm

On Mutual Subjection {1} --(First Printed in 1744)
... Thus servants are directed to obey their masters, children their parents, and wives
their husbands, not from any respect of persons in God, but because ...
/.../swift/three sermons three prayers/on mutual subjection 1first printed.htm

God's Purposes in Election and Rejection of the Same Men, Such as ...
... Now, although you will have it that He is inconstant [2980] in respect of persons,
sometimes disapproving where approbation is deserved; or else wanting in ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xxiii gods purposes in election.htm

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