Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
If a brother or sister be naked (ean adelfov h adelfh gumnoi uparxwsin). Condition again of third class (supposable case) with ean and present active subjunctive of uparxw, to exist, in the plural though h (or) is used and not kai (and). Hence gumnoi is masculine plural in the predicate nominative. It does not here mean absolutely naked, but without sufficient clothing as in Matthew 25:36 ff.; John 21:7; Acts 19:16.
In lack of daily food (leipomenoi thv efhmerou trofhv). Present passive participle of leipw and ablative case trofhv like leipetai sofiav (James 1:5). The old adjective efhmerov (o epi hmeran wn, that which is for a day) occurs here only in the N.T., though efhmeria (daily routine) is found in Luke 1:5, Luke 1:8. This phrase occurs in Diodorus, but not in LXX.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
James 2:16
1 John 3:17
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