James 1:18

1:18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth ¹  through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

James 2:6

2:6 But you have dishonored the poor! ²  Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?

James 2:21-22

2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 2:22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.

James 3:10

3:10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters. ³ 

James 3:13

True Wisdom

3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings. ⁴ 

James 5:18-19

5:18 Then ⁵  he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.

5:19 My brothers and sisters, ⁶  if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

¹ tn Grk “Having willed, he gave us birth.”

² tn This is singular: “the poor person,” perhaps referring to the hypothetical one described in vv. 2-3.

³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

⁴ tn Grk “works in the gentleness of wisdom.”

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events.

⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.