James 1:19

Living Out the Message

1:19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! ¹  Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

James 3:12

3:12 Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, ²  or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water.

James 5:9

5:9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, ³  so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates! ⁴ 

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

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

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

⁴ sn The term gates is used metaphorically here. The physical referent would be the entrances to the city, but the author uses the term to emphasize the imminence of the judge’s approach.