James 1:21

1:21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

James 2:14

Faith and Works Together

2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?

James 4:12

4:12 But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge – the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?


tn Or “with meekness.”

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

tn Grk “the faith,” referring to the kind of faith just described: faith without works. The article here is anaphoric, referring to the previous mention of the noun πίστις (pisti") in the verse. See ExSyn 219.

sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.

tn Grk “who judges your neighbor.”