James 1:5

1:5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

James 1:23

1:23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone¹ who gazes at his own face² in a mirror.

James 1:26

1:26 If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

James 2:14

Faith and Works Together

2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters,³ if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith⁴ save him?⁵

James 3:2

3:2 For we all stumble⁶ in many ways. If someone does not stumble⁷ in what he says,⁸ he is a perfect individual,⁹ able to control the entire body as well.

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?¹⁰

James 5:14

5:14 Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint¹¹ him with oil in the name of the Lord.

¹tn The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” However, as BDAG 79 s.v. 2 says, here it is “equivalent to τὶς someone, a person.”

²tn Grk “the face of his beginning [or origin].”

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

²tn 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.

³sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.

¹tn Or “fail.”

²tn Or “fail.”

³tn Grk “in speech.”

⁴tn The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” But it sometimes is used generically to mean “anyone,” “a person,” as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 2).

¹tn Grk “who judges your neighbor.”

¹tn Grk “anointing.”