James 1:8

1:8 since he is a double-minded individual, ¹  unstable in all his ways.

James 1:11

1:11 For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. ²  So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

James 5:20

5:20 he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path ³  will save that person’s ⁴  soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

James 1:9-10

1:9 Now the believer ⁵  of humble means ⁶  should take pride ⁷  in his high position. ⁸  1:10 But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow. ⁹ 

James 1:18

1:18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth ¹⁰  through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

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. ¹¹ 

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. ¹² 

James 1:23

1:23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone ¹³  who gazes at his own face ¹⁴  in a mirror.

James 1:25

1:25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, ¹⁵  and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he ¹⁶  will be blessed in what he does. ¹⁷ 

James 4:11

4:11 Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. ¹⁸  He who speaks against a fellow believer ¹⁹  or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge. ²⁰ 

¹ tn Grk “a man of two minds,” continuing the description of the person in v. 7, giving the reason that he cannot expect to receive anything. 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).

² tn Or “perishes,” “is destroyed.”

³ tn Grk “from the error of his way” (using the same root as the verb “to wander, to err” in the first part of the verse).

⁴ tn Grk “his soul”; the referent (the sinner mentioned at the beginning of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Grk “brother.” Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. TEV, NLT “Christians”; CEV “God’s people”). The term broadly connotes familial relationships within the family of God (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a).

⁵ tn Grk “the lowly brother,” but “lowly/humble” is clarified in context by the contrast with “wealthy” in v. 10.

⁶ tn Grk “let him boast.”

⁷ tn Grk “his height,” “his exaltation.”

⁵ tn Grk “a flower of grass.”

⁶ tn Grk “Having willed, he gave us birth.”

⁷ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

⁸ tn Grk “works in the gentleness of wisdom.”

⁹ tn 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.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “the face of his beginning [or origin].”

¹⁰ tn Grk “continues.”

¹¹ tn Grk “this one.”

¹² tn Grk “in his doing.”

¹¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

¹² tn See note on the word “believer” in 1:9.

¹³ tn Grk “a judge.”