James 2:1

Prejudice and the Law of Love

2:1 My brothers and sisters, ¹  do not show prejudice ²  if you possess faith ³  in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴ 

James 3:12

3:12 Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, ⁵  or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water.

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

² tn Or “partiality.”

³ tn Grk “do not have faith with personal prejudice,” with emphasis on the last phrase.

⁴ tn Grk “our Lord Jesus Christ of glory.” Here δόξης (doxhs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.