James 4:7-8

4:7 So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you. 4:8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded. ¹ 

James 2:23

2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” ²  and he was called God’s friend. ³ 

James 1:27

1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before ⁴  God the Father ⁵  is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

¹ tn Or “two-minded” (the same description used in 1:8).

¹ sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.

² sn An allusion to 2 Chr 20:7; Isa 41:8; 51:2; Dan 3:35 (LXX), in which Abraham is called God’s “beloved.”

¹ tn Or “in the sight of”; Grk “with.”

² tn Grk “the God and Father.”