Deuteronomy 5:28-29

5:28 When the Lord heard you speaking to me, he ¹  said to me, “I have heard what these people have said to you – they have spoken well. 5:29 If only it would really be their desire to fear me and obey ²  all my commandments in the future, so that it may go well with them and their descendants forever.

Psalms 78:36-37

78:36 But they deceived him with their words, ³ 

and lied to him. ⁴ 

78:37 They were not really committed to him, ⁵ 

and they were unfaithful to his covenant.

Isaiah 29:13

29:13 The sovereign master ⁶  says,

“These people say they are loyal to me; ⁷ 

they say wonderful things about me, ⁸ 

but they are not really loyal to me. ⁹ 

Their worship consists of

nothing but man-made ritual. ¹⁰ 

James 2:14-16

Faith and Works Together

2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, ¹¹  if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith ¹²  save him? ¹³  2:15 If a brother or sister ¹⁴  is poorly clothed and lacks daily food, 2:16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, ¹⁵  what good is it?

James 2:1

Prejudice and the Law of Love

2:1 My brothers and sisters, ¹⁶  do not show prejudice ¹⁷  if you possess faith ¹⁸  in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁹ 

James 3:17-18

3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, ²⁰  full of mercy and good fruit, ²¹  impartial, and not hypocritical. ²²  3:18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness ²³  is planted ²⁴  in peace among ²⁵  those who make peace.

[5:28]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “He” in 5:3.

[5:29]  ² tn Heb “keep” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[78:36]  ³ tn Heb “with their mouth.”

[78:36]  ⁴ tn Heb “and with their tongue they lied to him.”

[78:37]  ⁵ tn Heb “and their heart was not firm with him.”

[29:13]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonai).

[29:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “Because these people draw near to me with their mouth.”

[29:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “and with their lips they honor me.”

[29:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “but their heart is far from me.” The heart is viewed here as the seat of the will, from which genuine loyalty derives.

[29:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “their fear of me is a commandment of men that has been taught.”

[2:14]  ¹¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[2:14]  ¹² 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.

[2:14]  ¹³ sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.

[2:15]  ¹⁴ tn It is important to note that the words ἀδελφός (adelfos) and ἀδελφή (adelfh) both occur in the Greek text at this point, confirming that the author intended to refer to both men and women. See the note on “someone” in 2:2.

[2:16]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “what is necessary for the body.”

[2:1]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[2:1]  ¹⁷ tn Or “partiality.”

[2:1]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “do not have faith with personal prejudice,” with emphasis on the last phrase.

[2:1]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “our Lord Jesus Christ of glory.” Here δόξης (doxhs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

[3:17]  ²⁰ tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”

[3:17]  ²¹ tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”

[3:17]  ²² tn Or “sincere.”

[3:18]  ²³ tn Grk “the fruit of righteousness,” meaning righteous living as a fruit, as the thing produced.

[3:18]  ²⁴ tn Grk “is sown.”

[3:18]  ²⁵ tn Or “for,” or possibly “by.”