James 1:13
Context1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, 1 and he himself tempts no one.
James 2:11
Context2:11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” 2 also said, “Do not murder.” 3 Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.
James 2:14
Context2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, 4 if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith 5 save him? 6
James 2:23
Context2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” 7 and he was called God’s friend. 8
James 4:13
Context4:13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town 9 and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”


[1:13] 1 tn Or “God must not be tested by evil people.”
[2:11] 2 sn A quotation from Exod 20:14 and Deut 5:18.
[2:11] 3 sn A quotation from Exod 20:13 and Deut 5:17.
[2:14] 3 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
[2:14] 4 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] 5 sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.
[2:23] 4 sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.
[2:23] 5 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.”