James 1:17

1:17 All generous giving and every perfect gift ¹  is from above, coming down ²  from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change. ³ 

James 1:21

1:21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly ⁴  welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

James 1:23

1:23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone ⁵  who gazes at his own face ⁶  in a mirror.

James 2:11

2:11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” ⁷  also said, “Do not murder.” ⁸  Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

James 3:2-3

3:2 For we all stumble ⁹  in many ways. If someone does not stumble ¹⁰  in what he says, ¹¹  he is a perfect individual, ¹²  able to control the entire body as well. 3:3 And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies. ¹³ 

James 3:17

3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, ¹⁴  full of mercy and good fruit, ¹⁵  impartial, and not hypocritical. ¹⁶ 

James 4:1

Passions and Pride

4:1 Where do the conflicts and where ¹⁷  do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, ¹⁸  from your passions that battle inside you? ¹⁹ 

James 4:14

4:14 You ²⁰  do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? ²¹  For you are a puff of smoke ²²  that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

James 5:14

5:14 Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint ²³  him with oil in the name of the Lord.

James 5:16

5:16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness. ²⁴ 

James 5:20

5:20 he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path ²⁵  will save that person’s ²⁶  soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

[1:17]  ¹ tn The first phrase refers to the action of giving and the second to what is given.

[1:17]  ² tn Or “All generous giving and every perfect gift from above is coming down.”

[1:17]  ³ tn Grk “variation or shadow of turning” (referring to the motions of heavenly bodies causing variations of light and darkness).

[1:21]  ⁴ tn Or “with meekness.”

[1:23]  ⁷ 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.”

[1:23]  ⁸ tn Grk “the face of his beginning [or origin].”

[2:11]  ¹⁰ sn A quotation from Exod 20:14 and Deut 5:18.

[2:11]  ¹¹ sn A quotation from Exod 20:13 and Deut 5:17.

[3:2]  ¹³ tn Or “fail.”

[3:2]  ¹⁴ tn Or “fail.”

[3:2]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “in speech.”

[3:2]  ¹⁶ tn 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).

[3:3]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “their entire body.”

[3:17]  ¹⁹ tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”

[3:17]  ²⁰ tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”

[3:17]  ²¹ tn Or “sincere.”

[4:1]  ²² tn The word “where” is repeated in Greek for emphasis.

[4:1]  ²³ tn Grk “from here.”

[4:1]  ²⁴ tn Grk “in your members [i.e., parts of the body].”

[4:14]  ²⁵ tn Grk “who” (continuing the description of the people of v. 13). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:14]  ²⁶ tn Or “you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow.”

[4:14]  ²⁷ tn Or “a vapor.” The Greek word ἀτμίς (atmis) denotes a swirl of smoke arising from a fire (cf. Gen 19:28; Lev 16:13; Joel 2:30 [Acts 2:19]; Ezek 8:11).

[5:14]  ²⁸ tn Grk “anointing.”

[5:16]  ³¹ tn Or “the fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful”; Grk “is very powerful in its working.”

[5:20]  ³⁴ 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).

[5:20]  ³⁵ tn Grk “his soul”; the referent (the sinner mentioned at the beginning of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.