James 1:19

Living Out the Message

1:19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! ¹  Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

James 2:14

Faith and Works Together

2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, ²  if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith ³  save him? ⁴ 

[1:19]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

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

[2:14]  ³ 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]  ⁴ sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.