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 4:17

4:17 So whoever knows what is good to do ²  and does not do it is guilty of sin. ³ 

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

[4:17]  ² tn Or “knows how to do what is good.”

[4:17]  ³ tn Grk “to him it is sin.”