James 1:21

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

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 

James 4:12

4:12 But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge – the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor? ⁵ 

[1:21]  ¹ tn Or “with meekness.”

[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.

[4:12]  ³ tn Grk “who judges your neighbor.”