James 1:25

1:25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, ¹  and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he ²  will be blessed in what he does. ³ 

James 2:5

2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! ⁴  Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

James 4:4

4:4 Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? ⁵  So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.

[1:25]  ¹ tn Grk “continues.”

[1:25]  ² tn Grk “this one.”

[1:25]  ³ tn Grk “in his doing.”

[2:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[4:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “is hostility toward God.”