James 1:3

1:3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

James 1:9-10

1:9 Now the believer ¹  of humble means ²  should take pride ³  in his high position. ⁴  1:10 But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow. ⁵ 

James 1:14

1:14 But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

James 1:22

1:22 But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

James 2:4

2:4 If so, have you not made distinctions ⁶  among yourselves and become judges with evil motives? ⁷ 

James 2:7

2:7 Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to? ⁸ 

James 2:13

2:13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over ⁹  judgment.

James 2:15

2:15 If a brother or sister ¹⁰  is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

James 2:24

2:24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

James 3:8

3:8 But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless ¹¹  evil, full of deadly poison.

James 3:11

3:11 A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it?

James 3:15

3:15 Such ¹²  wisdom does not come ¹³  from above but is earthly, natural, ¹⁴  demonic.

James 3:18

3:18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness ¹⁵  is planted ¹⁶  in peace among ¹⁷  those who make peace.

James 4:7

4:7 So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

James 4:16-17

4:16 But as it is, ¹⁸  you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 4:17 So whoever knows what is good to do ¹⁹  and does not do it is guilty of sin. ²⁰ 

James 5:6

5:6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you. ²¹ 

[1:9]  ¹ tn Grk “brother.” Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. TEV, NLT “Christians”; CEV “God’s people”). The term broadly connotes familial relationships within the family of God (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a).

[1:9]  ² tn Grk “the lowly brother,” but “lowly/humble” is clarified in context by the contrast with “wealthy” in v. 10.

[1:9]  ³ tn Grk “let him boast.”

[1:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “his height,” “his exaltation.”

[1:10]  ¹ tn Grk “a flower of grass.”

[2:4]  ¹ tn Grk “have you not made distinctions” (as the conclusion to the series of “if” clauses in vv. 2-3).

[2:4]  ² tn Grk “judges of evil reasonings.”

[2:7]  ¹ tn Grk “that was invoked over you,” referring to their baptism in which they confessed their faith in Christ and were pronounced to be his own. To have the Lord’s name “named over them” is OT imagery for the Lord’s ownership of his people (cf. 2 Chr 7:14; Amos 9:12; Isa 63:19; Jer 14:9; 15:16; Dan 9:19; Acts 15:17).

[2:13]  ¹ tn Grk “boasts against, exults over,” in victory.

[2:15]  ¹ tn It is important to note that the words ἀδελφός (adelfos) and ἀδελφή (adelfh) both occur in the Greek text at this point, confirming that the author intended to refer to both men and women. See the note on “someone” in 2:2.

[3:8]  ¹ tc Most mss (C Ψ 1739^c Ï as well as a few versions and fathers) read “uncontrollable” (ἀκατασχετόν, akatasceton), while the most important witnesses (א A B K P 1739* latt) have “restless” (ἀκατάστατον, akatastaton). Externally, the latter reading should be preferred. Internally, however, things get a bit more complex. The notion of being uncontrollable is well suited to the context, especially as a counterbalance to v. 8a, though for this very reason scribes may have been tempted to replace ἀκατάστατον with ἀκατασχετόν. However, in a semantically parallel early Christian text, ἀκατάστατος (akatastato") was considered strong enough of a term to denounce slander as “a restless demon” (Herm. 27:3). On the other hand, ἀκατάστατον may have been substituted for ἀκατασχετόν by way of assimilation to 1:8 (especially since both words were relatively rare, scribes may have replaced the less familiar with one that was already used in this letter). On internal evidence, it is difficult to decide, though ἀκατασχετόν is slightly preferred. However, in light of the strong support for ἀκατάστατον, and the less-than-decisive internal evidence, ἀκατάστατον is preferred instead.

[3:15]  ¹ tn Grk “This.”

[3:15]  ² tn Grk “come down”; “descend.”

[3:15]  ³ tn Grk “soulish,” which describes life apart from God, characteristic of earthly human life as opposed to what is spiritual. Cf. 1 Cor 2:14; 15:44-46; Jude 19.

[3:18]  ¹ tn Grk “the fruit of righteousness,” meaning righteous living as a fruit, as the thing produced.

[3:18]  ² tn Grk “is sown.”

[3:18]  ³ tn Or “for,” or possibly “by.”

[4:16]  ¹ tn Grk “but now.”

[4:17]  ¹ tn Or “knows how to do what is good.”

[4:17]  ² tn Grk “to him it is sin.”

[5:6]  ¹ tn Literally a series of verbs without connectives, “you have condemned, you have murdered…he does not resist.”