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 2:9

2:9 But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators. ⁶ 

James 3:8

3:8 But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless ⁷  evil, full of deadly poison.

James 3:18

3:18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness ⁸  is planted ⁹  in peace among ¹⁰  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

4:16 But as it is, ¹¹  you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

[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]  ⁵ tn Grk “a flower of grass.”

[2:9]  ⁹ tn Or “transgressors.”

[3:8]  ¹³ 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.

[3:18]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “the fruit of righteousness,” meaning righteous living as a fruit, as the thing produced.

[3:18]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “is sown.”

[3:18]  ¹⁹ tn Or “for,” or possibly “by.”

[4:16]  ²¹ tn Grk “but now.”