James 2:1

Prejudice and the Law of Love

2:1 My brothers and sisters, ¹  do not show prejudice ²  if you possess faith ³  in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴ 

James 2:13

2:13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over ⁵  judgment.

James 3:16

3:16 For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.

James 3:18

3:18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness ⁶  is planted ⁷  in peace among ⁸  those who make peace.

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

[2:1]  ² tn Or “partiality.”

[2:1]  ³ tn Grk “do not have faith with personal prejudice,” with emphasis on the last phrase.

[2:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “our Lord Jesus Christ of glory.” Here δόξης (doxhs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

[2:13]  ⁵ tn Grk “boasts against, exults over,” in victory.

[3:18]  ⁹ tn Grk “the fruit of righteousness,” meaning righteous living as a fruit, as the thing produced.

[3:18]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “is sown.”

[3:18]  ¹¹ tn Or “for,” or possibly “by.”