James 2:26

2:26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

James 2:17

2:17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.

James 3:15

3:15 Such ¹  wisdom does not come ²  from above but is earthly, natural, ³  demonic.

James 4:16-17

4:16 But as it is, ⁴  you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 4:17 So whoever knows what is good to do ⁵  and does not do it is guilty of sin. ⁶ 

James 2:19-20

2:19 You believe that God is one; well and good. ⁷  Even the demons believe that – and tremble with fear. ⁸ 

2:20 But would you like evidence, ⁹  you empty fellow, ¹⁰  that faith without works is useless? ¹¹ 

James 1:13

1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, ¹²  and he himself tempts no one.

James 1:17

1:17 All generous giving and every perfect gift ¹³  is from above, coming down ¹⁴  from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change. ¹⁵ 

James 1:23

1:23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone ¹⁶  who gazes at his own face ¹⁷  in a mirror.

James 3:5

3:5 So too the tongue is a small part of the body, ¹⁸  yet it has great pretensions. ¹⁹  Think ²⁰  how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.

James 3:17

3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, ²¹  full of mercy and good fruit, ²²  impartial, and not hypocritical. ²³ 

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? ²⁴ 

James 5:11

5:11 Think of how we regard ²⁵  as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. ²⁶ 

James 1:27

1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before ²⁷  God the Father ²⁸  is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

James 4:4

4:4 Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? ²⁹  So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.

[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.

[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.”

[2:19]  ¹ tn Grk “you do well.”

[2:19]  ² tn Grk “believe and tremble.” The words “with fear” are implied.

[2:20]  ¹ tn Grk “do you want to know.”

[2:20]  ² tn Grk “O empty man.” Here the singular vocative ἄνθρωπε (anqrwpe, “man”) means “person” or even “fellow.” Cf. BDAG 82 s.v. ἄνθρωπος 8 which views this as an instance of rhetorical address in a letter; the pejorative sense is also discussed under the previous heading (7).

[2:20]  ³ tc Most witnesses, including several important ones (א A C² P Ψ 33 Ï sy bo), have νεκρά (nekra, “dead”) here, while Ì⁷⁴ reads κενή (kenh, “empty”). Both variants are most likely secondary, derived from ἀργή (argh, “useless”). The reading of the majority is probably an assimilation to the statements in vv. 17 and 26, while Ì⁷⁴’s reading picks up on κενέ (kene) earlier in the verse. The external evidence (B C* 323 945 1739 sa) for ἀργή is sufficient for authenticity; coupled with the strong internal evidence for the reading (if νεκρά were original, how would ἀργή have arisen here and not in vv. 17 or 26?), it is strongly preferred.

[1:13]  ¹ tn Or “God must not be tested by evil people.”

[1:17]  ¹ tn The first phrase refers to the action of giving and the second to what is given.

[1:17]  ² tn Or “All generous giving and every perfect gift from above is coming down.”

[1:17]  ³ tn Grk “variation or shadow of turning” (referring to the motions of heavenly bodies causing variations of light and darkness).

[1:23]  ¹ tn The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” However, as BDAG 79 s.v. 2 says, here it is “equivalent to τὶς someone, a person.”

[1:23]  ² tn Grk “the face of his beginning [or origin].”

[3:5]  ¹ tn Grk “a small member.”

[3:5]  ² tn Grk “boasts of great things.”

[3:5]  ³ tn Grk “Behold.”

[3:17]  ¹ tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”

[3:17]  ² tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”

[3:17]  ³ tn Or “sincere.”

[4:12]  ¹ tn Grk “who judges your neighbor.”

[5:11]  ¹ tn Grk “Behold! We regard…”

[5:11]  ² sn An allusion to Exod 34:6; Neh 9:17; Ps 86:15; 102:13; Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2.

[1:27]  ¹ tn Or “in the sight of”; Grk “with.”

[1:27]  ² tn Grk “the God and Father.”

[4:4]  ¹ tn Grk “is hostility toward God.”