James 2:9

2:9 But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators. ¹ 

James 2:8

2:8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, ²  “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” ³  you are doing well.

James 1:5

1:5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

James 1:23

1:23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone ⁴  who gazes at his own face ⁵  in a mirror.

James 1:26

1:26 If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

James 2:11

2:11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” ⁶  also said, “Do not murder.” ⁷  Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

James 3:2-3

3:2 For we all stumble ⁸  in many ways. If someone does not stumble ⁹  in what he says, ¹⁰  he is a perfect individual, ¹¹  able to control the entire body as well. 3:3 And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies. ¹² 

James 3:14

3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

James 4:11

4:11 Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. ¹³  He who speaks against a fellow believer ¹⁴  or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge. ¹⁵ 

[2:9]  ¹ tn Or “transgressors.”

[2:8]  ² tn Grk “according to the scripture.”

[2:8]  ³ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18 (also quoted in Matt 19:19; 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Rom 13:9; Gal 5:14).

[1:23]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Grk “the face of his beginning [or origin].”

[2:11]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Exod 20:14 and Deut 5:18.

[2:11]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Exod 20:13 and Deut 5:17.

[3:2]  ⁵ tn Or “fail.”

[3:2]  ⁶ tn Or “fail.”

[3:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “in speech.”

[3:2]  ⁸ tn The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” But it sometimes is used generically to mean “anyone,” “a person,” as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 2).

[3:3]  ⁶ tn Grk “their entire body.”

[4:11]  ⁷ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[4:11]  ⁸ tn See note on the word “believer” in 1:9.

[4:11]  ⁹ tn Grk “a judge.”