James 4:7

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

James 4:17

4:17 So whoever knows what is good to do ¹  and does not do it is guilty of sin. ² 

James 5:16

5:16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness. ³ 

James 4:4

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

James 5:7

Patience in Suffering

5:7 So be patient, brothers and sisters, ⁵  until the Lord’s return. ⁶  Think of how the farmer waits ⁷  for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient ⁸  for it until it receives the early and late rains.

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

[4:17]  ² tn Grk “to him it is sin.”

[5:16]  ¹ tn Or “the fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful”; Grk “is very powerful in its working.”

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

[5:7]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers”; this phrase occurs again three times in the paragraph. See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[5:7]  ² tn Or “advent”; or “coming” (also in v. 8).

[5:7]  ³ tn Grk “Behold! The farmer waits.”

[5:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “being patient.”