James 5:19

5:19 My brothers and sisters, ¹  if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

James 1:12

1:12 Happy is the one ²  who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God ³  promised to those who love him.

James 2:14

Faith and Works Together

2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, ⁴  if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith ⁵  save him? ⁶ 

James 5:14-15

5:14 Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint ⁷  him with oil in the name of the Lord. 5:15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up – and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. ⁸ 

James 2:5

2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! ⁹  Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

[5:19]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[1:12]  ² tn The word for “man” or “individual” here 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.”

[1:12]  ³ tc Most mss ([C] P 0246 Ï) read ὁ κύριος (Jo kurio", “the Lord”) here, while others have ὁ θεός (Jo qeo", “God”; 4 33^vid 323 945 1739 al). However, several important and early witnesses (̲³ א A B Ψ 81 co) have no explicit subject. In light of the scribal tendency toward clarification, and the fact that both κύριος and θεός are well represented, there can be no doubt that the original text had no explicit subject. The referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity, not because of textual basis.

[2:14]  ³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[2:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “the faith,” referring to the kind of faith just described: faith without works. The article here is anaphoric, referring to the previous mention of the noun πίστις (pisti") in the verse. See ExSyn 219.

[2:14]  ⁵ sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.

[5:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “anointing.”

[5:15]  ⁵ tn Grk “it will be forgiven him.”

[2:5]  ⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.