Matthew 25:41-45

25:41 “Then he will say ¹  to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels! 25:42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink. 25:43 I was a stranger and you did not receive me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ 25:44 Then they too will answer, ²  ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?’ 25:45 Then he will answer them, ³  ‘I tell you the truth, ⁴  just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’

James 4:17

4:17 So whoever knows what is good to do ⁵  and does not do it is guilty of sin. ⁶ 

James 4:1

Passions and Pride

4:1 Where do the conflicts and where ⁷  do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, ⁸  from your passions that battle inside you? ⁹ 

James 3:15-17

3:15 Such ¹⁰  wisdom does not come ¹¹  from above but is earthly, natural, ¹²  demonic. 3:16 For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice. 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, ¹³  full of mercy and good fruit, ¹⁴  impartial, and not hypocritical. ¹⁵ 

[25:41]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[25:44]  ² tn Grk “Then they will answer, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[25:45]  ³ tn Grk “answer them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[25:45]  ⁴ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[4:17]  ⁵ tn Or “knows how to do what is good.”

[4:17]  ⁶ tn Grk “to him it is sin.”

[4:1]  ⁷ tn The word “where” is repeated in Greek for emphasis.

[4:1]  ⁸ tn Grk “from here.”

[4:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “in your members [i.e., parts of the body].”

[3:15]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “This.”

[3:15]  ¹¹ tn Grk “come down”; “descend.”

[3:15]  ¹² 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.

[3:17]  ¹³ tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”

[3:17]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”

[3:17]  ¹⁵ tn Or “sincere.”