Matthew 6:31-32

6:31 So then, don’t worry saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 6:32 For the unconverted ¹  pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Romans 8:5-8

8:5 For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by ²  the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit. 8:6 For the outlook ³  of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace, 8:7 because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so. 8:8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Philippians 3:19

3:19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things. ⁴ 

James 3:15-18

3:15 Such ⁵  wisdom does not come ⁶  from above but is earthly, natural, ⁷  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, ⁸  full of mercy and good fruit, ⁹  impartial, and not hypocritical. ¹⁰  3:18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness ¹¹  is planted ¹²  in peace among ¹³  those who make peace.

James 3:1

The Power of the Tongue

3:1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, ¹⁴  because you know that we will be judged more strictly. ¹⁵ 

James 4:1

Passions and Pride

4:1 Where do the conflicts and where ¹⁶  do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, ¹⁷  from your passions that battle inside you? ¹⁸ 

James 4:1

Passions and Pride

4:1 Where do the conflicts and where ¹⁹  do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, ²⁰  from your passions that battle inside you? ²¹ 

James 2:15

2:15 If a brother or sister ²²  is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

[6:32]  ¹ tn Or “unbelievers”; Grk “Gentiles.”

[8:5]  ² tn Grk “think on” or “are intent on” (twice in this verse). What is in view here is not primarily preoccupation, however, but worldview. Translations like “set their mind on” could be misunderstood by the typical English reader to refer exclusively to preoccupation.

[8:6]  ³ tn Or “mindset,” “way of thinking” (twice in this verse and once in v. 7). The Greek term φρόνημα does not refer to one’s mind, but to one’s outlook or mindset.

[3:19]  ⁴ tn Grk “whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly and glory is their shame, these who think of earthly things.”

[3:15]  ⁵ tn Grk “This.”

[3:15]  ⁶ tn Grk “come down”; “descend.”

[3:15]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”

[3:17]  ⁹ tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”

[3:17]  ¹⁰ tn Or “sincere.”

[3:18]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the fruit of righteousness,” meaning righteous living as a fruit, as the thing produced.

[3:18]  ¹² tn Grk “is sown.”

[3:18]  ¹³ tn Or “for,” or possibly “by.”

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

[3:1]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “will receive a greater judgment.”

[4:1]  ¹⁶ tn The word “where” is repeated in Greek for emphasis.

[4:1]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “from here.”

[4:1]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “in your members [i.e., parts of the body].”

[4:1]  ¹⁹ tn The word “where” is repeated in Greek for emphasis.

[4:1]  ²⁰ tn Grk “from here.”

[4:1]  ²¹ tn Grk “in your members [i.e., parts of the body].”

[2:15]  ²² tn It is important to note that the words ἀδελφός (adelfos) and ἀδελφή (adelfh) both occur in the Greek text at this point, confirming that the author intended to refer to both men and women. See the note on “someone” in 2:2.