Read full chapter Footnotes James 1:1For the contextual rendering of the Greek worddoulos, see Preface James 1:2Orbrothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek wordadelphoi(translated “brothers”) may refer either tobrothersor tobrothers and sisters; ...
James 2:12 12So speak and so act as those who are to be judged underthe law of liberty. Read ChapterCompare PREVIOUSJames 2:11NEXTJames 2:13 James 2:12 Meaning and Commentary James 2:12 So speak ye, and so do Both words and actions should be taken care of; it becomes men to ...
And this seems to be a further reason for the indignant expostulation and condemnation of James 2:14. Thus the whole chapter may really be considered as dealing with Faith; and it flows naturally from the foregoing thoughts upon Religion--or, as we interpreted their subject-matter, Religious...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionHe chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.New Living TranslationHe chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his pr...
James 2:6 New International Version 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? Read full chapter English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: ...
James Chapter 1 2 3 4 5 Verse 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 James 1:8ESV he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.NIV Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.NASB being a double-minde...
The first few verses of chapter 5 also indict the rich for hoarding their wealth, cheating the poor, living in luxury and self-indulgence, and climbing over the bodies of the innocent poor in order to do so (James 5:1-6). Those of us who live middle-class lives in America are richer...
"everlasting" - used 26 times by the King James Bible in theNew Testament, yet only once by the respectESVand none by theNASBthere (although those versions use the term in theOld Testament) Awkward language Today some of the terminology in this translation is awkward, such as "driveth" ...
(husband of Mary). All of these men journeyedafterthe birth of the malestrom (treated in Chapter 1), after the Fall that compromised the “Blessed Alliance” God has planned for his male and female image bearers. And all of these men resisted in one way or another, to one degree or ...
The final sentence of chapter 4 sums up James' emphasis on presumption and humility. He has reminded the readers of their duty to "walk humbly with their God" (Micah 6:8). This is a divine requirement. To know of this requirement but ignore it in everyday life constitutes sin in and ...