James 1:11

1:11 For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

James 1:25

1:25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he will be blessed in what he does.

James 5:20

5:20 he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person’s soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.


tn Or “perishes,” “is destroyed.”

tn Grk “continues.”

tn Grk “this one.”

tn Grk “in his doing.”

tn Grk “from the error of his way” (using the same root as the verb “to wander, to err” in the first part of the verse).

tn Grk “his soul”; the referent (the sinner mentioned at the beginning of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.