James 1:12

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

James 1:25

1:25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, ³  and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he ⁴  will be blessed in what he does. ⁵ 

James 3:2

3:2 For we all stumble ⁶  in many ways. If someone does not stumble ⁷  in what he says, ⁸  he is a perfect individual, ⁹  able to control the entire body as well.

James 5:15

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. ¹⁰ 

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¹ 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.”

² 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.

³ tn Grk “continues.”

⁴ tn Grk “this one.”

⁵ tn Grk “in his doing.”

⁶ tn Or “fail.”

⁷ tn Or “fail.”

⁸ tn Grk “in speech.”

⁹ tn The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” But it sometimes is used generically to mean “anyone,” “a person,” as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 2).

¹⁰ tn Grk “it will be forgiven him.”