James 1:18

1:18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth ¹  through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

James 3:1

The Power of the Tongue

3:1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, ²  because you know that we will be judged more strictly. ³ 

James 4:13

4:13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town ⁴  and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”

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¹ tn Grk “Having willed, he gave us birth.”

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

³ tn Grk “will receive a greater judgment.”

⁴ tn Or “city.”