James 1:7

1:7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,

James 2:4

2:4 If so, have you not made distinctions ¹  among yourselves and become judges with evil motives? ² 

James 2:7

2:7 Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to? ³ 

James 2:17

2:17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.

James 2:24

2:24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

James 3:15

3:15 Such ⁴  wisdom does not come ⁵  from above but is earthly, natural, ⁶  demonic.

James 5:6

5:6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you. ⁷ 

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¹ tn Grk “have you not made distinctions” (as the conclusion to the series of “if” clauses in vv. 2-3).

² tn Grk “judges of evil reasonings.”

³ tn Grk “that was invoked over you,” referring to their baptism in which they confessed their faith in Christ and were pronounced to be his own. To have the Lord’s name “named over them” is OT imagery for the Lord’s ownership of his people (cf. 2 Chr 7:14; Amos 9:12; Isa 63:19; Jer 14:9; 15:16; Dan 9:19; Acts 15:17).

⁴ tn Grk “This.”

⁵ tn Grk “come down”; “descend.”

⁶ 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.

⁷ tn Literally a series of verbs without connectives, “you have condemned, you have murdered…he does not resist.”