James 1:11
Context1:11 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. 1 So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.
James 1:25
Context1:25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, 2 and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he 3 will be blessed in what he does. 4
James 5:20
Context5:20 he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path 5 will save that person’s 6 soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
1 tn Or “perishes,” “is destroyed.”
2 tn Grk “continues.”
3 tn Grk “this one.”
4 tn Grk “in his doing.”
5 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).
6 tn Grk “his soul”; the referent (the sinner mentioned at the beginning of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.