Discovery BoxJames 1:5-6 
Context1:5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him. 1:6 But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.
James 1:10
Context1:10 But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow. 1
James 1:23
Context1:23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone 2 who gazes at his own face 3 in a mirror.
James 1:26
Context1:26 If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
James 2:23
Context2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” 4 and he was called God’s friend. 5
James 3:13
ContextTrue Wisdom
3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings. 6
James 4:8
Context4:8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded. 7
1 tn Grk “a flower of grass.”
2 tn The word for “man” or “individual” 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.”
3 tn Grk “the face of his beginning [or origin].”
4 sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.
5 sn An allusion to 2 Chr 20:7; Isa 41:8; 51:2; Dan 3:35 (LXX), in which Abraham is called God’s “beloved.”
6 tn Grk “works in the gentleness of wisdom.”
