Discovery BoxJames 2:14 
ContextFaith and Works Together
2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, 1 if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith 2 save him? 3
James 2:25
Context2:25 And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?
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. 4
1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
2 tn Grk “the faith,” referring to the kind of faith just described: faith without works. The article here is anaphoric, referring to the previous mention of the noun πίστις (pisti") in the verse. See ExSyn 219.
3 sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.
4 tn Grk “works in the gentleness of wisdom.”
