Discovery BoxJames 2:14 
Context2:14 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 3:13
Context3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings. 4
James 3:17
Context3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, 5 full of mercy and good fruit, 6 impartial, and not hypocritical. 7
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.”
5 tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”
6 tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”
7 tn Or “sincere.”
