Discovery BoxJames 2:16 
Context2:16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, 1 what good is it?
James 3:2
Context3:2 For we all stumble 2 in many ways. If someone does not stumble 3 in what he says, 4 he is a perfect individual, 5 able to control the entire body as well.
1 tn Grk “what is necessary for the body.”
2 tn Or “fail.”
3 tn Or “fail.”
4 tn Grk “in speech.”
5 tn The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” But it sometimes is used generically to mean “anyone,” “a person,” as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 2).
