Discovery BoxJames 2:4 
Context2:4 If so, have you not made distinctions 1 among yourselves and become judges with evil motives? 2
James 2:15
Context2:15 If a brother or sister 3 is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,
James 2:17
Context2:17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.
1 tn Grk “have you not made distinctions” (as the conclusion to the series of “if” clauses in vv. 2-3).
2 tn Grk “judges of evil reasonings.”
3 tn It is important to note that the words ἀδελφός (adelfos) and ἀδελφή (adelfh) both occur in the Greek text at this point, confirming that the author intended to refer to both men and women. See the note on “someone” in 2:2.
