Discovery BoxJames 2:5 
Context2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! 1 Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
James 2:11
Context2:11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” 2 also said, “Do not murder.” 3 Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.
James 5:14
Context5:14 Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint 4 him with oil in the name of the Lord.
James 5:17
Context5:17 Elijah was a human being 5 like us, and he prayed earnestly 6 that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!
James 5:20
Context5:20 he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path 7 will save that person’s 8 soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
2 sn A quotation from Exod 20:14 and Deut 5:18.
3 sn A quotation from Exod 20:13 and Deut 5:17.
4 tn Grk “anointing.”
5 tn Although it is certainly true that Elijah was a “man,” here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") has been translated as “human being” because the emphasis in context is not on Elijah’s masculine gender, but on the common humanity he shared with the author and the readers.
6 tn Grk “he prayed with prayer” (using a Hebrew idiom to show intensity).
7 tn Grk “from the error of his way” (using the same root as the verb “to wander, to err” in the first part of the verse).
8 tn Grk “his soul”; the referent (the sinner mentioned at the beginning of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
