Yakobus 1:23

1:23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone ¹  who gazes at his own face ²  in a mirror.

Yakobus 2:11

2:11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” ³  also said, “Do not murder.” ⁴  Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

Yakobus 3:2

3:2 For we all stumble ⁵  in many ways. If someone does not stumble ⁶  in what he says, ⁷  he is a perfect individual, ⁸  able to control the entire body as well.

[1:23]  ¹ tn The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” However, as BDAG 79 s.v. 2 says, here it is “equivalent to τὶς someone, a person.”

[1:23]  ² tn Grk “the face of his beginning [or origin].”

[2:11]  ³ sn A quotation from Exod 20:14 and Deut 5:18.

[2:11]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Exod 20:13 and Deut 5:17.

[3:2]  ⁵ tn Or “fail.”

[3:2]  ⁶ tn Or “fail.”

[3:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “in speech.”

[3:2]  ⁸ 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).