Yakobus 1:13
Konteks1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, 1 and he himself tempts no one.
Yakobus 2:14
Konteks2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, 2 if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith 3 save him? 4
[1:13] 1 tn Or “God must not be tested by evil people.”
[2:14] 2 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
[2:14] 3 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.
[2:14] 4 sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.