Yakobus 1:10

1:10 But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow. ¹ 

Yakobus 2:14

Faith and Works Together

2:14 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 

Yakobus 4:1

Passions and Pride

4:1 Where do the conflicts and where ⁵  do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, ⁶  from your passions that battle inside you? ⁷ 

Yakobus 4:8

4:8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded. ⁸ 

Yakobus 4:12-13

4:12 But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge – the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor? ⁹ 

4:13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town ¹⁰  and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”

[1:10]  ¹ tn Grk “a flower of grass.”

[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.

[4:1]  ⁵ tn The word “where” is repeated in Greek for emphasis.

[4:1]  ⁶ tn Grk “from here.”

[4:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “in your members [i.e., parts of the body].”

[4:8]  ⁸ tn Or “two-minded” (the same description used in 1:8).

[4:12]  ⁹ tn Grk “who judges your neighbor.”

[4:13]  ¹⁰ tn Or “city.”