Yakobus 1:17

1:17 All generous giving and every perfect gift ¹  is from above, coming down ²  from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change. ³ 

Yakobus 1:25

1:25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, ⁴  and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he ⁵  will be blessed in what he does. ⁶ 

Yakobus 5:20

5:20 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.

[1:17]  ¹ tn The first phrase refers to the action of giving and the second to what is given.

[1:17]  ² tn Or “All generous giving and every perfect gift from above is coming down.”

[1:17]  ³ tn Grk “variation or shadow of turning” (referring to the motions of heavenly bodies causing variations of light and darkness).

[1:25]  ⁴ tn Grk “continues.”

[1:25]  ⁵ tn Grk “this one.”

[1:25]  ⁶ tn Grk “in his doing.”

[5:20]  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).

[5:20]  ⁸ tn Grk “his soul”; the referent (the sinner mentioned at the beginning of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.