Yakobus 1:13

1:13 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

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 

¹ tn Or “God must not be tested by evil people.”

² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

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.

⁴ sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.