Yakobus 1:18

1:18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth ¹  through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

Yakobus 2:23

2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” ²  and he was called God’s friend. ³ 

Yakobus 2:25

2:25 And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?

Yakobus 3:5

3:5 So too the tongue is a small part of the body, ⁴  yet it has great pretensions. ⁵  Think ⁶  how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.

Yakobus 5:16

5:16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness. ⁷ 

Yakobus 5:20

5:20 he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path ⁸  will save that person’s ⁹  soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

[1:18]  ¹ tn Grk “Having willed, he gave us birth.”

[2:23]  ² sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.

[2:23]  ³ sn An allusion to 2 Chr 20:7; Isa 41:8; 51:2; Dan 3:35 (LXX), in which Abraham is called God’s “beloved.”

[3:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “a small member.”

[3:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “boasts of great things.”

[3:5]  ⁶ tn Grk “Behold.”

[5:16]  ⁷ tn Or “the fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful”; Grk “is very powerful in its working.”

[5:20]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ tn Grk “his soul”; the referent (the sinner mentioned at the beginning of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.