Yakobus 2:12

2:12 Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom. ¹ 

Yakobus 3:16

3:16 For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.

Yakobus 4:4

4:4 Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? ²  So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.

Yakobus 4:12-16

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? ³ 

4:13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town ⁴  and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.” 4:14 You ⁵  do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? ⁶  For you are a puff of smoke ⁷  that appears for a short time and then vanishes. 4:15 You ought to say instead, ⁸  “If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.” 4:16 But as it is, ⁹  you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

[2:12]  ¹ tn Grk “a law of freedom.”

[4:4]  ² tn Grk “is hostility toward God.”

[4:12]  ³ tn Grk “who judges your neighbor.”

[4:13]  ⁴ tn Or “city.”

[4:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “who” (continuing the description of the people of v. 13). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:14]  ⁶ tn Or “you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow.”

[4:14]  ⁷ tn Or “a vapor.” The Greek word ἀτμίς (atmis) denotes a swirl of smoke arising from a fire (cf. Gen 19:28; Lev 16:13; Joel 2:30 [Acts 2:19]; Ezek 8:11).

[4:15]  ⁸ tn Grk “instead of your saying.”

[4:16]  ⁹ tn Grk “but now.”