Yakobus 1:17
Konteks1:17 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 2:14
Konteks2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, 4 if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith 5 save him? 6
[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).
[2:14] 4 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
[2:14] 5 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] 6 sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.