Yakobus 1:5
Konteks1:5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.
Yakobus 1:13
Konteks1:13 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 1:19
Konteks1:19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! 2 Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
Yakobus 2:14
Konteks2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, 3 if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith 4 save him? 5
Yakobus 2:23
Konteks2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” 6 and he was called God’s friend. 7
Yakobus 3:3
Konteks3:3 And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies. 8
Yakobus 3:14
Konteks3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.
Yakobus 3:17
Konteks3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, 9 full of mercy and good fruit, 10 impartial, and not hypocritical. 11
Yakobus 4:12
Konteks4:12 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? 12
[1:13] 1 tn Or “God must not be tested by evil people.”
[1:19] 2 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
[2:14] 3 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
[2:14] 4 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] 5 sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.
[2:23] 6 sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.
[2:23] 7 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.”
[3:3] 8 tn Grk “their entire body.”
[3:17] 9 tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”
[3:17] 10 tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”