Yakobus 1:8

1:8 since he is a double-minded individual, ¹  unstable in all his ways.

Yakobus 1:2

Joy in Trials

1:2 My brothers and sisters, ²  consider it nothing but joy ³  when you fall into all sorts of trials,

1 Petrus 2:14

2:14 or to governors as those he commissions ⁴  to punish wrongdoers and praise ⁵  those who do good.

[1:8]  ¹ tn Grk “a man of two minds,” continuing the description of the person in v. 7, giving the reason that he cannot expect to receive anything. The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” But it sometimes is used generically to mean “anyone,” “a person,” as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 2).

[1:8]  sn A double-minded man is one whose devotion to God is less than total. His attention is divided between God and other things, and as a consequence he is unstable and therefore unable to receive from God.

[1:2]  ² tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited). Where the plural term is used in direct address, as here, “brothers and sisters” is used; where the term is singular and not direct address (as in v. 9), “believer” is preferred.

[1:2]  ³ tn Grk “all joy,” “full joy,” or “greatest joy.”

[2:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “those sent by him.”

[2:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “for the punishment…and the praise.”