Yakobus 2:1

Prejudice and the Law of Love

2:1 My brothers and sisters, ¹  do not show prejudice ²  if you possess faith ³  in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴ 

Yakobus 2:14

Faith and Works Together

2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, ⁵  if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith ⁶  save him? ⁷ 

Yakobus 3:1

The Power of the Tongue

3:1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, ⁸  because you know that we will be judged more strictly. ⁹ 

Yakobus 3:12

3:12 Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, ¹⁰  or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water.

[2:1]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[2:1]  ² tn Or “partiality.”

[2:1]  ³ tn Grk “do not have faith with personal prejudice,” with emphasis on the last phrase.

[2:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “our Lord Jesus Christ of glory.” Here δόξης (doxhs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

[2:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[2:14]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.

[3:1]  ⁸ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[3:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “will receive a greater judgment.”

[3:12]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.