Yakobus 3:3

3:3 And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies. ¹ 

Yakobus 1:4

1:4 And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

Yakobus 5:9

5:9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, ²  so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates! ³ 

Yakobus 1:18

1:18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth ⁴  through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

Yakobus 5:16-17

5:16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness. ⁵  5:17 Elijah was a human being ⁶  like us, and he prayed earnestly ⁷  that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!

Yakobus 5:12

5:12 And above all, my brothers and sisters, ⁸  do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your “Yes” be yes and your “No” be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.

Yakobus 5:14

5:14 Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint ⁹  him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Yakobus 2:5

2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! ¹⁰  Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

Yakobus 5:18

5:18 Then ¹¹  he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.

Yakobus 4:3

4:3 you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.

Yakobus 2:22

2:22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.

Yakobus 1:27

1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before ¹²  God the Father ¹³  is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Yakobus 3:13

True Wisdom

3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings. ¹⁴ 

[3:3]  ¹ tn Grk “their entire body.”

[5:9]  ² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[5:9]  ³ sn The term gates is used metaphorically here. The physical referent would be the entrances to the city, but the author uses the term to emphasize the imminence of the judge’s approach.

[1:18]  ⁴ tn Grk “Having willed, he gave us birth.”

[5:16]  ⁵ tn Or “the fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful”; Grk “is very powerful in its working.”

[5:17]  ⁶ tn Although it is certainly true that Elijah was a “man,” here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") has been translated as “human being” because the emphasis in context is not on Elijah’s masculine gender, but on the common humanity he shared with the author and the readers.

[5:17]  ⁷ tn Grk “he prayed with prayer” (using a Hebrew idiom to show intensity).

[5:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[5:14]  ⁹ tn Grk “anointing.”

[2:5]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[5:18]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events.

[1:27]  ¹² tn Or “in the sight of”; Grk “with.”

[1:27]  ¹³ tn Grk “the God and Father.”

[3:13]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “works in the gentleness of wisdom.”