Yakobus 4:7

4:7 So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Yakobus 1:9

1:9 Now the believer ¹  of humble means ²  should take pride ³  in his high position. ⁴ 

Yakobus 2:13

2:13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over ⁵  judgment.

Yakobus 4:8

4:8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded. ⁶ 

Yakobus 5:10

5:10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, ⁷  take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name.

Yakobus 2:23

2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” ⁸  and he was called God’s friend. ⁹ 

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 ¹⁰  him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Yakobus 1:11

1:11 For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. ¹¹  So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

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 2:3

2:3 do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say, ¹⁴  “You sit here in a good place,” ¹⁵  and to the poor person, “You stand over there,” or “Sit on the floor”? ¹⁶ 

Yakobus 2:5

2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! ¹⁷  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?

[1:9]  ¹ tn Grk “brother.” Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. TEV, NLT “Christians”; CEV “God’s people”). The term broadly connotes familial relationships within the family of God (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a).

[1:9]  ² tn Grk “the lowly brother,” but “lowly/humble” is clarified in context by the contrast with “wealthy” in v. 10.

[1:9]  ³ tn Grk “let him boast.”

[1:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “his height,” “his exaltation.”

[2:13]  ⁵ tn Grk “boasts against, exults over,” in victory.

[4:8]  ⁶ tn Or “two-minded” (the same description used in 1:8).

[5:10]  ⁷ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[2:23]  ⁸ sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.

[2:23]  ⁹ 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.”

[5:14]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “anointing.”

[1:11]  ¹¹ tn Or “perishes,” “is destroyed.”

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

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

[2:3]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “and you pay attention…and say,” continuing the “if” clauses from v. 2. In the Greek text, vv. 2-4 form one long sentence.

[2:3]  ¹⁵ tn Or “sit here, please.”

[2:3]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “sit under my footstool.” The words “on the floor” have been supplied in the translation to clarify for the modern reader the undesirability of this seating arrangement (so also TEV, NIV, CEV, NLT). Another option followed by a number of translations is to replace “under my footstool” with “at my feet” (NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[2:5]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.