Notes for James
James 1
fver 12; S Mt 5:12; Heb 10:34; 12:11
1 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.
kPs 51:6; Da 1:17; 2:21; S Mt 7:7
pJob 14:2; Ps 103:15, 16; Isa 40:6, 7; 1Co 7:31; 1Pe 1:24
tver 2; Ge 22:1; Jas 5:11; 1Pe 3:14
vEx 20:6; 1Co 2:9; 8:3; Jas 2:5
xGe 3:6; Job 15:35; Ps 7:14; Isa 59:4
bPs 85:12; Jn 3:27; Jas 3:15, 17
cGe 1:16; Ps 136:7; Da 2:22; 1Jn 1:5
nPs 19:7; Jn 8:32; Gal 2:4; Jas 2:12
pPs 34:13; 39:1; 141:3; Jas 3:2–12; 1Pe 3:10
James 2
bver 9; Dt 1:17; Lev 19:15; Pr 24:23; S Ac 10:34
1 2:8 Lev. 19:18
2 2:11 Exodus 20:14; Deut. 5:18
3 2:11 Exodus 20:13; Deut. 5:17
tMt 5:7; 9:13; 12:7; 18:32–35; Lk 6:37
4 2:20 Some early manuscripts dead
James 3
James 4
cMt 5:21, 22; Jas 5:6; 1Jn 3:15
fIsa 54:5; Jer 3:20; Hos 2:2–5; 3:1; 9:1
1 4:4 An allusion to covenant unfaithfulness; see Hosea 3:1.
2 4:5 Or that the spirit he caused to dwell in us envies intensely; or that the Spirit he caused to dwell in us longs jealously
3 4:6 Prov. 3:34
mPs 73:28; Zec 1:3; Mal 3:7; Heb 7:19
4 4:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.
James 5