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The New International Commentary on the New Testament: The Letter of James / Scot McKnight

Contents Editor's Preface Author's Preface Abbreviations Bibliography

Commentaries on James Standard Texts and Translations Other Literature

Introduction

James in the Story James: Who Wrote the Letter?

James, Brother of Jesus, in the New Testament James, Brother of Jesus, outside the New Testament James, Brother of Jesus, and the Letter James, Brother of Jesus, and the Greek Style of James James, Brother of Jesus, and Theology

What Are the Central Themes of James?

God Ethics

What is the Structure of James?

Commentary

1. Salutation (1:1) 2. The Christian and Trials (1:2-18)

2.1. The Purpose of Testing (1:2-4) 2.2. The Need for Wisdom during Testing (1:5-8) 2.3. Poverty and Wealth as a Test (1:9-11) 2.4. God, Trials, and Testing (1:12-18)

2.4.1. Recapitulation (1:12) Excursus: Macarisms in Context 2.4.2. Tests and Temptations (1:13-15) 2.4.3. God and Temptations (1:16-18)

3. General Exhortations (1:19-27)

3.1. An Exhortation on Speech (1:19-21) 3.2. An Exhortation on Hearing and Doing (1:22-25) 3.3. An Exhortation on Pure Religion (1:26-27)

4. The Christian and Partiality (2:1-13)

4.1. Inconsistency (2:1-4) 4.2. Interrogation (2:5-7) 4.3. Instruction (2:8-13)

5. The Christian and Works (2:14-26)

5.1. Interrogation (2:14-17) 5.2. Challenge and Responses (2:18-26)

5.2.1. The Interlocutor's Statement (2:18a) 5.2.2. The Responses of James (2:18b-26)

5.2.2.1. Regarding Faith and Works (2:18b) 5.2.2.2. Regarding Creedal Faith (2:19) 5.2.2.3. Regarding Biblical Proof (2:20-26)

5.2.2.3.1. Question about Proof (2:20) 5.2.2.3.2. First Proof: Abraham (2:21-24) 5.2.2.3.3. Second Proof: Rahab (2:25) 5.2.2.3.4. Conclusion (2:26)

Brief Excursus: James and Paul

6. General Exhortations for Teachers (3:1-4:12)

6.1. Teachers and the Tongue (3:1-12)

6.1.1. The Warning (3:1-2) 6.1.2. The Magnitude of the Tongue's Impact (3:3-12)

6.1.2.1. The Problem: Three Analogies (3:3-6) 6.1.2.2. The Difficulty: Taming the Tongue (3:7-8) 6.1.2.3. The Challenge: Tragedy and the Tongue (3:9-12)

6.1.2.3.1. The Problem Restated (3:9-10) 6.1.2.3.2. The Problem Illustrated (3:11-12)

6.2. Teachers and Wisdom (3:13-18)

6.2.1. Question (3:13a) 6.2.2. Answer (3:13b) 6.2.3. The Problem of False Wisdom (3:14-16)

6.2.3.1. The Impact on Truth of False Wisdom (3:14) 6.2.3.2. The Source of False Wisdom (3:15) 6.2.3.3. The Communal Impact of False Wisdom (3:16)

6.2.4. The Potential of True Wisdom (3:17-18)

6.3. Teachers and Dissensions (4:1-10)

6.3.1. The Origin of Division (4:1-3)

6.3.1.1. The Question (4:1a) 6.3.1.2. The Question Answered with a Question (4:1b) 6.3.1.3. The Answer Explored (4:2-3)

6.3.2. Accusations against the Divisive (4:4-6)

6.3.2.1. Friendship (4:4) 6.3.2.2. Scriptural Exploration (4:5-6)

6.3.2.2.1. Paraphrase (4:5-6a) 6.3.2.2.2. Citation of Scripture (4:6b)

6.3.3. Commands for the Divisive (4:7-10)

6.3.3.1. Submission (4:7a) 6.3.3.2. Resistance (4:7b) 6.3.3.3. Drawing Near to God (4:8a) 6.3.3.4. Cleansing and Purification (4:8b) 6.3.3.5. Repentance (4:9) 6.3.3.6. Humility and Its Promise (4:10)

6.4. Teachers, the Community and the Tongue (4:11-12)

6.4.1. Prohibition (4:11a) 6.4.2. Explanation of Prohibition (4:llb-12a)

6.4.2.1. Statement (4:11b) 6.4.2.2. Clarification (4:11c) 6.4.2.3. Foundation (4:12a)

6.4.3. Concluding Question (4:12b)

7. The Messianic Community and the Wealthy (4:13-5:11)

7.1. The Sin of Presumption (4:13-17)

7.1.1. Description of the Sin of Presumption (4:13) 7.1.2. James's Instruction (4:14-17)

7.1.2.1. The Brevity of Life (4:14) 7.1.2.2. Providence or Presumption (4:15-16) 7.1.2.3. Conclusion (4:17)

7.2. The Sin of Oppression (5:1-6)

7.2.1. The Opening Warning (5:1) 7.2.2. The Lifestyle of the Rich Farmers (5:2-3) 7.2.3. A Revelation (5:4) 7.2.4. The Description of the Rich Resumed (5:5-6)

7.2.4.1. Luxury (5:5) 7.2.4.2. Violence (5:6)

7.3. The Messianic Community's Response to the Wealthy (5:7-11)

7.3.1. First Exhortation to Patience (5:7)

7.3.1.1. Exhortation (5:7a) 7.3.1.2. Reason (5:7b)

7.3.2. Second Exhortation to Patience (5:8)

7.3.2.1. Exhortation (5:8a) 7.3.2.2. Reason (5:8b)

7.3.3. Exhortation about Speech (5:9)

7.3.3.1. Exhortation (5:9a) 7.3.3.2. Reason (5:9b)

7.3.4. Third Reason for Patience (5:10-11)

7.3.4.1. The Prophets (5:10-11a) 7.3.4.2. Job (5:11b)

8. Concluding Exhortations (5:12-20)

8.1. Oaths (5:12) 8.2. Prayer and Healing in the Community (5:13-18) 8.3. Three Ecclesial Conditions and Three Responses (5:13-14)

8.3.1. Suffering and Prayer (5:13a) 8.3.2. Cheerfulness and Songs of Praise (5:13b) 8.3.3. Sickness — Summon the Elders (5:14)

8.4. The Need for the Prayer of Faith (5:15a) 8.5. The Promise of Forgiveness (5:15b) 8.6. The Exhortation to Confession (5:16a) 8.7. The Need for Righteous Persons to Pray (5:16b-18) 8.8. Communal Restoration (5:19-20)

8.8.1. The Restorer's Task (5:19) 8.8.2. The Results of Restoration (5:20)

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Old Testament Apocrypha Pseudepigrapha Dead Sea Scrolls Philo Josephus Rabbinic Literature Early Christian Literature Other Ancient Literature

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