Questions tagged [james]
Questions about the general epistle of James.
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Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers: James 3:1
What did the disciple James mean when he said: " Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly ".James 3:1NET
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Cultural context for the book of James [closed]
What was going on culturally and historically at the time of the book of James.
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Why did the translators add the words "that they may be healed" to James 5 v 16
In my Interlinear bible, the words 'ye may be healed' come under one Greek word iaomai (Strongs No G2390) to cure, heal, make whole. For some, adding the word may introduces some doubt, ie may or may ...
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Was Job being impatient in Job 21:4?
King James Bible, James 5:11
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
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In James 2:23, does the use of the word "fulfilled" (ἐπληρώθη) suggest that Genesis 15:6 was a prophecy about the future (IE: Genesis 22:12)?
[Jas 2:20-26 NASB] (20) But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? (21) Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son ...
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Is James 2:19 referencing 1 Enoch 13:5?
“You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons δαιμονια believe—and shudder!”
James 2:19
If James is not referencing 1 Enoch 13:5 then from where does he get his information about ...
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In James 5:13-20, is James appealing to Job 33?
In Job 32, Elius is indignant that Job would suggest that he is suffering innocently:
LXX2012(i) 1 And his three friends also ceased any longer to answer Job: for Job was righteous before them. 2 ...
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Which scripture does James 4:5 allude to? [duplicate]
English Standard Version James 4:5
Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?
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James 1:12 “Crown of Life”
I would like to ask what does the “Crown of Life” means in the context of James 1:12 (NLT):
”God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of ...
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Was Jesus tempted in the manner described in James 1:14?
Was Jesus tempted in the manner described in James 1:14?
"But one is tempted by one’s own desire (ἐπιθυμίας), being lured (ἐξελκόμενος) and enticed (δελεαζόμενος) by it; 15 then, when that ...
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Did the apostles think that the end is imminent?
Paul:
Romans 13:11-12.
1 Corinthians 7:29.
1 Thessalonians 4:15.
Hebrews 10:37.
James:
James 5:8.
Peter:
1 Peter 4:7.
The question is so simple:
Did the apostles think that the end is imminent?
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1 Peter 2:11, does Peter mean by (soul) (the spirit)?
1 Peter 2:11 (DRB):
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,
It's clear that the Bible distinguishes between (...
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James 4:4, Could we use two different English words as translations for the Latin words (mundi) and (saeculi)?
James 4:4, Latin Vulgate:
adulteri nescitis quia amicitia huius mundi inimica est Dei quicumque ergo voluerit amicus esse saeculi huius inimicus Dei constituitur
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Are we saved by faith alone or by faith with works? James 2:14-17 [closed]
James 2:14-17
What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one ...
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Prayer of faith or oil that heals the sick in James 5:14-15?
James 5:14-15 NIV
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will ...
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Is it adulterers and adulteresses in James 4:4?
James 4:4 NASB
4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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What is the spiritual significance of the "early and latter rain" mentioned in James 5:7?
What is the spiritual significance of the "early and latter rain" mentioned in
James 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the
Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the ...
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Is it accepted logically that God "resists" the proud, in James 4:6?
What is the accurate translation of "ἀντιτάσσεται"in the Greek text of James 4:6?
Some English versions of the Bible have the meaning "resists", others have the meaning "opposes".
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James 1:8 - Is δίψυχος the ancient equivalent of bipolar mood disorder?
James 1:8 (ESV),
he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Here "double-minded" is a translation of δίψυχος, a compound of δίς, meaning "twice" (from δύο, the number "2") and ψυχή, ...
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James 4:2, who are the murderers?
«You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.»
James 4:2 NKJV
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What was the time gap between the event Abraham justified by Faith in James 2:23 a and later Abraham justified by works in James 2:21?
What was the time gap between the event Abraham justified by Faith in
James 2:23 Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for
righteousness
Genesis 15:6 And he believed in the ...
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Does Ephesians 5:3 mean that if a person fall into sins "sexual" or "covetous" he/she should not confess it to anyone in the Church?
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Ephesians 5:3 But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness
must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
mean that if a person fall into sins that are "sexual" or ...
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In James 2:8 why does James refer to Leviticus 19:18 as "the royal law"?
[James 2:8 KJV]
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
James 2:8 εἰ μέντοι νόμον τελεῖτε βασιλικὸν κατὰ τὴν γραφήν ...
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In James 2:23 how does the author quote Genesis 15:6?
In buttressing his narrative about faith and works James makes reference to the Isaac and Rahab incidents in Genesis and Joshua respectively as a model of how faith and works go hand in hand
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How often should we visit those in distress according to James 1:27?
In James 1:27 it says
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. - James 1:27 ...
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How does Acts 15:21 link to Acts 15:20?
Acts 15:19-21 (NIV) “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food ...
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In James 1:13, what does "God" mean in "for God cannot be tempted by evil"?
In Matt. 4:1, Jesus is tempted. Jesus is God and therefore God can be tempted.
Perhaps what James is saying here is that there is no chance that Jesus who is perfect would ever give into temptation. ...
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What does "rich in faith " in James 2:5 mean?
What does rich in faith in James 2:5 mean?. Is the same concept mentioned in the other verses below?
I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that ...
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What is the meaning of "course of nature" (wheel of birth) in James 3:6 (KJV)?
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue
among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on
fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.- KJV
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What does Elijah's prayer for drought have to do with prayers for healing? (James 5:17-18)
I am curious why James selects Elijah’s prayers starting and ending a drought in Israel as an example of how powerfully a righteous man’s prayer can give healing (James 5:17-18). How does this ...
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To whom was the epistle of James written?
KJV Jas 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to
the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
To all Jews?
To all believing Jews?
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What does it mean to be "swift to hear and slow to speak, slow to wrath"?
James 1:19 (KJV) reads:
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath...
How would James' original audience have practices being "swift to hear and ...
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What is meant by the "perfect work" of patience in James 1:4
James Taught:
*James:1.2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
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In James 1:17, what does "father of lights" mean?
What is meant by the phrase "father of lights"?
James 1:13-18 (KJV)
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
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What does it mean to "Patiently Endure"?
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What does it mean to "Patiently Endure"? In English, this seems a little redundant, (or perhaps emphatic?).
Is this verse really saying that a believer should have a particular ...
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What does James 1:17 mean by 'perfect gift'?
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. (James 1:17, NIV)
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To whom was the apostle referring to in James 5:1-6? [duplicate]
(KJV)James 5:1-6
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you . [2] Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. [3] Your gold and silver is ...
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James 4:6-9 - Why are the recipients to be wretched, mourn and weep?
In James chapter 4, the author is rebuking the letter's recipients for their current behaviour. As the text progresses, he gradually strengthens his language about this until he's telling them to ...
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How long was the drought caused by Elijah's prayers?
We read in James that:
James 5:17
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and ...
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Is James 2:14 two questions or one?
Τί τὸ ὄφελος ἀδελφοί μου ἐὰν πίστιν λέγῃ τις ἔχειν ἔργα
δὲ μὴ ἔχῃ μὴ δύναται ἡ πίστις σῶσαι αὐτόν
what the profit brothers of me if faith say anyone to have works
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If faith without deeds/actions is dead, then what these concrete actions are?
I have been very concerned lately with James 2 (starting on verse 14), as this appears to be central to one's faith and salvation - especially with actions related to faith.
What good is it, dear ...
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James 4:5: who is jealously yearning over the holy spirit?
I always wanted to ask this question to a Bible teacher about James 4:5.
Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to ...
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What does "a double minded man" in James 1:8 mean?
James 1:8 (KJV) says,
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
What does this mean?
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Jam 5:16 who is this 'confession' being made to?
When James tells us to confess our trespass, who is the confession being made to?
James 5:14-16 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of
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What is the meaning of the Greek word "ask" as used in James 1:5?
What is the meaning of the Greek word "ask" as used in James 1:5? The verse reads (NA28 | ESV):
Εἰ δέ τις ὑμῶν λείπεται σοφίας, αἰτείτω παρὰ τοῦ διδόντος θεοῦ πᾶσιν ἁπλῶς καὶ μὴ ὀνειδίζοντος, καὶ ...
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Where did James get the idea that breaking one commandment means breaking all?
James 2:10 (NIV) reads:
For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is
guilty of breaking all of it.
Is it in the torah?
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Is NLT rendering of εἰ μὴ in Gal. 1:19 correct? [duplicate]
In the NLT we see a very explicit rendering of εἰ μὴ as an exception: NLT Gal. 1:19 The only other apostle I met at that time was James, the Lord’s brother.
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Who wrote James?
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion:
Greetings.
Paul identifies one James as the brother of Jesus (Galatians 1.19; cf. Mark 6.3). He also ...
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In James 2:7, what is the meaning of the phrase «τὸ ἐπικληθὲν ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς»?
The Greek text of Jam. 2:7 according to the Textus Receptus states,
Ζʹ οὐκ αὐτοὶ βλασφημοῦσιν τὸ καλὸν ὄνομα τὸ ἐπικληθὲν ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς TR, 1550
which the King James Version translates into English as,
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In James 5:14, why does James write ἀλείψαντες rather than χρίσαντες?
In Jam. 5:14, it is written,
ΙΔʹ ἀσθενεῖ τις ἐν ὑμῖν προσκαλεσάσθω τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς ἐκκλησίας καὶ προσευξάσθωσαν ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἀλείψαντες αὐτὸν ἐλαίῳ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου TR, 1550
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