Book,Chapter,Verse,Teaching,Keywords James,1,1,"At the time this letter was written there were Jews scattered throughout the world","JEWS,LETTER,SCATTERED,THERE,TIME,WORLD,WRITTEN" James,1,1,"James identifies himself as a servant of God","GOD,HIMSELF,IDENTIFIES,JAMES,SERVANT" James,1,1,"James identifies himself as a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ","CHRIST,HIMSELF,IDENTIFIES,JAMES,JESUS,LORD,SERVANT" James,1,1,"James sent his greetings to the Jews","GREETINGS,HIS,JAMES,JEWS,SENT" James,1,1,"James wrote this letter to the Jews who had been scattered throughout the world (the 'twelve tribes which are scattered abroad')","JAMES,JEWS,LETTER,SCATTERED,TRIBES,TWELVE,WHICH,WHO,WORLD,WROTE" James,1,1,"Jesus is Lord","JESUS,LORD" James,1,1,"Jesus is the Messiah (the Christ)","CHRIST,JESUS,MESSIAH" James,1,1,"This letter was written by James","JAMES,LETTER,WRITTEN" James,1,2,"Christians should expect to encounter times of suffering; this should not be unexpected or surprising","CHRISTIANS,ENCOUNTER,EXPECT,NOT,SHOULD,SUFFERING,SURPRISING,TIMES,UNEXPECTED" James,1,2,"Christians should look at trials and suffering as a source of joy","CHRISTIANS,JOY,LOOK,SHOULD,SOURCE,SUFFERING,TRIALS" James,1,2,"Christians should rejoice when they encounter periods of their lives that are full of suffering","CHRISTIANS,ENCOUNTER,FULL,LIVES,REJOICE,SHOULD,SUFFERING,WHEN" James,1,2,"If suffering should be a cause of rejoicing among Christians, then there is a positive aspect to it that Christians should value","AMONG,CAUSE,CHRISTIANS,IF,REJOICING,SHOULD,SUFFERING,THERE,VALUE" James,1,2,"James calls his fellow Christians 'brethren', not 'brothers and sisters'; that is not seen as sexist or inappropriate","BRETHREN,BROTHERS,CALLS,CHRISTIANS,FELLOW,HIS,INAPPROPRIATE,JAMES,NOT,SEEN,SISTERS" James,1,2,"James depicts suffering as something that Christians 'fall into' (like some sort of unexpected trap or hole)","CHRISTIANS,DEPICTS,FALL,HOLE,JAMES,LIKE,SOME,SOMETHING,SUFFERING,TRAP,UNEXPECTED" James,1,2,"James refers to fellow Christians as 'brethren'","BRETHREN,CHRISTIANS,FELLOW,JAMES,REFERS" James,1,3,"It is extremely important for Christians to develop patience","CHRISTIANS,EXTREMELY,IMPORTANT,PATIENCE" James,1,3,"It is good for our faith to be tested through suffering, because the fruit of that suffering is patience","BECAUSE,FAITH,FRUIT,GOOD,OUR,PATIENCE,SUFFERING,TESTED" James,1,3,"Patience is an important virtue that Christians should have","CHRISTIANS,IMPORTANT,PATIENCE,SHOULD,VIRTUE" James,1,3,"The reason that Christians should rejoice at times of suffering is because times of suffering test our faith, and the testing of our faith is what produces patience","BECAUSE,CHRISTIANS,FAITH,OUR,PATIENCE,PRODUCES,REASON,REJOICE,SHOULD,SUFFERING,TEST,TESTING,TIMES,WHAT" James,1,3,"The testing of our faith produces patience","FAITH,OUR,PATIENCE,PRODUCES,TESTING" James,1,3,"The way to develop patience is through times of trial and suffering","PATIENCE,SUFFERING,TIMES,TRIAL" James,1,3,"The way to develop patience is through times when our faith is being tested, which happens during times of suffering","BEING,DURING,FAITH,HAPPENS,OUR,PATIENCE,SUFFERING,TESTED,TIMES,WHEN,WHICH" James,1,3,"There are times when our faith will be tested","FAITH,OUR,TESTED,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" James,1,3,"Times of suffering test our faith","FAITH,OUR,SUFFERING,TEST,TIMES" James,1,4,"A Christian who lacks patience is lacking something important, and is not perfect","CHRISTIAN,IMPORTANT,LACKING,LACKS,NOT,PATIENCE,PERFECT,SOMETHING,WHO" James,1,4,"Christians should endure suffering in order to develop patience","CHRISTIANS,ENDURE,ORDER,PATIENCE,SHOULD,SUFFERING" James,1,4,"If we want to be perfect, and have everything that we need to faithfully serve God, then we need patience; the way to develop patience is through suffering","EVERYTHING,FAITHFULLY,GOD,IF,NEED,PATIENCE,PERFECT,SERVE,SUFFERING,WANT" James,1,4,"James said that the work of developing patience is a 'perfect work'; it is a work that helps us toward perfection, and is a work that we should rejoice over","HELPS,JAMES,PATIENCE,PERFECT,PERFECTION,REJOICE,SAID,SHOULD,WORK" James,1,4,"James sees value in suffering, because of the fruit that it produces in a person's life","BECAUSE,FRUIT,JAMES,LIFE,PERSON,PRODUCES,SEES,SUFFERING,VALUE" James,1,4,"Patience is important; Christians need patience in order to be perfect","CHRISTIANS,IMPORTANT,NEED,ORDER,PATIENCE,PERFECT" James,1,5,"Christians should seek after wisdom","AFTER,CHRISTIANS,SEEK,SHOULD,WISDOM" James,1,5,"God does not condemn those who ask Him for wisdom","ASK,CONDEMN,GOD,HIM,NOT,WHO,WISDOM" James,1,5,"God has the ability to give us wisdom","ABILITY,GIVE,GOD,WISDOM" James,1,5,"God is willing to give an abundance of wisdom to those who ask for it","ABUNDANCE,ASK,GIVE,GOD,WHO,WILLING,WISDOM" James,1,5,"God is willing to give us wisdom","GIVE,GOD,WILLING,WISDOM" James,1,5,"God is willing to give wisdom to everyone who asks for it","ASKS,EVERYONE,GIVE,GOD,WHO,WILLING,WISDOM" James,1,5,"God will give us wisdom, if we ask Him for wisdom","ASK,GIVE,GOD,HIM,IF,WISDOM" James,1,5,"God will surely give wisdom to those who go to Him and ask for it","ASK,GIVE,GO,GOD,HIM,SURELY,WHO,WISDOM" James,1,5,"If anyone lacks wisdom, he should ask God to give him wisdom; if he asks God for wisdom then God will give him wisdom","ANYONE,ASK,ASKS,GIVE,GOD,HE,HIM,IF,LACKS,SHOULD,WISDOM" James,1,5,"It is good to seek after wisdom","AFTER,GOOD,SEEK,WISDOM" James,1,5,"The way to get wisdom is to go to God and ask for wisdom","ASK,GO,GOD,WISDOM" James,1,5,"There are some people who lack wisdom","LACK,PEOPLE,SOME,THERE,WHO,WISDOM" James,1,5,"Wisdom comes from God","COMES,GOD,WISDOM" James,1,6,"It is bad for a Christian to be tossed around; Christians should stay firmly rooted in the faith, and not tossed from one doctrine and belief to another","ANOTHER,BAD,BELIEF,CHRISTIAN,CHRISTIANS,DOCTRINE,FAITH,NOT,ONE,ROOTED,SHOULD,STAY,TOSSED" James,1,6,"Those who ask God for wisdom must have faith that He will grant that prayer, and must not waver in that faith","ASK,FAITH,GOD,GRANT,HE,MUST,NOT,PRAYER,WAVER,WHO,WISDOM" James,1,6,"Those who pray without faith (who 'waver') are like items in the sea that are tossed around by currents in the wind; they are unstable and are unable to stay firmly rooted in one place, and cannot go in the direction they would like","CANNOT,DIRECTION,FAITH,GO,ITEMS,LIKE,ONE,PLACE,PRAY,ROOTED,SEA,STAY,TOSSED,UNABLE,UNSTABLE,WAVER,WHO,WIND" James,1,7,"God has the power to grant our prayers","GOD,GRANT,OUR,POWER,PRAYERS" James,1,7,"If you want to receive something from the Lord then you must ask in faith and you must not waver; those who ask in faith and remain firm will be given wisdom","ASK,FAITH,FIRM,GIVEN,IF,LORD,MUST,NOT,RECEIVE,REMAIN,SOMETHING,WANT,WAVER,WHO,WISDOM,YOU" James,1,7,"It is foolish to pray without faith and expect God to hear and answer that prayer","ANSWER,EXPECT,FAITH,FOOLISH,GOD,HEAR,PRAY,PRAYER" James,1,7,"Prayer is important","IMPORTANT,PRAYER" James,1,7,"There are some prayers that God hears and answers","ANSWERS,GOD,HEARS,PRAYERS,SOME,THERE" James,1,7,"Those who pray but lack faith will not receive anything from the Lord","ANYTHING,FAITH,LACK,LORD,NOT,PRAY,RECEIVE,WHO" James,1,7,"Those who waver in their prayers will not receive anything from the Lord","ANYTHING,LORD,NOT,PRAYERS,RECEIVE,WAVER,WHO" James,1,8,"Being double minded and full of doubt is not a virtue or a sign of maturity; instead it is a sign of instability","BEING,DOUBLE,DOUBT,FULL,INSTEAD,MATURITY,MINDED,NOT,SIGN,VIRTUE" James,1,8,"Christians should not be double minded; we should be firmly rooted in the truth","CHRISTIANS,DOUBLE,MINDED,NOT,ROOTED,SHOULD,TRUTH" James,1,8,"It is bad to be double minded","BAD,DOUBLE,MINDED" James,1,8,"It is bad to be unstable","BAD,UNSTABLE" James,1,8,"It is important to be single minded","IMPORTANT,MINDED,SINGLE" James,1,8,"It is important to be stable","IMPORTANT,STABLE" James,1,8,"People who are double minded are unstable in everything that they do","DO,DOUBLE,EVERYTHING,MINDED,PEOPLE,UNSTABLE,WHO" James,1,8,"People who are double minded are unstable; they are like an item in the sea that is tossed about by the wind and waves","DOUBLE,ITEM,LIKE,MINDED,PEOPLE,SEA,TOSSED,UNSTABLE,WAVES,WHO,WIND" James,1,9,"It is good to rejoice when you are exalted","EXALTED,GOOD,REJOICE,WHEN,YOU" James,1,9,"There are some Christians who are 'of low degree' (poor)","CHRISTIANS,DEGREE,LOW,POOR,SOME,THERE,WHO" James,1,9,"There are times when Christians who are poor are exalted","CHRISTIANS,EXALTED,POOR,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WHO" James,1,9,"Those who are poor should rejoice when they are exalted","EXALTED,POOR,REJOICE,SHOULD,WHEN,WHO" James,1,10,"If wealth is temporary and quickly lost then it is foolish to trust in it, or look to it for safety; this is because it is a passing thing, like a flower","BECAUSE,FLOWER,FOOLISH,IF,LIKE,LOOK,LOST,PASSING,QUICKLY,SAFETY,TEMPORARY,THING,TRUST,WEALTH" James,1,10,"James compared the wealthy to a flower that blooms for a time and is then gone","COMPARED,FLOWER,GONE,JAMES,TIME,WEALTHY" James,1,10,"James did not want the rich to set their heart on their riches; instead he wanted them to understand that their wealth was not going to last","GOING,HE,HEART,INSTEAD,JAMES,LAST,NOT,RICH,RICHES,SET,UNDERSTAND,WANT,WANTED,WEALTH" James,1,10,"James saw value in the rich being humbled","BEING,HUMBLED,JAMES,RICH,SAW,VALUE" James,1,10,"The riches of the wealthy will one day pass away","AWAY,DAY,ONE,PASS,RICHES,WEALTHY" James,1,10,"The wealth of the rich is not as secure as people believe; it is something that exists only for a time and is then gone","BELIEVE,EXISTS,GONE,NOT,ONLY,PEOPLE,RICH,SECURE,SOMETHING,TIME,WEALTH" James,1,10,"There are some Christians who are rich","CHRISTIANS,RICH,SOME,THERE,WHO" James,1,10,"Those who are rich should rejoice when they are humbled","HUMBLED,REJOICE,RICH,SHOULD,WHEN,WHO" James,1,11,"Just as the glory of flowers is destroyed by the burning heat of the sun, so the rich man will also fade away; (this may be talking about persecution, or may be talking about some sort of end times judgment)","AWAY,BURNING,DESTROYED,END,FADE,FLOWERS,GLORY,HEAT,JUDGMENT,JUST,MAN,PERSECUTION,RICH,SOME,SUN,TALKING,TIMES" James,1,11,"The ways of the wealthy will not endure; they will not be able to stand the coming heat","ABLE,COMING,ENDURE,HEAT,NOT,STAND,WEALTHY" James,1,11,"The wealth of the rich is just as fleeting as the glory of flowers; once the heat of the sun comes, the glory will be gone","COMES,FLOWERS,GLORY,GONE,HEAT,JUST,ONCE,RICH,SUN,WEALTH" James,1,11,"Wealth is temporary (just like the glory of flowers)","FLOWERS,GLORY,JUST,LIKE,TEMPORARY,WEALTH" James,1,11,"When the sun rises with burning heat, it withers both grass and flowers; the burning heat of the sun causes the glory of flowers to be lost","BURNING,CAUSES,FLOWERS,GLORY,GRASS,HEAT,LOST,RISES,SUN,WHEN,WITHERS" James,1,12,"Blessed is the man that endures temptation; those who endure trials and keep the faith will be greatly blessed","BLESSED,ENDURE,ENDURES,FAITH,GREATLY,KEEP,MAN,TEMPTATION,TRIALS,WHO" James,1,12,"God does promise a reward for those who endure temptation (trials)","ENDURE,GOD,PROMISE,REWARD,TEMPTATION,TRIALS,WHO" James,1,12,"God has promised to give the crown of life to all those who love Him","ALL,CROWN,GIVE,GOD,HIM,LIFE,LOVE,PROMISED,WHO" James,1,12,"It is very important to endure temptation (trials)","ENDURE,IMPORTANT,TEMPTATION,TRIALS" James,1,12,"The crown of life will only be given to those who endure temptation (trials)","CROWN,ENDURE,GIVEN,LIFE,ONLY,TEMPTATION,TRIALS,WHO" James,1,12,"The reward for those who love Him is the crown of life","CROWN,HIM,LIFE,LOVE,REWARD,WHO" James,1,12,"The way that we demonstrate our love for Jesus is by enduring trials; those who endure the trials and keep the faith are the ones who genuinely love Him","DEMONSTRATE,ENDURE,ENDURING,FAITH,GENUINELY,HIM,JESUS,KEEP,LOVE,ONES,OUR,TRIALS,WHO" James,1,12,"There is a great blessing promised to those who endure trials and do not fall away","AWAY,BLESSING,DO,ENDURE,FALL,GREAT,NOT,PROMISED,THERE,TRIALS,WHO" James,1,12,"Those who endure temptation and keep the faith will be given the crown of life","CROWN,ENDURE,FAITH,GIVEN,KEEP,LIFE,TEMPTATION,WHO" James,1,13,"God cannot be tempted with evil; evil is not temping to God in any way","ANY,CANNOT,EVIL,GOD,NOT,TEMPTED" James,1,13,"God does not tempt anyone; He is not the one who tempts us","ANYONE,GOD,HE,NOT,ONE,TEMPT,TEMPTS,WHO" James,1,13,"There are times when we will be tempted; however, God is not the one who will tempt us","GOD,NOT,ONE,TEMPT,TEMPTED,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WHO" James,1,13,"We must never say that God is tempting us","GOD,MUST,NEVER,SAY,TEMPTING" James,1,14,"Everyone is tempted by their own lusts (desires)","DESIRES,EVERYONE,LUSTS,OWN,TEMPTED" James,1,14,"Temptation comes from desire","COMES,DESIRE,TEMPTATION" James,1,14,"Temptations come from the things that we desire; we are enticed to sin by the desires that we have","COME,DESIRE,DESIRES,ENTICED,SIN,TEMPTATIONS,THINGS" James,1,14,"The reason it is possible to tempt us is because of the things that we desire","BECAUSE,DESIRE,POSSIBLE,REASON,TEMPT,THINGS" James,1,14,"The source of temptation is within ourselves; our own desires are the root of temptations","DESIRES,OUR,OURSELVES,OWN,ROOT,SOURCE,TEMPTATION,TEMPTATIONS" James,1,15,"Christians must not sin, for sin leads to death","CHRISTIANS,DEATH,LEADS,MUST,NOT,SIN" James,1,15,"Christians should be very careful about the things that they desire, because sinful desires lead to sin, and sin leads to death","BECAUSE,CAREFUL,CHRISTIANS,DEATH,DESIRE,DESIRES,LEAD,LEADS,SHOULD,SIN,SINFUL,THINGS" James,1,15,"Sin always leads to death in the end","ALWAYS,DEATH,END,LEADS,SIN" James,1,15,"The Bible does not teach that all desire is sinful; however, desires that lead to sin are evil","ALL,BIBLE,DESIRE,DESIRES,EVIL,LEAD,NOT,SIN,SINFUL,TEACH" James,1,15,"The fruit of lust is sin","FRUIT,LUST,SIN" James,1,15,"The fruit of sin is death","DEATH,FRUIT,SIN" James,1,16,"Christians are beloved","BELOVED,CHRISTIANS" James,1,16,"Christians are brethren","BRETHREN,CHRISTIANS" James,1,16,"Christians do not have a license to sin; we must flee from error and do what is right","CHRISTIANS,DO,ERROR,FLEE,LICENSE,MUST,NOT,RIGHT,SIN,WHAT" James,1,16,"Christians must not commit error","CHRISTIANS,COMMIT,ERROR,MUST,NOT" James,1,16,"James affectionately referred to other Christians as 'beloved'","AFFECTIONATELY,BELOVED,CHRISTIANS,JAMES,REFERRED" James,1,16,"James calls other Christians 'brethren'; this is something that is done consistently throughout the New Testament","BRETHREN,CALLS,CHRISTIANS,CONSISTENTLY,DONE,JAMES,NEW,SOMETHING,TESTAMENT" James,1,16,"James did not say that Christians should focus on gospel matters and leave the rest alone; instead he said we must be free from error; James did not allow any level of error (in any matter) that was acceptable","ACCEPTABLE,ALLOW,ALONE,ANY,CHRISTIANS,ERROR,FOCUS,FREE,GOSPEL,HE,INSTEAD,JAMES,LEAVE,LEVEL,MATTER,MATTERS,MUST,NOT,REST,SAID,SAY,SHOULD" James,1,17,"Every good gift comes from God","COMES,EVERY,GIFT,GOD,GOOD" James,1,17,"Every perfect gift comes from God","COMES,EVERY,GIFT,GOD,PERFECT" James,1,17,"God does not grow over time, nor does He change; instead He remains exactly who He is","CHANGE,EXACTLY,GOD,GROW,HE,INSTEAD,NOR,NOT,REMAINS,TIME,WHO" James,1,17,"God has the ability to give us good things","ABILITY,GIVE,GOD,GOOD,THINGS" James,1,17,"God is the Father of lights","FATHER,GOD,LIGHTS" James,1,17,"God is the one who gives us the good things that we have in this life; all of them come from God","ALL,COME,GIVES,GOD,GOOD,LIFE,ONE,THINGS,WHO" James,1,17,"The good things that we have in this life are all gifts from God","ALL,GIFTS,GOD,GOOD,LIFE,THINGS" James,1,17,"There are some things in this life that are good","GOOD,LIFE,SOME,THERE,THINGS" James,1,17,"There are some things in this life that are perfect","LIFE,PERFECT,SOME,THERE,THINGS" James,1,17,"There is no variableness in God; He never changes","CHANGES,GOD,HE,NEVER,NO,THERE,VARIABLENESS" James,1,17,"Things that are good and perfect come from above (from God in Heaven)","ABOVE,COME,GOD,GOOD,HEAVEN,PERFECT,THINGS" James,1,18,"Christians are the firstfruits of His creatures","CHRISTIANS,CREATURES,FIRSTFRUITS,HIS" James,1,18,"God is the one who gave us the word of truth","GAVE,GOD,ONE,TRUTH,WHO,WORD" James,1,18,"The only way we could ever get the word of truth is if God gave it to us","GAVE,GOD,IF,ONLY,TRUTH,WORD" James,1,18,"The reason God gave us the word of truth is because He decided to do so; it was His will to give it to us","BECAUSE,DECIDED,DO,GAVE,GIVE,GOD,HE,HIS,REASON,TRUTH,WORD" James,1,18,"The reason God gave us the word of truth is so that we could be the firstfruits of His creatures","CREATURES,FIRSTFRUITS,GAVE,GOD,HIS,REASON,TRUTH,WORD" James,1,18,"The reason we have the word of truth is because of God, not because of us","BECAUSE,GOD,NOT,REASON,TRUTH,WORD" James,1,18,"The word of God is the truth","GOD,TRUTH,WORD" James,1,18,"The word of truth comes from God","COMES,GOD,TRUTH,WORD" James,1,19,"Christians must be slow to speak","CHRISTIANS,MUST,SLOW,SPEAK" James,1,19,"Christians must be slow to wrath","CHRISTIANS,MUST,SLOW,WRATH" James,1,19,"Christians must be swift to hear","CHRISTIANS,HEAR,MUST,SWIFT" James,1,19,"Christians should prioritize listening over speaking","CHRISTIANS,LISTENING,SHOULD,SPEAKING" James,1,19,"It is good to be slow to speak","GOOD,SLOW,SPEAK" James,1,19,"It is good to be slow to wrath; James does not say that wrath is evil, but instead that Christians must be careful with their wrath","CAREFUL,CHRISTIANS,EVIL,GOOD,INSTEAD,JAMES,MUST,NOT,SAY,SLOW,WRATH" James,1,19,"It is good to listen to others","GOOD,LISTEN" James,1,19,"The Bible does not say we should be swift to speak; instead it says we must be swift to hear, and slow to speak","BIBLE,HEAR,INSTEAD,MUST,NOT,SAY,SAYS,SHOULD,SLOW,SPEAK,SWIFT" James,1,20,"Christians should pursue righteousness","CHRISTIANS,PURSUE,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SHOULD" James,1,20,"Christians should pursue the righteousness of God, not the wrath of man","CHRISTIANS,GOD,MAN,NOT,PURSUE,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SHOULD,WRATH" James,1,20,"Righteousness comes from God, not from the wrath of man","COMES,GOD,MAN,NOT,RIGHTEOUSNESS,WRATH" James,1,20,"The wrath of man does not result in the righteousness of God","GOD,MAN,NOT,RESULT,RIGHTEOUSNESS,WRATH" James,1,20,"The wrath of man is at odds with the righteousness of God","GOD,MAN,ODDS,RIGHTEOUSNESS,WRATH" James,1,21,"Christians must be meek before God; we must humble ourselves before His Word","BEFORE,CHRISTIANS,GOD,HIS,HUMBLE,MEEK,MUST,OURSELVES,WORD" James,1,21,"Christians must lay aside all filthiness","ALL,CHRISTIANS,FILTHINESS,LAY,MUST" James,1,21,"Christians must meekly receive the word of God","CHRISTIANS,GOD,MUST,RECEIVE,WORD" James,1,21,"Christians must not engage in any type of filthiness","ANY,CHRISTIANS,ENGAGE,FILTHINESS,MUST,NOT" James,1,21,"Christians must not engage in naughtiness; we must pursue righteousness, not wickedness","CHRISTIANS,ENGAGE,MUST,NAUGHTINESS,NOT,PURSUE,RIGHTEOUSNESS,WICKEDNESS" James,1,21,"Christians must seek to be holy; we must never be morally filthy","CHRISTIANS,FILTHY,HOLY,MORALLY,MUST,NEVER,SEEK" James,1,21,"Every type of moral filthiness is bad, and is something that Christians must distance themselves from","BAD,CHRISTIANS,DISTANCE,EVERY,FILTHINESS,MORAL,MUST,SOMETHING" James,1,21,"If we want to be saved then we must meekly accept the word of God","ACCEPT,GOD,IF,MUST,SAVED,WANT,WORD" James,1,21,"In order to be saved we need to meekly accept the word of God, and lay aside everything that is filthy and sinful and evil","ACCEPT,EVERYTHING,EVIL,FILTHY,GOD,LAY,NEED,ORDER,SAVED,SINFUL,WORD" James,1,21,"James does not teach that we should make sure we get the main things right, and the rest doesn't matter; instead he says we must lay apart all filthiness of all types in our lives","ALL,FILTHINESS,HE,INSTEAD,JAMES,LAY,LIVES,MAKE,MATTER,MUST,NOT,OUR,REST,RIGHT,SAYS,SHOULD,SURE,TEACH,THINGS" James,1,21,"Our souls need to be saved","NEED,OUR,SAVED,SOULS" James,1,21,"People have souls","PEOPLE,SOULS" James,1,21,"The word of God is able to save our souls","ABLE,GOD,OUR,SAVE,SOULS,WORD" James,1,21,"The word of God is opposed to everything that is filthy and evil","EVERYTHING,EVIL,FILTHY,GOD,OPPOSED,WORD" James,1,21,"There is no filthiness that Christians are allowed to pursue; we must seek to be completely pure in all areas","ALL,ALLOWED,AREAS,CHRISTIANS,COMPLETELY,FILTHINESS,MUST,NO,PURE,PURSUE,SEEK,THERE" James,1,22,"Christians must be doers of the Word","CHRISTIANS,DOERS,MUST,WORD" James,1,22,"Christians must know what the Word of God says, and we must do what it says","CHRISTIANS,DO,GOD,KNOW,MUST,SAYS,WHAT,WORD" James,1,22,"Genuine Christians are those who do what the Word of God says; (this does not mean we are saved by our works, but instead that genuine salvation always produces obedience to God; the reason the lost do not obey is because they lack salvation)","ALWAYS,BECAUSE,CHRISTIANS,DO,GENUINE,GOD,INSTEAD,LACK,LOST,MEAN,NOT,OBEDIENCE,OBEY,OUR,PRODUCES,REASON,SALVATION,SAVED,SAYS,WHAT,WHO,WORD,WORKS" James,1,22,"It is not enough to simply hear the word of God; we must also do what it says","DO,GOD,HEAR,MUST,NOT,SAYS,SIMPLY,WHAT,WORD" James,1,22,"The way you can tell the difference between a genuine Christian and a false one is by obedience: those who do not obey the Word of God are not saved","BETWEEN,CAN,CHRISTIAN,DIFFERENCE,DO,FALSE,GENUINE,GOD,NOT,OBEDIENCE,OBEY,ONE,SAVED,TELL,WHO,WORD,YOU" James,1,22,"The Word of God commands Christians to do things","CHRISTIANS,COMMANDS,DO,GOD,THINGS,WORD" James,1,22,"There are some people who deceive themselves; they believe they are saved, but in reality they are not","BELIEVE,DECEIVE,NOT,PEOPLE,REALITY,SAVED,SOME,THERE,WHO" James,1,22,"Those who simply hear the word of God but do not obey it are deceiving themselves; they are not actually saved at all","ACTUALLY,ALL,DECEIVING,DO,GOD,HEAR,NOT,OBEY,SAVED,SIMPLY,WHO,WORD" James,1,23,"James compares the Word of God to a mirror that shows us who we truly are","COMPARES,GOD,JAMES,MIRROR,SHOWS,TRULY,WHO,WORD" James,1,23,"People who hear the Word of God but do not obey it are like people who look at themselves in a mirror; they see their true appearance but they walk away without doing anything about it","ANYTHING,APPEARANCE,AWAY,DO,DOING,GOD,HEAR,LIKE,LOOK,MIRROR,NOT,OBEY,PEOPLE,SEE,TRUE,WALK,WHO,WORD" James,1,23,"When we see what the Bible has to say about us, we should take action; we should not just ignore it and go on","ACTION,BIBLE,GO,IGNORE,JUST,NOT,SAY,SEE,SHOULD,TAKE,WHAT,WHEN" James,1,24,"It is a waste of time to look at yourself in a mirror and then do nothing to fix your appearance; likewise, it is foolish to discover the truth in the Word of God and then do nothing to obey it","APPEARANCE,DISCOVER,DO,FIX,FOOLISH,GOD,LIKEWISE,LOOK,MIRROR,NOTHING,OBEY,TIME,TRUTH,WASTE,WORD,YOUR" James,1,24,"The Word of God should motivate us to action; we should respond to it with meekness and obedience","ACTION,GOD,MEEKNESS,MOTIVATE,OBEDIENCE,RESPOND,SHOULD,WORD" James,1,24,"The Word of God shows us who we really are; it tells us what manner of person we are","GOD,PERSON,SHOWS,TELLS,WHAT,WHO,WORD" James,1,25,"Christians are those who continue to live by what the Scriptures have to say","CHRISTIANS,CONTINUE,LIVE,SAY,SCRIPTURES,WHAT,WHO" James,1,25,"It is good to hear the Word of God; it is even better to obey it","BETTER,GOD,GOOD,HEAR,OBEY,WORD" James,1,25,"People must not just read the Scriptures; we must walk in their ways","JUST,MUST,NOT,PEOPLE,READ,SCRIPTURES,WALK" James,1,25,"The law that is contained in the Scriptures is perfect, and is the law of liberty; it does not need any additions, corrections, or modifications","ADDITIONS,ANY,CONTAINED,LAW,LIBERTY,NEED,NOT,PERFECT,SCRIPTURES" James,1,25,"The Scriptures contain the perfect law of liberty","CONTAIN,LAW,LIBERTY,PERFECT,SCRIPTURES" James,1,25,"The Scriptures give us liberty; freedom from sin is liberty, for slavery to sin is the path of death","DEATH,FREEDOM,GIVE,LIBERTY,PATH,SCRIPTURES,SIN,SLAVERY" James,1,25,"Those who hear the Scriptures and obey them, and continue to walk in its ways, will be blessed","BLESSED,CONTINUE,HEAR,OBEY,SCRIPTURES,WALK,WHO" James,1,25,"We must be more than just hearers; we must be doers of the Scriptures as well","DOERS,HEARERS,JUST,MUST,SCRIPTURES" James,1,25,"We must not be forgetful hearers; we must remember what the Scriptures have to say","FORGETFUL,HEARERS,MUST,NOT,REMEMBER,SAY,SCRIPTURES,WHAT" James,1,26,"Christians must learn to control their tongue","CHRISTIANS,CONTROL,LEARN,MUST,TONGUE" James,1,26,"It is possible for a person's religion to be in vain","PERSON,POSSIBLE,RELIGION,VAIN" James,1,26,"Our words are very important, and we must be careful with them","CAREFUL,IMPORTANT,MUST,OUR,WORDS" James,1,26,"The Bible does not teach universalism; not everyone is saved","BIBLE,EVERYONE,NOT,SAVED,TEACH" James,1,26,"There are some people who seem to be religious, but who are not actually saved","ACTUALLY,NOT,PEOPLE,RELIGIOUS,SAVED,SEEM,SOME,THERE,WHO" James,1,26,"Those who deceive their heart and do not walk in God's ways are not saved; their religion is vain","DECEIVE,DO,GOD,HEART,NOT,RELIGION,SAVED,VAIN,WALK,WHO" James,1,26,"Those who do not control their tongue are not saved; their religion is vain","CONTROL,DO,NOT,RELIGION,SAVED,TONGUE,VAIN,WHO" James,1,27,"Christians must be without spot","CHRISTIANS,MUST,SPOT" James,1,27,"Christians must seek to be unspotted from the world","CHRISTIANS,MUST,SEEK,UNSPOTTED,WORLD" James,1,27,"Christians should seek after pure religion","AFTER,CHRISTIANS,PURE,RELIGION,SEEK,SHOULD" James,1,27,"Christians should seek undefiled religion","CHRISTIANS,RELIGION,SEEK,SHOULD,UNDEFILED" James,1,27,"Genuine religion involves helping the fatherless and the widows (those who need help); it is helping the afflicted","AFFLICTED,FATHERLESS,GENUINE,HELP,HELPING,INVOLVES,NEED,RELIGION,WHO,WIDOWS" James,1,27,"Pure and undefiled religion (true religion) is to keep unspotted from the world","KEEP,PURE,RELIGION,TRUE,UNDEFILED,UNSPOTTED,WORLD" James,1,27,"Pure and undefiled religion (true religion) is to visit the fatherless in their affliction, and help them","AFFLICTION,FATHERLESS,HELP,PURE,RELIGION,TRUE,UNDEFILED,VISIT" James,1,27,"Pure and undefiled religion (true religion) is to visit the widows in their affliction, and help them","AFFLICTION,HELP,PURE,RELIGION,TRUE,UNDEFILED,VISIT,WIDOWS" James,1,27,"The Biblical standard is not 'major on the majors and minor on the minors'; it is to remain unspotted","BIBLICAL,MAJOR,NOT,REMAIN,STANDARD,UNSPOTTED" James,2,1,"Christians must not have 'respect of persons'; we must not show partiality","CHRISTIANS,MUST,NOT,PARTIALITY,PERSONS,RESPECT,SHOW" James,2,1,"It is wrong to judge a person based on who they are; instead we must judge people by their actions","ACTIONS,BASED,INSTEAD,JUDGE,MUST,PEOPLE,PERSON,WHO,WRONG" James,2,1,"James refers to other Christians as 'brethren'","BRETHREN,CHRISTIANS,JAMES,REFERS" James,2,1,"Jesus is Lord","JESUS,LORD" James,2,1,"Jesus is the Lord of glory","GLORY,JESUS,LORD" James,2,1,"Jesus is the Messiah (the Christ)","CHRIST,JESUS,MESSIAH" James,2,1,"The faith of Christians is in the Lord Jesus Christ","CHRIST,CHRISTIANS,FAITH,JESUS,LORD" James,2,2,"James referred to the 'assembly', which was a gathering of Christians; James did not call this 'going to church' because the church is the people (and therefore the church is not something you go to); the gathering of those people is the 'assembly'","ASSEMBLY,BECAUSE,CALL,CHRISTIANS,CHURCH,GATHERING,GO,GOING,JAMES,NOT,PEOPLE,REFERRED,SOMETHING,THEREFORE,WHICH,YOU" James,2,2,"Not everyone came to the assembly of believers wearing fancy clothing","ASSEMBLY,BELIEVERS,CLOTHING,EVERYONE,FANCY,NOT,WEARING" James,2,2,"Some people visited the assembly of believers wearing good clothing, while the poor wore vile clothing","ASSEMBLY,BELIEVERS,CLOTHING,GOOD,PEOPLE,POOR,SOME,VILE,VISITED,WEARING,WHILE,WORE" James,2,2,"The rich people and the poor people attended the same assembly; there were not separate assemblies for the rich and poor","ASSEMBLIES,ASSEMBLY,ATTENDED,NOT,PEOPLE,POOR,RICH,SAME,SEPARATE,THERE" James,2,2,"There were poor people who attended the assembly of Christians","ASSEMBLY,ATTENDED,CHRISTIANS,PEOPLE,POOR,THERE,WHO" James,2,2,"There were rich people who attended the assembly of Christians","ASSEMBLY,ATTENDED,CHRISTIANS,PEOPLE,RICH,THERE,WHO" James,2,2,"Those who had a gold ring were the rich people","GOLD,PEOPLE,RICH,RING,WHO" James,2,2,"Those who had good clothing were the rich people","CLOTHING,GOOD,PEOPLE,RICH,WHO" James,2,2,"Those who had vile clothing were poor people","CLOTHING,PEOPLE,POOR,VILE,WHO" James,2,3,"It was wrong to give the rich a better seat in the assembly than the poor; it was wrong to give the rich good seats, and the poor bad seats (or none at all)","ALL,ASSEMBLY,BAD,BETTER,GIVE,GOOD,NONE,POOR,RICH,SEAT,SEATS,WRONG" James,2,3,"It was wrong to show favoritism to the rich over the poor, and to treat the rich differently than the poor","DIFFERENTLY,FAVORITISM,POOR,RICH,SHOW,TREAT,WRONG" James,2,3,"James expected both the rich and the poor to be treated equally","EQUALLY,EXPECTED,JAMES,POOR,RICH,TREATED" James,2,4,"Christians should not have evil thoughts","CHRISTIANS,EVIL,NOT,SHOULD,THOUGHTS" James,2,4,"Christians should not show favoritism to the rich over the poor","CHRISTIANS,FAVORITISM,NOT,POOR,RICH,SHOULD,SHOW" James,2,4,"It is bad to treat one person better than another on the basis of their wealth","ANOTHER,BAD,BASIS,BETTER,ONE,PERSON,TREAT,WEALTH" James,2,4,"Those who show partiality or respect of persons have evil thoughts; such a thing is evil","EVIL,PARTIALITY,PERSONS,RESPECT,SHOW,THING,THOUGHTS,WHO" James,2,4,"Treating the rich better than the poor is an example of showing partiality; Christians must not show partiality or respect of persons","BETTER,CHRISTIANS,EXAMPLE,MUST,NOT,PARTIALITY,PERSONS,POOR,RESPECT,RICH,SHOW,SHOWING,TREATING" James,2,5,"Even when James is rebuking people for sin, he still refers to fellow Christians as 'beloved brethren'","BELOVED,BRETHREN,CHRISTIANS,FELLOW,HE,JAMES,PEOPLE,REBUKING,REFERS,SIN,WHEN" James,2,5,"Faith comes from God","COMES,FAITH,GOD" James,2,5,"God has chosen the poor","CHOSEN,GOD,POOR" James,2,5,"God has given the poor much faith","FAITH,GIVEN,GOD,MUCH,POOR" James,2,5,"God has made the poor heirs of the kingdom","GOD,HEIRS,KINGDOM,MADE,POOR" James,2,5,"God has promised the kingdom to those who love Him","GOD,HIM,KINGDOM,LOVE,PROMISED,WHO" James,2,5,"God has the ability to give faith to those whom He chooses","ABILITY,CHOOSES,FAITH,GIVE,GOD,HE,WHOM" James,2,5,"God values those who are poor","GOD,POOR,VALUES,WHO" James,2,5,"Since God has chosen to save the poor, we must not discriminate against them","AGAINST,CHOSEN,GOD,MUST,NOT,POOR,SAVE,SINCE" James,2,5,"Since the poor have been chosen by God, and since they are rich in faith, and since they are heirs, we must not discriminate against them; we must not discriminate against those God loves, and God has blessed, and God values","AGAINST,BLESSED,CHOSEN,FAITH,GOD,HEIRS,LOVES,MUST,NOT,POOR,RICH,SINCE,VALUES" James,2,6,"Christians are often oppressed by rich people; it is unusual for them to be oppressed by the poor","CHRISTIANS,OFTEN,OPPRESSED,PEOPLE,POOR,RICH,UNUSUAL" James,2,6,"Christians are often the targets of lawsuits from rich people; it is unusual for the poor to file lawsuits","CHRISTIANS,FILE,LAWSUITS,OFTEN,PEOPLE,POOR,RICH,TARGETS,UNUSUAL" James,2,6,"It is wrong to despise the poor","DESPISE,POOR,WRONG" James,2,6,"James rebuked Christians for despising the poor","CHRISTIANS,DESPISING,JAMES,POOR,REBUKED" James,2,6,"James rebuked Christians for showing favoritism to the rich and despising the poor, and yet the rich oppressed them and filed lawsuits against them","AGAINST,CHRISTIANS,DESPISING,FAVORITISM,JAMES,LAWSUITS,OPPRESSED,POOR,REBUKED,RICH,SHOWING" James,2,6,"Since God loves the poor and has blessed them, we must not despise them","BLESSED,DESPISE,GOD,LOVES,MUST,NOT,POOR,SINCE" James,2,7,"Christians are called by the name of the Lord","CALLED,CHRISTIANS,LORD,NAME" James,2,7,"Christians should not show favoritism to people who blaspheme the name of the Lord","BLASPHEME,CHRISTIANS,FAVORITISM,LORD,NAME,NOT,PEOPLE,SHOULD,SHOW,WHO" James,2,7,"Christians were showing favoritism to the rich, in spite of the fact they were blasphemers","BLASPHEMERS,CHRISTIANS,FACT,FAVORITISM,RICH,SHOWING,SPITE" James,2,7,"It is wrong to blaspheme the name of the Lord","BLASPHEME,LORD,NAME,WRONG" James,2,7,"James said that the rich blasphemed the name of the Lord","BLASPHEMED,JAMES,LORD,NAME,RICH,SAID" James,2,7,"The name of the Lord is worthy; it should be honored by Christians","CHRISTIANS,HONORED,LORD,NAME,SHOULD,WORTHY" James,2,8,"Christians must love their neighbor as themselves","CHRISTIANS,LOVE,MUST,NEIGHBOR" James,2,8,"Christians must love their neighbors","CHRISTIANS,LOVE,MUST,NEIGHBORS" James,2,8,"Having respect of persons (showing partiality) is a violation of the commandment to love our neighbors as we love ourselves; (after all, we don't want to be discriminated against, and other people don't want that either; showing partiality is not an act of love)","ACT,AFTER,AGAINST,ALL,COMMANDMENT,LOVE,NEIGHBORS,NOT,OUR,OURSELVES,PARTIALITY,PEOPLE,PERSONS,RESPECT,SHOWING,VIOLATION,WANT" James,2,8,"The commandment 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself' is the royal law","COMMANDMENT,LAW,LOVE,NEIGHBOR,ROYAL" James,2,8,"Those who love their neighbors as they love themselves do well; that is what God commands","COMMANDS,DO,GOD,LOVE,NEIGHBORS,WHAT,WHO" James,2,9,"Having respect of persons (showing partiality) is a sin","PARTIALITY,PERSONS,RESPECT,SHOWING,SIN" James,2,9,"It is wrong to show partiality; it is a violation of God's law","GOD,LAW,PARTIALITY,SHOW,VIOLATION,WRONG" James,2,9,"Those who sin are transgressors; transgressors are those who break the law of God and sin","BREAK,GOD,LAW,SIN,TRANSGRESSORS,WHO" James,2,10,"Christians must keep the whole law; even breaking a single commandment is a violation of the whole law","BREAKING,CHRISTIANS,COMMANDMENT,KEEP,LAW,MUST,SINGLE,VIOLATION,WHOLE" James,2,10,"God does not tell us to keep the big commandments and that's good enough; instead we must keep all of them, for any violation of any commandment is a violation of the whole law","ALL,ANY,BIG,COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS,GOD,GOOD,INSTEAD,KEEP,LAW,MUST,NOT,TELL,VIOLATION,WHOLE" James,2,10,"Those who break even one commandment are guilty of breaking the whole law","BREAK,BREAKING,COMMANDMENT,GUILTY,LAW,ONE,WHO,WHOLE" James,2,11,"Christians must not commit adultery","ADULTERY,CHRISTIANS,COMMIT,MUST,NOT" James,2,11,"Christians must not kill","CHRISTIANS,KILL,MUST,NOT" James,2,11,"God commanded us to not commit adultery","ADULTERY,COMMANDED,COMMIT,GOD,NOT" James,2,11,"God commanded us to not kill","COMMANDED,GOD,KILL,NOT" James,2,11,"If a person does not commit adultery but does kill someone, then he is a transgressor of the law (even though he only broke one of the commandments)","ADULTERY,BROKE,COMMANDMENTS,COMMIT,HE,IF,KILL,LAW,NOT,ONE,ONLY,PERSON,SOMEONE,TRANSGRESSOR" James,2,11,"You do not have to break all of the commandments in order to become a transgressor; instead you only have to break a single one","ALL,BECOME,BREAK,COMMANDMENTS,DO,INSTEAD,NOT,ONE,ONLY,ORDER,SINGLE,TRANSGRESSOR,YOU" James,2,12,"Christians will be judged by the law (which James calls the law of liberty)","CALLS,CHRISTIANS,JAMES,JUDGED,LAW,LIBERTY,WHICH" James,2,12,"Christians will be judged; our actions matter, and we will be held accountable for them","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,CHRISTIANS,HELD,JUDGED,MATTER,OUR" James,2,12,"When Christians act, we must remember that our actions will be judged by the law","ACT,ACTIONS,CHRISTIANS,JUDGED,LAW,MUST,OUR,REMEMBER,WHEN" James,2,12,"When Christians speak, we must remember that our words will be judged by the law","CHRISTIANS,JUDGED,LAW,MUST,OUR,REMEMBER,SPEAK,WHEN,WORDS" James,2,13,"Christians must show mercy; we must have mercy on others","CHRISTIANS,MERCY,MUST,SHOW" James,2,13,"If we want to receive mercy from God then we must show mercy to others","GOD,IF,MERCY,MUST,RECEIVE,SHOW,WANT" James,2,13,"Mercy is a good thing","GOOD,MERCY,THING" James,2,13,"Mercy rejoices against judgment","AGAINST,JUDGMENT,MERCY,REJOICES" James,2,13,"Those who showed no mercy will be judged without mercy","JUDGED,MERCY,NO,SHOWED,WHO" James,2,14,"A person cannot be saved by false faith, or by claiming to have faith; they can only be saved by genuine faith, which always produces works","ALWAYS,CAN,CANNOT,CLAIMING,FAITH,FALSE,GENUINE,ONLY,PERSON,PRODUCES,SAVED,WHICH,WORKS" James,2,14,"It is not enough to simply claim to have faith; if we don't actually have faith then claiming to have faith doesn't do us any good - we are only deceiving ourselves","ACTUALLY,ANY,CLAIM,CLAIMING,DECEIVING,DO,FAITH,GOOD,IF,NOT,ONLY,OURSELVES,SIMPLY" James,2,14,"There are people who claim to have faith, but who do not actually have faith at all","ACTUALLY,ALL,CLAIM,DO,FAITH,NOT,PEOPLE,THERE,WHO" James,2,14,"There is no profit in claiming to have faith; there is only profit in actually having faith, which produces works","ACTUALLY,CLAIMING,FAITH,NO,ONLY,PRODUCES,PROFIT,THERE,WHICH,WORKS" James,2,14,"Those who have faith will also have works, because genuine faith always produces works; if a person lacks works then that is proof that he lacks faith as well","ALWAYS,BECAUSE,FAITH,GENUINE,HE,IF,LACKS,PERSON,PRODUCES,PROOF,WHO,WORKS" James,2,15,"Christians should provide clothing to fellow believers who need it","BELIEVERS,CHRISTIANS,CLOTHING,FELLOW,NEED,PROVIDE,SHOULD,WHO" James,2,15,"Christians should provide food to fellow believers who need it","BELIEVERS,CHRISTIANS,FELLOW,FOOD,NEED,PROVIDE,SHOULD,WHO" James,2,15,"God expects Christians to watch out for one another and to provide for their needs","ANOTHER,CHRISTIANS,EXPECTS,GOD,NEEDS,ONE,PROVIDE,WATCH" James,2,15,"God never promised that Christians would always have food","ALWAYS,CHRISTIANS,FOOD,GOD,NEVER,PROMISED" James,2,15,"God never promised that Christians would always have sufficient clothing","ALWAYS,CHRISTIANS,CLOTHING,GOD,NEVER,PROMISED,SUFFICIENT" James,2,15,"There may be times when fellow Christians do not have food","CHRISTIANS,DO,FELLOW,FOOD,NOT,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" James,2,15,"There may be times when fellow Christians do not have sufficient clothing to wear","CHRISTIANS,CLOTHING,DO,FELLOW,NOT,SUFFICIENT,THERE,TIMES,WEAR,WHEN" James,2,16,"Christians should give clothing to fellow believers who need it; they should not just give them kind words and send them on their way, destitute and suffering","BELIEVERS,CHRISTIANS,CLOTHING,DESTITUTE,FELLOW,GIVE,JUST,KIND,NEED,NOT,SEND,SHOULD,SUFFERING,WHO,WORDS" James,2,16,"Christians should give food to fellow believers who need it; they should not just give them kind words and send them on their way, destitute and suffering","BELIEVERS,CHRISTIANS,DESTITUTE,FELLOW,FOOD,GIVE,JUST,KIND,NEED,NOT,SEND,SHOULD,SUFFERING,WHO,WORDS" James,2,16,"Clothing is needful to the body; it is something people need to have, and is a genuine need","BODY,CLOTHING,GENUINE,NEED,NEEDFUL,PEOPLE,SOMETHING" James,2,16,"Food is needful to the body; it is something people need to have, and is a genuine need","BODY,FOOD,GENUINE,NEED,NEEDFUL,PEOPLE,SOMETHING" James,2,16,"If a Christian only gives kind words to those who are suffering, and does nothing to help them, then they haven't done any good at all; their words are empty and vain","ALL,ANY,CHRISTIAN,DONE,EMPTY,GIVES,GOOD,HAVEN,HELP,IF,KIND,NOTHING,ONLY,SUFFERING,VAIN,WHO,WORDS" James,2,16,"When a person lacks clothing, he needs more than just kind words; he needs someone to provide him with clothing","CLOTHING,HE,HIM,JUST,KIND,LACKS,NEEDS,PERSON,PROVIDE,SOMEONE,WHEN,WORDS" James,2,16,"When a person lacks food, he needs more than just kind words; he needs someone to provide him with food","FOOD,HE,HIM,JUST,KIND,LACKS,NEEDS,PERSON,PROVIDE,SOMEONE,WHEN,WORDS" James,2,17,"Faith without works is dead","DEAD,FAITH,WORKS" James,2,17,"The reason faith without works is dead is because genuine faith will never lack works; if faith lacks works, and is alone, then it is a false faith that does not save","ALONE,BECAUSE,DEAD,FAITH,FALSE,GENUINE,IF,LACK,LACKS,NEVER,NOT,REASON,SAVE,WORKS" James,2,18,"Genuine faith is demonstrated by works","DEMONSTRATED,FAITH,GENUINE,WORKS" James,2,18,"It is impossible to demonstrate faith if a person has no works, because works is the way that a person demonstrates their faith","BECAUSE,DEMONSTRATE,DEMONSTRATES,FAITH,IF,IMPOSSIBLE,NO,PERSON,WORKS" James,2,18,"The way that we can tell if our faith is genuine is by examining our life and looking for works; if we have no works then our faith is dead and vain","CAN,DEAD,EXAMINING,FAITH,GENUINE,IF,LIFE,LOOKING,NO,OUR,TELL,VAIN,WORKS" James,2,18,"The way that we can tell whether others have genuine faith is by looking at their works; if they have no works then they have no faith either","CAN,FAITH,GENUINE,IF,LOOKING,NO,TELL,WORKS" James,2,18,"Works are the proof of faith","FAITH,PROOF,WORKS" James,2,19,"God is real; He truly exists","EXISTS,GOD,HE,REAL,TRULY" James,2,19,"It is good to believe that there is one God","BELIEVE,GOD,GOOD,ONE,THERE" James,2,19,"It is not enough to simply believe that there is one God; even the devils believe that","BELIEVE,DEVILS,GOD,NOT,ONE,SIMPLY,THERE" James,2,19,"The devils also believe that there is one God","BELIEVE,DEVILS,GOD,ONE,THERE" James,2,19,"The devils tremble before God","BEFORE,DEVILS,GOD,TREMBLE" James,2,19,"There is one God","GOD,ONE,THERE" James,2,19,"Those who do not believe in God at all are very foolish; even the devils believe in God","ALL,BELIEVE,DEVILS,DO,FOOLISH,GOD,NOT,WHO" James,2,20,"Faith without works is dead; if you have no works then you have no faith either, for genuine faith always produces works","ALWAYS,DEAD,FAITH,GENUINE,IF,NO,PRODUCES,WORKS,YOU" James,2,20,"It is not enough to simply have faith that God exists, for even the devils believe that","BELIEVE,DEVILS,EXISTS,FAITH,GOD,NOT,SIMPLY" James,2,20,"Those who claim to have faith, but have no works, are believing in God in vain; their faith is worthless, and they are no better than devils","BELIEVING,BETTER,CLAIM,DEVILS,FAITH,GOD,NO,VAIN,WHO,WORKS,WORTHLESS" James,2,21,"Abraham is the father of the Jews","ABRAHAM,FATHER,JEWS" James,2,21,"Abraham proved his faith by his works","ABRAHAM,FAITH,HIS,PROVED,WORKS" James,2,21,"Abraham really did offer his son Isaac upon the altar; that was not a myth","ABRAHAM,ALTAR,HIS,ISAAC,MYTH,NOT,OFFER,SON" James,2,21,"Abraham really existed; he was a real historical figure, and was not a myth","ABRAHAM,EXISTED,FIGURE,HE,HISTORICAL,MYTH,NOT,REAL" James,2,21,"Abraham's faith was accompanied by works: he proved his faith when he offered his son Isaac on the altar","ABRAHAM,ACCOMPANIED,ALTAR,FAITH,HE,HIS,ISAAC,OFFERED,PROVED,SON,WHEN,WORKS" James,2,21,"Isaac was the son of Abraham","ABRAHAM,ISAAC,SON" James,2,22,"A faith that produces no works is meaningless, for that would mean that a person's beliefs do not influence their actions in any way; a belief that does not change anything in a person's life is a meaningless belief, and is worth nothing (because it produces nothing)","ACTIONS,ANY,ANYTHING,BECAUSE,BELIEF,BELIEFS,CHANGE,DO,FAITH,LIFE,MEAN,MEANINGLESS,NO,NOT,NOTHING,PERSON,PRODUCES,WORKS,WORTH" James,2,22,"Abraham's faith produced his works; since his faith was genuine, he had works as well","ABRAHAM,FAITH,GENUINE,HE,HIS,PRODUCED,SINCE,WORKS" James,2,22,"Abraham's faith was made perfect by works; his works were the fruit of his faith, and his works proved that his faith truly existed","ABRAHAM,EXISTED,FAITH,FRUIT,HIS,MADE,PERFECT,PROVED,TRULY,WORKS" James,2,23,"Abraham believed God","ABRAHAM,BELIEVED,GOD" James,2,23,"Abraham proved his belief in God by his obedience; the reason he obeyed God was because he believed in God","ABRAHAM,BECAUSE,BELIEF,BELIEVED,GOD,HE,HIS,OBEDIENCE,OBEYED,PROVED,REASON" James,2,23,"Abraham was called the friend of God","ABRAHAM,CALLED,FRIEND,GOD" James,2,23,"Since Abraham believed God, he obeyed God; since he obeyed God, his obedience was imputed to him for righteousness","ABRAHAM,BELIEVED,GOD,HE,HIM,HIS,IMPUTED,OBEDIENCE,OBEYED,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SINCE" James,2,23,"Since Abraham's belief in God was real, and produced obedience, his obedience was imputed to him for righteousness","ABRAHAM,BELIEF,GOD,HIM,HIS,IMPUTED,OBEDIENCE,PRODUCED,REAL,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SINCE" James,2,23,"The reason Abraham was called the friend of God is because he believed in God, and his belief resulted in obedience","ABRAHAM,BECAUSE,BELIEF,BELIEVED,CALLED,FRIEND,GOD,HE,HIS,OBEDIENCE,REASON,RESULTED" James,2,24,"A faith that produces no works is like a dead tree that produces no fruit; a living faith will always produce works, so a faith that does not produce works is dead and worthless","ALWAYS,DEAD,FAITH,FRUIT,LIKE,LIVING,NO,NOT,PRODUCE,PRODUCES,TREE,WORKS,WORTHLESS" James,2,24,"People are not justified solely by faith; if their faith does not produce works then it is a dead faith, because a belief that does not change a person's behavior is a dead and worthless belief","BECAUSE,BEHAVIOR,BELIEF,CHANGE,DEAD,FAITH,IF,JUSTIFIED,NOT,PEOPLE,PERSON,PRODUCE,SOLELY,WORKS,WORTHLESS" James,2,24,"People who claim to have faith but do not have works are not actually saved; genuine faith always results in works, so a lack of works means that there is a lack of true faith as well","ACTUALLY,ALWAYS,CLAIM,DO,FAITH,GENUINE,LACK,MEANS,NOT,PEOPLE,RESULTS,SAVED,THERE,TRUE,WHO,WORKS" James,2,25,"Rahab really did rescue the spies who were sent to Jericho","JERICHO,RAHAB,RESCUE,SENT,SPIES,WHO" James,2,25,"Rahab really existed; she was a genuine historical figure, and was not a myth","EXISTED,FIGURE,GENUINE,HISTORICAL,MYTH,NOT,RAHAB,SHE" James,2,25,"Rahab was a prostitute","PROSTITUTE,RAHAB" James,2,25,"Rahab's faith was a living faith because it produced works; since it produced works, it was not a dead and useless faith","BECAUSE,DEAD,FAITH,LIVING,NOT,PRODUCED,RAHAB,SINCE,USELESS,WORKS" James,2,25,"Rahab's faith was proven to be genuine by her works; she demonstrated her faith by rescuing the Israelite spies","DEMONSTRATED,FAITH,GENUINE,HER,ISRAELITE,PROVEN,RAHAB,SHE,SPIES,WORKS" James,2,26,"Faith without works is dead","DEAD,FAITH,WORKS" James,2,26,"Our spirit does not need a body in order to survive; it can exist outside of our body (which is what happens when we die)","BODY,CAN,DIE,EXIST,HAPPENS,NEED,NOT,ORDER,OUR,OUTSIDE,SPIRIT,SURVIVE,WHAT,WHEN,WHICH" James,2,26,"Our spirit resides within our body while we are alive","ALIVE,BODY,OUR,SPIRIT,WHILE" James,2,26,"The body without the spirit is dead; once the spirit leaves the body, the body is dead","BODY,DEAD,LEAVES,ONCE,SPIRIT" James,2,26,"We are more than just a body; we have a spirit as well, which is separate from the body","BODY,JUST,SEPARATE,SPIRIT,WHICH" James,2,26,"We have both a body and a spirit; our body is alive as long as our spirit is within it","ALIVE,BODY,LONG,OUR,SPIRIT" James,3,1,"Christians should avoid being masters over many people, because those who have authority over more people will receive greater condemnation","AUTHORITY,AVOID,BECAUSE,BEING,CHRISTIANS,CONDEMNATION,GREATER,MANY,MASTERS,PEOPLE,RECEIVE,SHOULD,WHO" James,3,1,"Christians should not seek to hold positions of authority","AUTHORITY,CHRISTIANS,HOLD,NOT,POSITIONS,SEEK,SHOULD" James,3,1,"Christians who are in positions of authority will receive greater condemnation than those who lacked authority","AUTHORITY,CHRISTIANS,CONDEMNATION,GREATER,LACKED,POSITIONS,RECEIVE,WHO" James,3,1,"God will judge people based on how much authority they had over others","AUTHORITY,BASED,GOD,JUDGE,MUCH,PEOPLE" James,3,1,"James refers to other Christians as 'brethren'","BRETHREN,CHRISTIANS,JAMES,REFERS" James,3,1,"James said that Christians should try to avoid holding positions of authority over people, because doing so will lead to condemnation","AUTHORITY,AVOID,BECAUSE,CHRISTIANS,CONDEMNATION,DOING,HOLDING,JAMES,LEAD,PEOPLE,POSITIONS,SAID,SHOULD,TRY" James,3,2,"Christians need to learn to control their bodies","BODIES,CHRISTIANS,CONTROL,LEARN,NEED" James,3,2,"Christians need to learn to control their words","CHRISTIANS,CONTROL,LEARN,NEED,WORDS" James,3,2,"In many areas Christians offend everyone","AREAS,CHRISTIANS,EVERYONE,MANY,OFFEND" James,3,2,"In order to gain control over our own body (self control) we need to learn to control our words","BODY,CONTROL,GAIN,LEARN,NEED,ORDER,OUR,OWN,SELF,WORDS" James,3,2,"It is very important to learn to control our words","CONTROL,IMPORTANT,LEARN,OUR,WORDS" James,3,2,"Self control is very important","CONTROL,IMPORTANT,SELF" James,3,2,"Those who do not offend in their speech are perfect, and are able to control their whole body","ABLE,BODY,CONTROL,DO,NOT,OFFEND,PERFECT,SPEECH,WHO,WHOLE" James,3,3,"James pointed out that horses are controlled by putting something in their mouth; he did this to point out that people are controlled by their tongue; the key to self control is learning to control our words","CONTROL,CONTROLLED,HE,HORSES,JAMES,KEY,LEARNING,MOUTH,OUR,PEOPLE,POINT,POINTED,PUTTING,SELF,SOMETHING,TONGUE,WORDS" James,3,3,"James said that horses are controlled by putting 'bits' in their mouths; by turning their mouth people can turn the whole horse","BITS,CAN,CONTROLLED,HORSE,HORSES,JAMES,MOUTH,MOUTHS,PEOPLE,PUTTING,SAID,TURN,TURNING,WHOLE" James,3,4,"Even though ships are large and are driven by fierce winds, the governor (captain) is able to direct them using a very small helm","ABLE,CAPTAIN,DIRECT,DRIVEN,FIERCE,GOVERNOR,HELM,LARGE,SHIPS,SMALL,USING,WINDS" James,3,4,"James pointed out that ships are controlled by a small helm; he did this to point out that people are controlled by the tongue, which is also very small","CONTROLLED,HE,HELM,JAMES,PEOPLE,POINT,POINTED,SHIPS,SMALL,TONGUE,WHICH" James,3,4,"James said that ships are controlled by a helm that is much smaller than the ship","CONTROLLED,HELM,JAMES,MUCH,SAID,SHIP,SHIPS,SMALLER" James,3,4,"James said that ships are driven by fierce winds","DRIVEN,FIERCE,JAMES,SAID,SHIPS,WINDS" James,3,4,"James said that ships are very large","JAMES,LARGE,SAID,SHIPS" James,3,5,"Even though the tongue is a small body part, it makes great boasts","BOASTS,BODY,GREAT,MAKES,PART,SMALL,TONGUE" James,3,5,"James pointed out how quickly a small fire can grow out of control; he did this to point out that even though the tongue is small, it can create enormous issues that grow rapidly","CAN,CONTROL,CREATE,ENORMOUS,FIRE,GROW,HE,ISSUES,JAMES,POINT,POINTED,QUICKLY,RAPIDLY,SMALL,TONGUE" James,3,5,"James pointed out that a small fire can cause a very great disturbance; a small fire can quickly grow very large","CAN,CAUSE,FIRE,GREAT,GROW,JAMES,LARGE,POINTED,QUICKLY,SMALL" James,3,5,"The ability of the tongue to impact the world is far greater than its small size","ABILITY,FAR,GREATER,IMPACT,SMALL,TONGUE,WORLD" James,3,5,"The tongue is very small","SMALL,TONGUE" James,3,6,"The tongue defiles the whole body","BODY,DEFILES,TONGUE,WHOLE" James,3,6,"The tongue is a fire","FIRE,TONGUE" James,3,6,"The tongue is a fire that comes from hell","COMES,FIRE,HELL,TONGUE" James,3,6,"The tongue is a world of iniquity","INIQUITY,TONGUE,WORLD" James,3,6,"The tongue is very dangerous","DANGEROUS,TONGUE" James,3,6,"The tongue sets the course of nature on fire","COURSE,FIRE,NATURE,SETS,TONGUE" James,3,7,"Every kind of beast is tamed and has been tamed","BEAST,EVERY,KIND,TAMED" James,3,7,"Every kind of bird is tamed and has been tamed","BIRD,EVERY,KIND,TAMED" James,3,7,"Every kind of serpent is tamed and has been tamed","EVERY,KIND,SERPENT,TAMED" James,3,7,"Everything in the sea is tamed and has been tamed","EVERYTHING,SEA,TAMED" James,3,7,"People have been able to tame all sorts of beasts, birds, serpents, and aquatic life","ABLE,ALL,AQUATIC,BEASTS,BIRDS,LIFE,PEOPLE,SERPENTS,TAME" James,3,8,"It is possible to tame animals, but not the tongue","ANIMALS,NOT,POSSIBLE,TAME,TONGUE" James,3,8,"No man can tame the tongue","CAN,MAN,NO,TAME,TONGUE" James,3,8,"The tongue is evil","EVIL,TONGUE" James,3,8,"The tongue is full of deadly poison","DEADLY,FULL,POISON,TONGUE" James,3,8,"The tongue is unruly","TONGUE,UNRULY" James,3,9,"God is the Father","FATHER,GOD" James,3,9,"It is bad to curse others","BAD,CURSE" James,3,9,"It is good to bless God","BLESS,GOD,GOOD" James,3,9,"People are created after the image of God","AFTER,CREATED,GOD,IMAGE,PEOPLE" James,3,9,"People bless God and curse others with the same tongue; the tongue is used for both blessing and cursing","BLESS,BLESSING,CURSE,CURSING,GOD,PEOPLE,SAME,TONGUE,USED" James,3,9,"With the tongue we bless God","BLESS,GOD,TONGUE" James,3,9,"With the tongue we curse men","CURSE,MEN,TONGUE" James,3,10,"It is bad that people both bless and curse; that is not a good thing","BAD,BLESS,CURSE,GOOD,NOT,PEOPLE,THING" James,3,10,"People bless and curse with the same mouth","BLESS,CURSE,MOUTH,PEOPLE,SAME" James,3,11,"Fountains do not send both sweet and bitter water at the same place; it is one or the other","BITTER,DO,FOUNTAINS,NOT,ONE,PLACE,SAME,SEND,SWEET,WATER" James,3,11,"Fountains either send forth sweet water or bitter water","BITTER,FOUNTAINS,SEND,SWEET,WATER" James,3,11,"Just as a fountain only sends out one kind of water, so people should only use one kind of speech; we should bless, and not curse","BLESS,CURSE,FOUNTAIN,JUST,KIND,NOT,ONE,ONLY,PEOPLE,SENDS,SHOULD,SPEECH,USE,WATER" James,3,12,"Christians should not speak both blesses and curses; instead we should bless others, and not curse them","BLESS,BLESSES,CHRISTIANS,CURSE,CURSES,INSTEAD,NOT,SHOULD,SPEAK" James,3,12,"Fig trees do not grow olives; instead they grow figs, which reflects their nature","DO,FIG,FIGS,GROW,INSTEAD,NATURE,NOT,OLIVES,REFLECTS,TREES,WHICH" James,3,12,"Fountains do not yield both salt water and fresh water; they either yield one or the other","DO,FOUNTAINS,FRESH,NOT,ONE,SALT,WATER,YIELD" James,3,12,"Vines do not grow figs; instead they grow grapes, which reflects their nature","DO,FIGS,GRAPES,GROW,INSTEAD,NATURE,NOT,REFLECTS,VINES,WHICH" James,3,13,"It is good to be meek","GOOD,MEEK" James,3,13,"It is good to be wise","GOOD,WISE" James,3,13,"It is good to have knowledge","GOOD,KNOWLEDGE" James,3,13,"It is good to pursue good works","GOOD,PURSUE,WORKS" James,3,13,"It is good to seek to live a righteous lifestyle","GOOD,LIFESTYLE,LIVE,RIGHTEOUS,SEEK" James,3,13,"Not everyone has knowledge","EVERYONE,KNOWLEDGE,NOT" James,3,13,"Not everyone is wise","EVERYONE,NOT,WISE" James,3,13,"There are some among the church who are wise","AMONG,CHURCH,SOME,THERE,WHO,WISE" James,3,13,"There are some among the church who have knowledge","AMONG,CHURCH,KNOWLEDGE,SOME,THERE,WHO" James,3,13,"Those who are wise should demonstrate their wisdom through a good 'conversation' (a good lifestyle)","CONVERSATION,DEMONSTRATE,GOOD,LIFESTYLE,SHOULD,WHO,WISDOM,WISE" James,3,13,"Those who are wise should demonstrate their wisdom through good works","DEMONSTRATE,GOOD,SHOULD,WHO,WISDOM,WISE,WORKS" James,3,13,"Those who are wise should demonstrate their wisdom through meekness","DEMONSTRATE,MEEKNESS,SHOULD,WHO,WISDOM,WISE" James,3,13,"Those who are wise should demonstrate their wisdom through their actions","ACTIONS,DEMONSTRATE,SHOULD,WHO,WISDOM,WISE" James,3,14,"It is bad to be bitter","BAD,BITTER" James,3,14,"It is bad to envy others","BAD,ENVY" James,3,14,"It is bad to glory in ourselves and boast in ourselves","BAD,BOAST,GLORY,OURSELVES" James,3,14,"It is bad to have strife","BAD,STRIFE" James,3,14,"It is bad to lie","BAD,LIE" James,3,14,"The heart may be a place of bitterness","BITTERNESS,HEART,PLACE" James,3,14,"The heart may be a place of envy","ENVY,HEART,PLACE" James,3,14,"The heart may be a place of strife","HEART,PLACE,STRIFE" James,3,14,"Those who are bitter, or envious, or full of strife, should not glory in themselves","BITTER,ENVIOUS,FULL,GLORY,NOT,SHOULD,STRIFE,WHO" James,3,14,"Those who are bitter, or envious, or full of strife, should not tell lies","BITTER,ENVIOUS,FULL,LIES,NOT,SHOULD,STRIFE,TELL,WHO" James,3,14,"We must not lie about the truth","LIE,MUST,NOT,TRUTH" James,3,15,"Godly wisdom will bear godly fruit","BEAR,FRUIT,GODLY,WISDOM" James,3,15,"Not all wisdom comes from God; there is evil wisdom that bears evil fruits","ALL,BEARS,COMES,EVIL,FRUITS,GOD,NOT,THERE,WISDOM" James,3,15,"Not all wisdom is good","ALL,GOOD,NOT,WISDOM" James,3,15,"Wisdom that bears bad fruits is devilish and evil","BAD,BEARS,DEVILISH,EVIL,FRUITS,WISDOM" James,3,15,"Wisdom that leads to bitterness, or envy, or strife, is devilish and not godly","BITTERNESS,DEVILISH,ENVY,GODLY,LEADS,NOT,STRIFE,WISDOM" James,3,15,"Wisdom that leads to bitterness, or envy, or strife, is earthly and not heavenly","BITTERNESS,EARTHLY,ENVY,HEAVENLY,LEADS,NOT,STRIFE,WISDOM" James,3,15,"Wisdom that leads to bitterness, or envy, or strife, is not from God","BITTERNESS,ENVY,GOD,LEADS,NOT,STRIFE,WISDOM" James,3,15,"Wisdom that leads to bitterness, or envy, or strife, is sensual and not holy","BITTERNESS,ENVY,HOLY,LEADS,NOT,SENSUAL,STRIFE,WISDOM" James,3,16,"Christians should not envy one another","ANOTHER,CHRISTIANS,ENVY,NOT,ONE,SHOULD" James,3,16,"Christians should not have strife in their hearts","CHRISTIANS,HEARTS,NOT,SHOULD,STRIFE" James,3,16,"Confusion is bad","BAD,CONFUSION" James,3,16,"Confusion is bad thing, not a good thing; it is a sign of evil","BAD,CONFUSION,EVIL,GOOD,NOT,SIGN,THING" James,3,16,"Envy is bad","BAD,ENVY" James,3,16,"Envy leads to other sins","ENVY,LEADS,SINS" James,3,16,"Evil works are bad","BAD,EVIL,WORKS" James,3,16,"If there is envy, there is also confusion","CONFUSION,ENVY,IF,THERE" James,3,16,"If there is envy, there is other evil as well","ENVY,EVIL,IF,THERE" James,3,16,"If there is strife, there is confusion","CONFUSION,IF,STRIFE,THERE" James,3,16,"If there is strife, there is other evil as well","EVIL,IF,STRIFE,THERE" James,3,16,"Strife is bad","BAD,STRIFE" James,3,16,"Strife leads to other sins","LEADS,SINS,STRIFE" James,3,17,"Being peaceable is good","BEING,GOOD,PEACEABLE" James,3,17,"Christians should be gentle","CHRISTIANS,GENTLE,SHOULD" James,3,17,"Christians should be merciful","CHRISTIANS,MERCIFUL,SHOULD" James,3,17,"Christians should not be hypocrites","CHRISTIANS,HYPOCRITES,NOT,SHOULD" James,3,17,"Christians should not show partiality","CHRISTIANS,NOT,PARTIALITY,SHOULD,SHOW" James,3,17,"Christians should seek to be at peace with one another","ANOTHER,CHRISTIANS,ONE,PEACE,SEEK,SHOULD" James,3,17,"Christians should seek to be pure in the sight of God","CHRISTIANS,GOD,PURE,SEEK,SHOULD,SIGHT" James,3,17,"Christians should seek to bear good fruit","BEAR,CHRISTIANS,FRUIT,GOOD,SEEK,SHOULD" James,3,17,"Gentleness is good","GENTLENESS,GOOD" James,3,17,"Hypocrisy is bad","BAD,HYPOCRISY" James,3,17,"It is good to be easily intreated","EASILY,GOOD,INTREATED" James,3,17,"It is good to bear good fruit","BEAR,FRUIT,GOOD" James,3,17,"Mercy is good","GOOD,MERCY" James,3,17,"Purity is good","GOOD,PURITY" James,3,17,"Showing partiality is bad","BAD,PARTIALITY,SHOWING" James,3,17,"The wisdom that comes from above bears good fruits, and leads to godliness and righteousness","ABOVE,BEARS,COMES,FRUITS,GODLINESS,GOOD,LEADS,RIGHTEOUSNESS,WISDOM" James,3,17,"The wisdom that comes from above is easy to be intreated","ABOVE,COMES,EASY,INTREATED,WISDOM" James,3,17,"The wisdom that comes from above is full of good fruit","ABOVE,COMES,FRUIT,FULL,GOOD,WISDOM" James,3,17,"The wisdom that comes from above is full of mercy","ABOVE,COMES,FULL,MERCY,WISDOM" James,3,17,"The wisdom that comes from above is gentle","ABOVE,COMES,GENTLE,WISDOM" James,3,17,"The wisdom that comes from above is peaceable","ABOVE,COMES,PEACEABLE,WISDOM" James,3,17,"The wisdom that comes from above is pure","ABOVE,COMES,PURE,WISDOM" James,3,17,"The wisdom that comes from above is without hypocrisy","ABOVE,COMES,HYPOCRISY,WISDOM" James,3,17,"The wisdom that comes from above is without partiality","ABOVE,COMES,PARTIALITY,WISDOM" James,3,18,"Christians should be characterized by peace","CHARACTERIZED,CHRISTIANS,PEACE,SHOULD" James,3,18,"Christians should make peace with others","CHRISTIANS,MAKE,PEACE,SHOULD" James,3,18,"Christians should sow peace","CHRISTIANS,PEACE,SHOULD,SOW" James,3,18,"The fruit of righteousness is sown by those who make peace","FRUIT,MAKE,PEACE,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SOWN,WHO" James,3,18,"The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace","FRUIT,PEACE,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SOWN" James,3,18,"There are fruits of righteousness","FRUITS,RIGHTEOUSNESS,THERE" James,4,1,"The root of conflict is desire","CONFLICT,DESIRE,ROOT" James,4,1,"The source of conflict in the church is lust; people are fighting with each other in order to obtain the things that they desire","CHURCH,CONFLICT,DESIRE,FIGHTING,LUST,OBTAIN,ORDER,PEOPLE,SOURCE,THINGS" James,4,2,"If we want something then the path to getting it is to ask God, not to fight with one another","ANOTHER,ASK,FIGHT,GOD,IF,NOT,ONE,PATH,SOMETHING,WANT" James,4,2,"Lusting after something, and desiring it, does not get you the thing that you desired","AFTER,DESIRED,DESIRING,LUSTING,NOT,SOMETHING,THING,YOU" James,4,2,"People desired things, but they weren't able to obtain them","ABLE,DESIRED,OBTAIN,PEOPLE,THINGS" James,4,2,"People fought one another to get things, but they weren't able to get them","ABLE,ANOTHER,FOUGHT,ONE,PEOPLE,THINGS" James,4,2,"People killed one another to get things, but they still weren't able to get what they wanted","ABLE,ANOTHER,KILLED,ONE,PEOPLE,THINGS,WANTED,WHAT" James,4,2,"People lusted after things, but they didn't get them","AFTER,LUSTED,PEOPLE,THINGS" James,4,2,"The reason people did not have things was because they did not ask for them","ASK,BECAUSE,NOT,PEOPLE,REASON,THINGS" James,4,3,"People asked for things, but they did not receive them","ASKED,NOT,PEOPLE,RECEIVE,THINGS" James,4,3,"The reason people did not receive the things that they asked for is because they asked amiss","AMISS,ASKED,BECAUSE,NOT,PEOPLE,REASON,RECEIVE,THINGS" James,4,3,"Those who ask for things based on sinful desires should not expect to get them","ASK,BASED,DESIRES,EXPECT,NOT,SHOULD,SINFUL,THINGS,WHO" James,4,3,"Those who ask for worldly and sinful things should not expect to get them","ASK,EXPECT,NOT,SHOULD,SINFUL,THINGS,WHO,WORLDLY" James,4,4,"God is opposed to the world","GOD,OPPOSED,WORLD" James,4,4,"If we desire worldly things then we are making ourselves the enemies of God","DESIRE,ENEMIES,GOD,IF,MAKING,OURSELVES,THINGS,WORLDLY" James,4,4,"It is bad for Christians to make friends with the world","BAD,CHRISTIANS,FRIENDS,MAKE,WORLD" James,4,4,"James called the Christians he was writing to adulterers and adulteresses; the reason he did that was because they had made friends with the world, which was a form of spiritual adultery","ADULTERERS,ADULTERESSES,ADULTERY,BECAUSE,CALLED,CHRISTIANS,FORM,FRIENDS,HE,JAMES,MADE,REASON,SPIRITUAL,WHICH,WORLD,WRITING" James,4,4,"One of the root causes of conflict in the church is the desire for worldly things","CAUSES,CHURCH,CONFLICT,DESIRE,ONE,ROOT,THINGS,WORLDLY" James,4,4,"The church should not make friends with the world","CHURCH,FRIENDS,MAKE,NOT,SHOULD,WORLD" James,4,4,"The world is opposed to God","GOD,OPPOSED,WORLD" James,4,4,"Those who are friends with the world are the enemy of God","ENEMY,FRIENDS,GOD,WHO,WORLD" James,4,4,"Those who make friends with the world are adulterers and adulteresses in the sight of God","ADULTERERS,ADULTERESSES,FRIENDS,GOD,MAKE,SIGHT,WHO,WORLD" James,4,4,"Those who make friends with the world are making an enemy of God","ENEMY,FRIENDS,GOD,MAKE,MAKING,WHO,WORLD" James,4,5,"Christians should believe the Scriptures","BELIEVE,CHRISTIANS,SCRIPTURES,SHOULD" James,4,5,"Christians should know the Scriptures","CHRISTIANS,KNOW,SCRIPTURES,SHOULD" James,4,5,"Christians should obey the Scriptures","CHRISTIANS,OBEY,SCRIPTURES,SHOULD" James,4,5,"James, when speaking to Christians, told them that their spirit was full of wicked and sinful desires","CHRISTIANS,DESIRES,FULL,JAMES,SINFUL,SPEAKING,SPIRIT,TOLD,WHEN,WICKED" James,4,5,"Our spirit is full of envy","ENVY,FULL,OUR,SPIRIT" James,4,5,"Our spirit is full of lust","FULL,LUST,OUR,SPIRIT" James,4,5,"The Scriptures do not speak in vain; the Bible means what it says, its words are true, and its words carry weight","BIBLE,CARRY,DO,MEANS,NOT,SAYS,SCRIPTURES,SPEAK,TRUE,VAIN,WEIGHT,WHAT,WORDS" James,4,5,"There is a spirit within us that is full of lust and envy; it is a dangerous spirit that seeks to lead us to sin, and that causes much conflict in the church","CAUSES,CHURCH,CONFLICT,DANGEROUS,ENVY,FULL,LEAD,LUST,MUCH,SEEKS,SIN,SPIRIT,THERE" James,4,5,"We have a spirit that dwells in us","DWELLS,SPIRIT" James,4,6,"Christians should be humble","CHRISTIANS,HUMBLE,SHOULD" James,4,6,"Christians should not be proud","CHRISTIANS,NOT,PROUD,SHOULD" James,4,6,"God gives grace to the humble","GIVES,GOD,GRACE,HUMBLE" James,4,6,"God gives us more grace","GIVES,GOD,GRACE" James,4,6,"God hates pride","GOD,HATES,PRIDE" James,4,6,"God loves humility","GOD,HUMILITY,LOVES" James,4,6,"God resists the proud","GOD,PROUD" James,4,6,"In order to overcome our sinful desires we need the grace of God; the path to overcoming sin is grace","DESIRES,GOD,GRACE,NEED,ORDER,OUR,OVERCOME,OVERCOMING,PATH,SIN,SINFUL" James,4,6,"The Bible does not say that we can overcome sin all on our own; instead it says that we need the grace of God","ALL,BIBLE,CAN,GOD,GRACE,INSTEAD,NEED,NOT,OUR,OVERCOME,OWN,SAY,SAYS,SIN" James,4,6,"We have a spirit within us that is full of sinful desires, but God gives us grace; His grace is what enables us to overcome those desires and do what is right","DESIRES,DO,FULL,GIVES,GOD,GRACE,HIS,OVERCOME,RIGHT,SINFUL,SPIRIT,WHAT" James,4,7,"Christians must resist the devil","CHRISTIANS,DEVIL,MUST,RESIST" James,4,7,"Christians must submit themselves to God","CHRISTIANS,GOD,MUST,SUBMIT" James,4,7,"If we resist the devil then he will flee from us","DEVIL,FLEE,HE,IF,RESIST" James,4,7,"It is good to submit to God; that is what God requires","GOD,GOOD,REQUIRES,SUBMIT,WHAT" James,4,7,"The devil is dangerous","DANGEROUS,DEVIL" James,4,7,"The devil will attack us","ATTACK,DEVIL" James,4,7,"The key to overcoming the attacks of the devil is to resist him","ATTACKS,DEVIL,HIM,KEY,OVERCOMING,RESIST" James,4,8,"Christians must cease from sin; we must cleanse our hands from sin","CEASE,CHRISTIANS,CLEANSE,HANDS,MUST,OUR,SIN" James,4,8,"Christians must not be double minded; instead we must do what is right, and turn away from sin","AWAY,CHRISTIANS,DO,DOUBLE,INSTEAD,MINDED,MUST,NOT,RIGHT,SIN,TURN,WHAT" James,4,8,"Christians must purify their hearts","CHRISTIANS,HEARTS,MUST,PURIFY" James,4,8,"Christians must seek to draw near to God","CHRISTIANS,DRAW,GOD,MUST,NEAR,SEEK" James,4,8,"If we draw near to God then He will draw near to us","DRAW,GOD,HE,IF,NEAR" James,4,8,"It is bad to have an unclean heart","BAD,HEART,UNCLEAN" James,4,8,"It is bad to sin","BAD,SIN" James,4,8,"It is good to draw near to God","DRAW,GOD,GOOD,NEAR" James,4,8,"It is possible to draw near to God","DRAW,GOD,NEAR,POSSIBLE" James,4,8,"It is possible to purify our heart","HEART,OUR,POSSIBLE,PURIFY" James,4,8,"Our hearts need to be purified","HEARTS,NEED,OUR,PURIFIED" James,4,8,"The way to draw near to God is to cleanse our hands of sin and do what is right; we need to be holy in order to draw near to a holy God","CLEANSE,DO,DRAW,GOD,HANDS,HOLY,NEAR,NEED,ORDER,OUR,RIGHT,SIN,WHAT" James,4,9,"Christians should afflict themselves; (this seems to be a reference to mourning over sin)","AFFLICT,CHRISTIANS,MOURNING,REFERENCE,SEEMS,SHOULD,SIN" James,4,9,"Christians should mourn and weep; (this seems to be a reference to mourning over sin)","CHRISTIANS,MOURN,MOURNING,REFERENCE,SEEMS,SHOULD,SIN,WEEP" James,4,9,"Christians should not laugh and rejoice when their life is full of sin; instead we should mourn over our sin and weep over it; our sin should lead to a spirit of heaviness","CHRISTIANS,FULL,HEAVINESS,INSTEAD,LAUGH,LEAD,LIFE,MOURN,NOT,OUR,REJOICE,SHOULD,SIN,SPIRIT,WEEP,WHEN" James,4,9,"Christians should weep over their sin","CHRISTIANS,SHOULD,SIN,WEEP" James,4,9,"Our sin should bother us; it should lead to mourning and tears","BOTHER,LEAD,MOURNING,OUR,SHOULD,SIN,TEARS" James,4,10,"Christians must humble themselves in the sight of God","CHRISTIANS,GOD,HUMBLE,MUST,SIGHT" James,4,10,"God will lift up those who humble themselves in His sight","GOD,HIS,HUMBLE,LIFT,SIGHT,UP,WHO" James,4,10,"If we want God to lift us up then we must first humble ourselves before Him","BEFORE,FIRST,GOD,HIM,HUMBLE,IF,LIFT,MUST,OURSELVES,UP,WANT" James,4,10,"It is good to humble ourselves in the sight of God","GOD,GOOD,HUMBLE,OURSELVES,SIGHT" James,4,10,"When there is sin in our life, we should mourn and weep over it; we should humble ourselves before God and seek His grace","BEFORE,GOD,GRACE,HIS,HUMBLE,LIFE,MOURN,OUR,OURSELVES,SEEK,SHOULD,SIN,THERE,WEEP,WHEN" James,4,11,"Christians must not speak evil of one another; (this is different from rebuking sin, or disciplining church members who are living in sin; for example, this letter is full of rebukes, but it is not evil)","ANOTHER,CHRISTIANS,CHURCH,DIFFERENT,EVIL,EXAMPLE,FULL,LETTER,LIVING,MEMBERS,MUST,NOT,ONE,REBUKES,REBUKING,SIN,SPEAK,WHO" James,4,11,"God commands us to obey His law, not judge it","COMMANDS,GOD,HIS,JUDGE,LAW,NOT,OBEY" James,4,11,"Those who judge one another are judging the law; (this seems to be in the context of speaking evil against someone)","AGAINST,ANOTHER,CONTEXT,EVIL,JUDGE,LAW,ONE,SEEMS,SOMEONE,SPEAKING,WHO" James,4,11,"Those who speak evil of others are not a doer of the law; instead they are a judge of the law","DOER,EVIL,INSTEAD,JUDGE,LAW,NOT,SPEAK,WHO" James,4,11,"Those who speak evil of others are speaking evil of the law; (however, rebuking people for sin - which this letter does - is not seen as speaking evil, because the things it speaks are good)","BECAUSE,EVIL,GOOD,LAW,LETTER,NOT,PEOPLE,REBUKING,SEEN,SIN,SPEAK,SPEAKING,SPEAKS,THINGS,WHICH,WHO" James,4,12,"Christians do not have the right to judge one another; (however, this seems to be different from rebuking one another for sin; in this letter James calls people adulterers and adulteresses, and that is not seen as speaking evil of others or judging them)","ADULTERERS,ADULTERESSES,ANOTHER,CALLS,CHRISTIANS,DIFFERENT,DO,EVIL,JAMES,JUDGE,LETTER,NOT,ONE,PEOPLE,REBUKING,RIGHT,SEEMS,SEEN,SIN,SPEAKING" James,4,12,"The God who gave us His law is able to destroy us","ABLE,DESTROY,GAVE,GOD,HIS,LAW,WHO" James,4,12,"The God who gave us His law is able to save us","ABLE,GAVE,GOD,HIS,LAW,SAVE,WHO" James,4,12,"There is only one lawgiver (God)","GOD,LAWGIVER,ONE,ONLY,THERE" James,4,13,"James rebukes people for boasting about the things that they are going to accomplish in the upcoming year","ACCOMPLISH,BOASTING,GOING,JAMES,PEOPLE,REBUKES,THINGS,YEAR" James,4,14,"Christians should not boast about the future","BOAST,CHRISTIANS,FUTURE,NOT,SHOULD" James,4,14,"Christians should not boast about the things that they plan to accomplish in the future","ACCOMPLISH,BOAST,CHRISTIANS,FUTURE,NOT,PLAN,SHOULD,THINGS" James,4,14,"It is foolish to boast about the future because no one knows what the future will hold","BECAUSE,BOAST,FOOLISH,FUTURE,HOLD,KNOWS,NO,ONE,WHAT" James,4,14,"It is foolish to boast about the future because we have no idea how long our life will last","BECAUSE,BOAST,FOOLISH,FUTURE,IDEA,LAST,LIFE,LONG,NO,OUR" James,4,14,"Our life is a vapor","LIFE,OUR,VAPOR" James,4,14,"Our life lasts for a short time and then ends","ENDS,LASTS,LIFE,OUR,SHORT,TIME" James,4,15,"Christians should say that if it is the will of God, we will live and accomplish whatever we are planning on doing","ACCOMPLISH,CHRISTIANS,DOING,GOD,IF,LIVE,PLANNING,SAY,SHOULD" James,4,15,"If we accomplish anything, we should give the credit to God","ACCOMPLISH,ANYTHING,GIVE,GOD,IF,SHOULD" James,4,15,"If we continue to live, we should give the credit to God","CONTINUE,GIVE,GOD,IF,LIVE,SHOULD" James,4,15,"Our accomplishments are determined by God","DETERMINED,GOD,OUR" James,4,15,"Our lifespan is determined by God","DETERMINED,GOD,LIFESPAN,OUR" James,4,15,"We cannot accomplish anything that God does not want us to accomplish; if He does not bless us and give us life then it will not happen","ACCOMPLISH,ANYTHING,BLESS,CANNOT,GIVE,GOD,HAPPEN,HE,IF,LIFE,NOT,WANT" James,4,15,"Whether or not we accomplish something is up to the will of God; we will only accomplish it if it is His will","ACCOMPLISH,GOD,HIS,IF,NOT,ONLY,SOMETHING,UP" James,4,15,"Whether we continue to live is up to the will of God; our life will only continue if it is His will for it to continue","CONTINUE,GOD,HIS,IF,LIFE,LIVE,ONLY,OUR,UP" James,4,16,"It is evil to act as if we are in control, and we will decide whether or not we live, and we are responsible for our accomplishments; it is evil to act as if our future is in our hands, and we are the captains of our fate","ACT,CAPTAINS,CONTROL,DECIDE,EVIL,FATE,FUTURE,HANDS,IF,LIVE,NOT,OUR,RESPONSIBLE" James,4,16,"It is evil to boast about the future, and to rejoice in things that we have not yet accomplished","ACCOMPLISHED,BOAST,EVIL,FUTURE,NOT,REJOICE,THINGS" James,4,17,"If a person knows to do good, but does not do it, then that person is committing a sin","COMMITTING,DO,GOOD,IF,KNOWS,NOT,PERSON,SIN" James,4,17,"It is a sin to know to do good, but fail to do it","DO,FAIL,GOOD,KNOW,SIN" James,4,17,"Sometimes sin is not doing something evil; sometimes the sin is failing to do something good","DO,DOING,EVIL,FAILING,GOOD,NOT,SIN,SOMETHING,SOMETIMES" James,5,1,"James told those who were rich to weep and howl because they were going to face great suffering","BECAUSE,FACE,GOING,GREAT,HOWL,JAMES,RICH,SUFFERING,TOLD,WEEP,WHO" James,5,1,"The day is coming when the rich will suffer; in that day their riches will not save them","COMING,DAY,NOT,RICH,RICHES,SAVE,SUFFER,WHEN" James,5,1,"There is great misery in store for the wealthy; (James seems to be referring to people who obtained their wealth through fraud and oppression)","FRAUD,GREAT,JAMES,MISERY,OBTAINED,OPPRESSION,PEOPLE,REFERRING,SEEMS,STORE,THERE,WEALTH,WEALTHY,WHO" James,5,2,"The garments of the wealthy have been eaten by moths","EATEN,GARMENTS,MOTHS,WEALTHY" James,5,2,"The riches of the wealthy are corrupted","CORRUPTED,RICHES,WEALTHY" James,5,2,"This passage seems to be a prophecy: the day is coming when the wealth of the rich will not save them; their wealth will be corrupted and their garments will be eaten, and they will have nothing","COMING,CORRUPTED,DAY,EATEN,GARMENTS,NOT,NOTHING,PASSAGE,PROPHECY,RICH,SAVE,SEEMS,WEALTH,WHEN" James,5,3,"God cares about where the riches of the wealthy came from; He is against ill-gotten wealth","AGAINST,CARES,GOD,HE,ILL-GOTTEN,RICHES,WEALTH,WEALTHY,WHERE" James,5,3,"James does not show favoritism to the rich; instead he condemns them for their wickedness, and warns them that judgment is coming upon them","COMING,CONDEMNS,FAVORITISM,HE,INSTEAD,JAMES,JUDGMENT,NOT,RICH,SHOW,WARNS,WICKEDNESS" James,5,3,"The corruption of the riches of the wealthy will be a witness against them","AGAINST,CORRUPTION,RICHES,WEALTHY,WITNESS" James,5,3,"The corruption of the riches of the wealthy will eat their flesh as if it were fire","CORRUPTION,EAT,FIRE,FLESH,IF,RICHES,WEALTHY" James,5,3,"The day is coming when the ill-gotten riches of the wealthy will testify against them","AGAINST,COMING,DAY,ILL-GOTTEN,RICHES,TESTIFY,WEALTHY,WHEN" James,5,3,"The gold of the wealthy is cankered (morally corrupt)","CANKERED,CORRUPT,GOLD,MORALLY,WEALTHY" James,5,3,"The rich have heaped treasure together for the last days; they are amassing wealth because the end times are coming","BECAUSE,COMING,DAYS,END,HEAPED,LAST,RICH,TIMES,TREASURE,WEALTH" James,5,3,"The rich may think that their ill-gotten riches are a great blessing, but in reality they are a curse that will destroy them","BLESSING,CURSE,DESTROY,GREAT,ILL-GOTTEN,REALITY,RICH,RICHES,THINK" James,5,3,"The silver of the wealthy is cankered (morally corrupt)","CANKERED,CORRUPT,MORALLY,SILVER,WEALTHY" James,5,3,"The wealth that the rich have gathered in order to protect themselves in the last days will not save them","DAYS,GATHERED,LAST,NOT,ORDER,PROTECT,RICH,SAVE,WEALTH" James,5,3,"This verse seems to be saying that the ill-gotten riches of the wealthy will actually physically devour them in some way","ACTUALLY,DEVOUR,ILL-GOTTEN,PHYSICALLY,RICHES,SAYING,SEEMS,SOME,VERSE,WEALTHY" James,5,4,"God hates it when laborers are defrauded of their wages","DEFRAUDED,GOD,HATES,LABORERS,WAGES,WHEN" James,5,4,"God hears the cries of those who are unjustly defrauded","CRIES,DEFRAUDED,GOD,HEARS,UNJUSTLY,WHO" James,5,4,"God will punish those who defraud laborers","DEFRAUD,GOD,LABORERS,PUNISH,WHO" James,5,4,"It is bad to defraud people","BAD,DEFRAUD,PEOPLE" James,5,4,"The cries of the defrauded laborers have entered into the ears of the 'Lord of sabaoth' (the Lord of the hosts of heaven)","CRIES,DEFRAUDED,EARS,ENTERED,HEAVEN,HOSTS,LABORERS,LORD,SABAOTH" James,5,4,"The ill-gotten wealth of the rich, which they obtained by defrauding the people who worked for them, cries out to God","CRIES,DEFRAUDING,GOD,ILL-GOTTEN,OBTAINED,PEOPLE,RICH,WEALTH,WHICH,WHO,WORKED" James,5,4,"The laborers who were defrauded cried out to God","CRIED,DEFRAUDED,GOD,LABORERS,WHO" James,5,4,"The rich defrauded the laborers who reaped their fields","DEFRAUDED,FIELDS,LABORERS,REAPED,RICH,WHO" James,5,4,"The rich hired laborers to reap their fields","FIELDS,HIRED,LABORERS,REAP,RICH" James,5,4,"The rich owned fields","FIELDS,OWNED,RICH" James,5,4,"There is a day of judgment coming for those who have defrauded others","COMING,DAY,DEFRAUDED,JUDGMENT,THERE,WHO" James,5,5,"God has noticed the incredibly wicked lives of the wealthy, and He knows the wicked ways they obtained their wealth; the day is coming when God will hold them accountable for it","ACCOUNTABLE,COMING,DAY,GOD,HE,HOLD,KNOWS,LIVES,NOTICED,OBTAINED,WEALTH,WEALTHY,WHEN,WICKED" James,5,5,"The rich have used their ill-gotten wealth to live in pleasure on the earth","EARTH,ILL-GOTTEN,LIVE,PLEASURE,RICH,USED,WEALTH" James,5,5,"The rich have used their ill-gotten wealth to live wanton (malicious and unjust) lives","ILL-GOTTEN,LIVE,LIVES,MALICIOUS,RICH,UNJUST,USED,WANTON,WEALTH" James,5,5,"The rich have used their ill-gotten wealth to nourish their hearts 'as in a day of slaughter' (a day when animals are killed and a feast is held)","ANIMALS,DAY,FEAST,HEARTS,HELD,ILL-GOTTEN,KILLED,NOURISH,RICH,SLAUGHTER,USED,WEALTH,WHEN" James,5,5,"The rich live extravagant, unjust, and malicious lives, using the wealth they obtained through fraud; they live in great pleasure while denying their laborers the money they need to feed themselves and their families","DENYING,EXTRAVAGANT,FAMILIES,FEED,FRAUD,GREAT,LABORERS,LIVE,LIVES,MALICIOUS,MONEY,NEED,OBTAINED,PLEASURE,RICH,UNJUST,USING,WEALTH,WHILE" James,5,6,"The Bible forbids mob violence and personal vengeance, even in cases of robbery and murder; it has placed criminal justice in the hands of the government, and does not allow vigilante justice","ALLOW,BIBLE,CASES,CRIMINAL,FORBIDS,GOVERNMENT,HANDS,JUSTICE,MOB,MURDER,NOT,PERSONAL,PLACED,ROBBERY,VENGEANCE,VIOLENCE" James,5,6,"The rich have condemned those who are just","CONDEMNED,JUST,RICH,WHO" James,5,6,"The rich have murdered those who are just","JUST,MURDERED,RICH,WHO" James,5,6,"Those who are just have not resisted the rich; they have not fought back against them; (this seems to be a reference to rising up and taking matters into their own hands, as some sort of mob violence or personal vengeance)","AGAINST,BACK,FOUGHT,HANDS,JUST,MATTERS,MOB,NOT,OWN,PERSONAL,REFERENCE,RESISTED,RICH,RISING,SEEMS,SOME,TAKING,UP,VENGEANCE,VIOLENCE,WHO" James,5,7,"A day of justice is coming","COMING,DAY,JUSTICE" James,5,7,"Christians must be patient","CHRISTIANS,MUST,PATIENT" James,5,7,"Christians must patiently wait for the justice that the Lord will bring when He comes","BRING,CHRISTIANS,COMES,HE,JUSTICE,LORD,MUST,PATIENTLY,WAIT,WHEN" James,5,7,"Christians should be waiting for the Lord to return; they should be watching and waiting with hope and expectation, just as farmers wait for their crops to grow and yield fruit","CHRISTIANS,CROPS,EXPECTATION,FARMERS,FRUIT,GROW,HOPE,JUST,LORD,RETURN,SHOULD,WAIT,WAITING,WATCHING,YIELD" James,5,7,"Even though the just are being killed, James tells Christians to wait for the Lord instead of taking matters into their own hands","BEING,CHRISTIANS,HANDS,INSTEAD,JAMES,JUST,KILLED,LORD,MATTERS,OWN,TAKING,TELLS,WAIT" James,5,7,"Farmers wait for the early rain to come","COME,EARLY,FARMERS,RAIN,WAIT" James,5,7,"Farmers wait for the latter rain to come","COME,FARMERS,LATTER,RAIN,WAIT" James,5,7,"Farmers wait for their crops to yield fruit; they have patience while their crops are going","CROPS,FARMERS,FRUIT,GOING,PATIENCE,WAIT,WHILE,YIELD" James,5,7,"James does not tell Christians to take matters into their own hands; instead he tells them to wait until the Lord comes","CHRISTIANS,COMES,HANDS,HE,INSTEAD,JAMES,LORD,MATTERS,NOT,OWN,TAKE,TELL,TELLS,UNTIL,WAIT" James,5,7,"James tells Christians to be patient and wait for the coming of the Lord","CHRISTIANS,COMING,JAMES,LORD,PATIENT,TELLS,WAIT" James,5,7,"Just as farmers wait for their crops to grow, so Christians should wait for the Lord to return","CHRISTIANS,CROPS,FARMERS,GROW,JUST,LORD,RETURN,SHOULD,WAIT" James,5,7,"When the Lord comes, He will put things right; He will bring to justice the rich, who have done great evil","BRING,COMES,DONE,EVIL,GREAT,HE,JUSTICE,LORD,PUT,RICH,RIGHT,THINGS,WHEN,WHO" James,5,8,"Christians must be patient, for the Lord is coming","CHRISTIANS,COMING,LORD,MUST,PATIENT" James,5,8,"Christians must establish their hearts, for the Lord is coming","CHRISTIANS,COMING,ESTABLISH,HEARTS,LORD,MUST" James,5,8,"Christians must patiently wait for the Lord to return","CHRISTIANS,LORD,MUST,PATIENTLY,RETURN,WAIT" James,5,8,"The coming of the Lord draws near","COMING,DRAWS,LORD,NEAR" James,5,9,"Christians must not hold grudges against one another","AGAINST,ANOTHER,CHRISTIANS,GRUDGES,HOLD,MUST,NOT,ONE" James,5,9,"Christians should live with the knowledge that the Lord is coming, and the day of His return is drawing nearer; we should be careful how we live our lives so that we are not condemned","CAREFUL,CHRISTIANS,COMING,CONDEMNED,DAY,DRAWING,HIS,KNOWLEDGE,LIVE,LIVES,LORD,NEARER,NOT,OUR,RETURN,SHOULD" James,5,9,"Christians who hold grudges against others will one day be condemned","AGAINST,CHRISTIANS,CONDEMNED,DAY,GRUDGES,HOLD,ONE,WHO" James,5,9,"God hates it when Christians hold grudges","CHRISTIANS,GOD,GRUDGES,HATES,HOLD,WHEN" James,5,9,"God is the judge","GOD,JUDGE" James,5,9,"The judge is standing before the door","BEFORE,DOOR,JUDGE,STANDING" James,5,9,"There are some Christians who will one day be condemned for what they have done","CHRISTIANS,CONDEMNED,DAY,DONE,ONE,SOME,THERE,WHAT,WHO" James,5,10,"The prophets of the Old Testament serve as examples for us; even though they spoke in the name of the Lord, they were afflicted; they suffered with patience, and serve as an example to us of being patient through suffering, and remaining faithful through affliction","AFFLICTED,AFFLICTION,BEING,EXAMPLE,EXAMPLES,FAITHFUL,LORD,NAME,OLD,PATIENCE,PATIENT,PROPHETS,REMAINING,SERVE,SPOKE,SUFFERED,SUFFERING,TESTAMENT" James,5,10,"The prophets of the Old Testament spoke in the name of the Lord","LORD,NAME,OLD,PROPHETS,SPOKE,TESTAMENT" James,5,10,"The prophets of the Old Testament suffered affliction","AFFLICTION,OLD,PROPHETS,SUFFERED,TESTAMENT" James,5,10,"The prophets of the Old Testament were faithful","FAITHFUL,OLD,PROPHETS,TESTAMENT" James,5,10,"The prophets of the Old Testament were patient","OLD,PATIENT,PROPHETS,TESTAMENT" James,5,11,"In the end the Lord had pity toward Job, and showed him tender mercy","END,HIM,JOB,LORD,MERCY,PITY,SHOWED,TENDER" James,5,11,"It is good to patiently endure affliction","AFFLICTION,ENDURE,GOOD,PATIENTLY" James,5,11,"Job serves as an example for us - an example of someone who endured suffering, and who God had mercy on in the end","END,ENDURED,EXAMPLE,GOD,JOB,MERCY,SERVES,SOMEONE,SUFFERING,WHO" James,5,11,"Job was a real person who actually existed; he is not a myth","ACTUALLY,EXISTED,HE,JOB,MYTH,NOT,PERSON,REAL,WHO" James,5,11,"Job was patient","JOB,PATIENT" James,5,11,"The Lord is full of pity toward those who are suffering","FULL,LORD,PITY,SUFFERING,WHO" James,5,11,"The Lord is full of tender mercy","FULL,LORD,MERCY,TENDER" James,5,11,"There is joy in store for those who patiently endure affliction","AFFLICTION,ENDURE,JOY,PATIENTLY,STORE,THERE,WHO" James,5,11,"Those who endure affliction and patiently endure suffering are happy; the day is coming when they will not regret their faithfulness","AFFLICTION,COMING,DAY,ENDURE,FAITHFULNESS,HAPPY,NOT,PATIENTLY,REGRET,SUFFERING,WHEN,WHO" James,5,12,"Christians must keep their word; we must let our 'yes' be yes and are 'no' be no; we must do what we say we will do","CHRISTIANS,DO,KEEP,LET,MUST,NO,OUR,SAY,WHAT,WORD,YES" James,5,12,"Christians must not swear by anything","ANYTHING,CHRISTIANS,MUST,NOT,SWEAR" James,5,12,"Christians must not swear by earth","CHRISTIANS,EARTH,MUST,NOT,SWEAR" James,5,12,"Christians must not swear by heaven","CHRISTIANS,HEAVEN,MUST,NOT,SWEAR" James,5,12,"Christians must not swear oaths","CHRISTIANS,MUST,NOT,OATHS,SWEAR" James,5,12,"Instead of swearing oaths, we must let our yes be yes and our no be no; we must not go beyond that","BEYOND,GO,INSTEAD,LET,MUST,NO,NOT,OATHS,OUR,SWEARING,YES" James,5,12,"It is bad to swear an oath","BAD,OATH,SWEAR" James,5,12,"Those who go beyond a simple 'yes' or 'no' and swear oaths will fall into condemnation","BEYOND,CONDEMNATION,FALL,GO,NO,OATHS,SIMPLE,SWEAR,WHO,YES" James,5,13,"Christians should sing the psalms that are in the Bible","BIBLE,CHRISTIANS,PSALMS,SHOULD,SING" James,5,13,"It is good to pray; prayer is a meaningful thing to do","DO,GOOD,MEANINGFUL,PRAY,PRAYER,THING" James,5,13,"The psalms were meant to be sung","MEANT,PSALMS,SUNG" James,5,13,"There are times when we will be afflicted","AFFLICTED,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" James,5,13,"There are times when we will be merry","MERRY,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" James,5,13,"Those who are afflicted should pray; our response to affliction should be prayer","AFFLICTED,AFFLICTION,OUR,PRAY,PRAYER,RESPONSE,SHOULD,WHO" James,5,13,"Those who are merry should sing psalms","MERRY,PSALMS,SHOULD,SING,WHO" James,5,14,"If anyone in the church is sick, he should call for the elders of the church; the elders will pray over him and anoint him with oil, and he will surely be healed; (these instructions seem to date from a time when the gift of healing was still present, since there was absolutely no doubt the person would surely be cured of his illness every time)","ANOINT,ANYONE,CALL,CHURCH,CURED,DATE,DOUBT,ELDERS,EVERY,GIFT,HE,HEALED,HEALING,HIM,HIS,IF,ILLNESS,INSTRUCTIONS,NO,OIL,PERSON,PRAY,PRESENT,SEEM,SHOULD,SICK,SINCE,SURELY,THERE,THESE,TIME,WHEN" James,5,15,"James said that the prayer of healing, which would always heal those who were sick, also forgave sins","ALWAYS,FORGAVE,HEAL,HEALING,JAMES,PRAYER,SAID,SICK,SINS,WHICH,WHO" James,5,15,"James said that the prayer would absolutely bring healing, and the Lord would surely raise up the sick person every time with no exceptions; this is more evidence that these instructions were intended for a time when the gift of healing was still present","BRING,EVERY,EVIDENCE,EXCEPTIONS,GIFT,HEALING,INSTRUCTIONS,INTENDED,JAMES,LORD,NO,PERSON,PRAYER,PRESENT,RAISE,SAID,SICK,SURELY,THESE,TIME,UP,WHEN" James,5,15,"We need forgiveness for our sins","FORGIVENESS,NEED,OUR,SINS" James,5,16,"Christians should confess their faults to one another","ANOTHER,CHRISTIANS,CONFESS,FAULTS,ONE,SHOULD" James,5,16,"Christians should pray for one another, so that we may be healed; (this also seems to be a reference to the miraculous gift of healing, since James expects prayer to always result in healing every time)","ALWAYS,ANOTHER,CHRISTIANS,EVERY,EXPECTS,GIFT,HEALED,HEALING,JAMES,MIRACULOUS,ONE,PRAY,PRAYER,REFERENCE,RESULT,SEEMS,SHOULD,SINCE,TIME" James,5,16,"If we want our prayers to be effective we need to be righteous, and we need to pray fervently","EFFECTIVE,FERVENTLY,IF,NEED,OUR,PRAY,PRAYERS,RIGHTEOUS,WANT" James,5,16,"The fervent prayers of the righteous are very effective","EFFECTIVE,FERVENT,PRAYERS,RIGHTEOUS" James,5,16,"The righteous should pray","PRAY,RIGHTEOUS,SHOULD" James,5,16,"The righteous should pray fervently","FERVENTLY,PRAY,RIGHTEOUS,SHOULD" James,5,17,"Elijah earnestly prayed that it might not rain","EARNESTLY,ELIJAH,MIGHT,NOT,PRAYED,RAIN" James,5,17,"Elijah was a real person who actually existed; he is not a myth","ACTUALLY,ELIJAH,EXISTED,HE,MYTH,NOT,PERSON,REAL,WHO" James,5,17,"Elijah was like us; he had passions just as we do","DO,ELIJAH,HE,JUST,LIKE,PASSIONS" James,5,17,"James used Elijah as an example that the fervent prayers of a righteous man avail much; Elijah is an example of the power of prayer, not power of Elijah","ELIJAH,EXAMPLE,FERVENT,JAMES,MAN,MUCH,NOT,POWER,PRAYER,PRAYERS,RIGHTEOUS,USED" James,5,17,"When Elijah prayed that it might not rain, it didn't rain for 3 years and 6 months","ELIJAH,MIGHT,MONTHS,NOT,PRAYED,RAIN,WHEN,YEARS" James,5,18,"Elijah is an example of the power of prayer","ELIJAH,EXAMPLE,POWER,PRAYER" James,5,18,"When Elijah prayed again, the heaven gave rain","AGAIN,ELIJAH,GAVE,HEAVEN,PRAYED,RAIN,WHEN" James,5,18,"When the rain came again after Elijah prayed, the earth brought forth its fruit","AFTER,AGAIN,BROUGHT,EARTH,ELIJAH,FRUIT,PRAYED,RAIN,WHEN" James,5,19,"Christians need to remain firmly grounded in the truth; we must not depart from it","CHRISTIANS,DEPART,GROUNDED,MUST,NEED,NOT,REMAIN,TRUTH" James,5,19,"It is bad for a Christian to depart from the truth","BAD,CHRISTIAN,DEPART,TRUTH" James,5,19,"It is important to bring Christians back to the truth","BACK,BRING,CHRISTIANS,IMPORTANT,TRUTH" James,5,19,"James believed that departing from the truth was a very serious thing","BELIEVED,DEPARTING,JAMES,SERIOUS,THING,TRUTH" James,5,19,"There may be times when a Christians errs from the truth","CHRISTIANS,THERE,TIMES,TRUTH,WHEN" James,5,19,"When a Christian errs from the truth, we should try to convert him and bring him back to the truth","BACK,BRING,CHRISTIAN,CONVERT,HIM,SHOULD,TRUTH,TRY,WHEN" James,5,20,"It is good to bring Christians back to the truth","BACK,BRING,CHRISTIANS,GOOD,TRUTH" James,5,20,"It is good to save sinners","GOOD,SAVE,SINNERS" James,5,20,"Those who convert Christians who have fallen into error are hiding a multitude of sins","CHRISTIANS,CONVERT,ERROR,FALLEN,HIDING,MULTITUDE,SINS,WHO" James,5,20,"Those who convert Christians who have fallen into error are saving a soul from death","CHRISTIANS,CONVERT,DEATH,ERROR,FALLEN,SAVING,SOUL,WHO" James,5,20,"Those who err from the truth are putting their soul to death in some way; the end result of error is death","DEATH,END,ERR,ERROR,PUTTING,RESULT,SOME,SOUL,TRUTH,WHO" James,5,20,"Those who err from the truth are sinning","ERR,SINNING,TRUTH,WHO" James,5,20,"Those who save sinners are hiding a multitude of sins","HIDING,MULTITUDE,SAVE,SINNERS,SINS,WHO" James,5,20,"Those who save sinners are saving a soul from death","DEATH,SAVE,SAVING,SINNERS,SOUL,WHO"