God gives generously and graciously to all.
(James 1:5, Good News Bible)
When you pray, you must believe and not doubt at all.
(James 1:6)
If you don’t ask with faith, don’t expect the Lord to give you any solid answer.
(James 1:8, Living Bible)
The rich will pass away like the flower of a wild plant.
(James 1:10, Good News Bible)
God never wants to do wrong and never tempts anyone else to do it.
(James 1:13, Living Bible)
Sin, when it is full grown, gives birth to death.
(James 1:15, Good News Bible)
Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God.
(James 1:17, Living Bible)
Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.
(James 1:19)
Man’s anger does not achieve God’s righteous purpose.
(James 1:20)
Obey the message; be doers of the Word, and not merely listeners to it.
(James 1:22)
What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.
(James 1:27, Good News Bible)
You must never treat people in different ways according to their outward appearance.
(James 2:1)
Judging a man by his wealth shows that you are guided by wrong motives.
(James 2:4, Living Bible)
God chose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.
(James 2:5)
Mercy triumphs over judgment!
(James 2:13)
It isn’t enough just to have faith. You must also do good to prove that you have it. Faith that doesn’t show itself by good works is not firth at all - it is dead and useless.
(James 2:17, Living Bible)
“Believing” is useless without doing what God wants you to. Faith that does not result in good deeds is not real faith.
(James 2:20, Living Bible)
It is by his actions that a person is put right with god, and not by his faith alone.
(James 2:24)
As the body without the spirit is dead, also faith without actions is dead.
(James 2:26)
All of us often make mistakes.
(James 3:2, Good News Bible)
Don’t sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.
(James 3:14, Good News Bible)
Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil.
(James 3:16, Good News Bible)
Goodness is the harvest that is produced from the seeds the peacemakers plant in peace.
(James 3:18)
To hate is to murder as far as your hearts are concerned.
(James 4:2, Amplified Bible, alternate translation)
You do not have what you want because you do not ask God for it.
(James 4:2, Good News Bible)
To be the world’s friend means to be God’s enemy.
(James 4:4)
God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
(James 4:6)
Submit yourselves to God.
(James 4:7)
Come near to God and he will come near to you.
(James 4:8)
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
(James 4:10)
God is the only lawgiver and judge.
(James 4:12, Good News Bible)
Who do you think you are to judge your fellow-man?
(James 4:12)
You don’t even know what your life tomorrow will be! You are like a puff of smoke that appears for a moment and then disappears.
(James 4:14, Good News Bible)
The person who does not do the good he knows he should do is guilty of sin.
(James 4:17)
The Lord is full of mercy and compassion.
(James 5:11)
Do not use an oath when you make a promise. Do not swear by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Say only “Yes” when you mean yes, and “No” when you mean no.
(James 5:12)
The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect.
(James 5:16, Good News Bible)
Whoever turns a sinner back from his wrong way will save that sinner’s soul.
(James 5:20, Good News Bible)