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THE EPISTLE OF JAMES: Chapter 5 Warning to the Rich

THE EPISTLE OF JAMES: Chapter 5 Warning to the Rich

Misuse of Riches

James 5:1-6 Updated American Standard Version (UASV)

  1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. 4 Behold, the…

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THE EPISTLE OF JAMES: Chapter 4 Warning Against Worldliness

THE EPISTLE OF JAMES: Chapter 4 Warning Against Worldliness

Do Not Be a Friend of the World

James 4:1-3 Updated American Standard Version (UASV)

1 What is the source of wars[1] and fights[2] among you? Are they not from this source, your pleasures that wage war in your members?[3] 2 You lust and do not have, so you commit murder. You desire, and yet you do not have, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and…

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THE EPISTLE OF JAMES: Chapter 3 Controlling the Tongue

THE EPISTLE OF JAMES: Chapter 3 Controlling the Tongue

Taming the Tongue

James 3:1 Updated American Standard Version (UASV)

1Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment. (3:1)

The Scriptures show that within the first-century congregation, Christians possessed different abilities,…

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THE EPISTLE OF JAMES: Chapter 2 The Sin of Favoritism

THE EPISTLE OF JAMES: Chapter 2 The Sin of Favoritism

James 2:1 Updated American Standard Version (UASV)

1My brothers, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.

My brothers, (2:1a)

Even though James was offering some strong correction concerning some very unchristian arrogance, he still referred to his readers as, “my brothers.” This evidences that he did not feel that their thinking…

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THE EPISTLE OF JAMES: Chapter 1 Trials and Maturity

THE EPISTLE OF JAMES: Chapter 1 Trials and Maturity

James 1:1 Updated American Standard Version (UASV)

1 James, a slave[1] of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion:[2] Greetings.

James 1:1a

This is one of at least four James’ who is mentioned in the Bible and is not to be confused with the other three James’ referred to in Scriptures in (Luke 6:12-16) and (Mark 6:1-7). Although nowhere in this book does…

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THE EPISTLE OF JAMES James 1:1 The Greeting of James

THE EPISTLE OF JAMES James 1:1 The Greeting of James

James 1:1 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 1 James, a slave[1] of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion:[2] Greetings.

James 1:1a

This is one of at least four James’ who is mentioned in the Bible and is not to be confused with the other three James’ referred to in Scriptures in (Luke 6:12-16) and (Mark 6:1-7). Although nowhere in this book does…

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