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Jewish believers were scattered where?
Jewish believers were scattered where?
Abroad
Who are dear?
Who are dear?
Brothers, sisters
When does your endurance have a chance to grow?
When does your endurance have a chance to grow?
When your faith is tested
Why should you let your endurance grow?
Why should you let your endurance grow?
What kind of God gives wisdom?
What kind of God gives wisdom?
Who should not be expected to, quote, 'receive anything from the Lord'?
Who should not be expected to, quote, 'receive anything from the Lord'?
Wavery people should not expect what?
Wavery people should not expect what?
Those with divided loyalty are unstable in what?
Those with divided loyalty are unstable in what?
Who have something to boast about?
Who have something to boast about?
What should the rich believers boast about?
What should the rich believers boast about?
The grass does what?
The grass does what?
Afterward, what will those who patiently endure testing receive?
Afterward, what will those who patiently endure testing receive?
What should you remember according to James chapter 1 verse 13?
What should you remember according to James chapter 1 verse 13?
Where does temptation come from?
Where does temptation come from?
What does sin give birth to?
What does sin give birth to?
According to James chapter 1 verse 16, don't be what?
According to James chapter 1 verse 16, don't be what?
What is coming down to us from whom?
What is coming down to us from whom?
How did God give birth to us?
How did God give birth to us?
Understand what?
Understand what?
What does God desire?
What does God desire?
What has the power to save your souls?
What has the power to save your souls?
When are you only fooling yourselves?
When are you only fooling yourselves?
What is like glancing at, quote, 'your face in a mirror'?
What is like glancing at, quote, 'your face in a mirror'?
Whom do you see in a mirror?
Whom do you see in a mirror?
Where should you look carefully?
Where should you look carefully?
If you don't control your tongue, your religion is what?
If you don't control your tongue, your religion is what?
How does God the Father see religion?
How does God the Father see religion?
When did James write his letter?
When did James write his letter?
Describe James.
Describe James.
What is wisdom?
What is wisdom?
What are the three main sources of temptation?
What are the three main sources of temptation?
What does James mean by writing, quote, 'accept the word God has planted in your hearts'?
What does James mean by writing, quote, 'accept the word God has planted in your hearts'?
Why do Christians fool themselves if they only listen to God's word without doing it?
Why do Christians fool themselves if they only listen to God's word without doing it?
What is pure and genuine religion?
What is pure and genuine religion?
Study Notes
Greetings from James
- Jewish believers were scattered abroad.
Faith and Endurance
- Believers are referred to as "dear brothers and sisters."
- Endurance grows when faith is tested.
- Letting endurance grow leads to being perfect and complete, needing nothing.
- God gives wisdom generously.
- A person with divided loyalty cannot expect to receive anything from the Lord.
- Those who waver should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
- Those with divided loyalty are unstable in everything they do.
- Believers who are poor have something to boast about.
- Rich believers should boast that God has humbled them.
- The grass withers, symbolizing the temporary nature of earthly life.
- Those who patiently endure testing will receive the crown of life promised by God.
- Temptation does not come from God; do not say "God is tempting me."
- Temptation arises from our own desires, which entice and drag us away.
- Sin gives birth to death.
- Don't be misled regarding the source of good gifts.
- Whatever is good and perfect is a gift from God the Father, unchanging and constant.
- God gave birth to us through His true word.
Listening and Doing
- Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
- God desires righteousness from His followers.
- The word of God planted in hearts has the power to save souls.
- Merely listening without doing leads to self-deception.
- Listening to the word without obedience is like glancing at oneself in a mirror.
- Self should be reflected in the actions from listening to the word.
- Look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free.
- Failure to control the tongue renders religion worthless.
- God the Father views religion as caring for orphans and widows and resisting worldly corruption.
Additional Context
- James wrote his letter between A.D. 45 and 49.
- James, half-brother of Jesus, was a leader in the early church.
- Wisdom is the ability to view life and behavior from God's perspective.
- The three main sources of temptation are the devil, the world, and our own desires.
- Accepting the word planted in hearts means making it part of one's nature and character.
- For Christians, listening without doing leads to meaningless activities in pleasing God.
- Pure and genuine religion involves caring for those in distress and maintaining personal integrity.
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