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James 2:12-13 WEL So speak and act as those who will be judged under the law of liberty 13 For the judgment [is] without mercy to those who have shown no mercy, and [the law of liberty] exults mercy over judgment. Law of Liberty= See James 1:25 WEL But whoever looks at the perfect…
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D3 Believers Should Know This Was Taught in the Old Testament James 2:8-11 James 2:8-11 WEL If, however, you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.” You do well. 9 But if you are partial, you commit sin and are exposed by that law as being…
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James 2:5-7 WEL Listen, my beloved brothers, hasn’t God chosen the poor of this world [to be] rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you, you despise the poor. Don’t rich people oppress you and drag you into the courts? 7 Don’t…
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B2 Chapter 2 C1 The Christian life—no socioeconomic prejudice James 2:1-13 D1 Believers Should Treat All Christians Equally James 2:1-4 C1 The Christian life—no socioeconomic prejudice James 2:1-13 D1 Believers Should Treat All Christians Equally James 2:1-4 James 2:1-4 WEL My brothers, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the…
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1 Timothy 4:13 NRSV Until I arrive, give attention to the public reading of scripture, to exhorting, to teaching. Reading B1 This is reading the Scriptures publicly. B2 Importance C1 Psalm 119:130 NLT The teaching of your word gives light, so even the simple can understand. C2 People need the Scriptures, because the natural…
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D2 Believers Should Be Content in Life’s Status James 1:9-11 James 1:9-11 WEL Let the brother of humble circumstances rejoice in that he is exalted, 10 but the rich in that he is made low, because like the flower of the grass, he will perish. 11 For the sun is no sooner risen…
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D1 Believers Should Ask God for Wisdom James 1:2-8 James 1:2-8 WEL My brothers, consider it all joy when you find yourself surrounded by various trials. 3 Know this that the testing of your faith results in endurance. 4 Let endurance have its full, complete work, so that you may be mature and complete,…
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James 1:1 WEL James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes, which are scattered abroad, greeting. There are 4 men named James in the Bible B1 James (Matthew 4:21) C1 Son of Zebedee C2 One of the 12 Apostles of Jesus Christ C3 He is sometimes known…
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1 Corinthians 10:9-10 NKJV Nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; 10 nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer. The word tempt B1 The Greek word is ἐκπειράζω ekpeirázō. It means “to prove and test.” B2 The idea here…