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Authors Paul and Timothy Recipients All the saints, overseers and deacons. These are the members of a local church. Thanksgiving and Prayers (v1-11) v3: how often do we remember other believers in our prayers? v3: Do you thank God in your prayers? Or do you just know how to ask God for things? v4: There … Read more
Warning to the Rich (v1-6) v1: Notice James used “you rich people” instead of “dear brothers” as in the rest of the epistle. His stern tone has continued from chapter 4 to chapter 5. v2: All of our earthly material treasures will one day corrode and vanished. v3: James especially rebuke rich people that didn’t … Read more
Three Enemies that Prevent Us to be matured in Christ (v1-12) v5: This is a very difficult verse to understand, because it is not obvious whether James was referring to the “Holy Spirit” or our own “spirit”, and not obvious whether he was referring “envies” as in good envies, or bad envies. My take is … Read more
How to Use Our Mouth We can find out a lot about a believer’s maturity by just listening to his words. Words are powerful tools given by God to His children to teach the word of God, to praise Him, to encourage and edify others like spring with fresh water, and to product fruits. v1: … Read more
Favoritism Forbidden v1: If we shown favoritism to people base on social status, outward appearance, wealth or anything else, we are not worthy to be believer of the glorious Lord (v1), because that is no glory in favoritism. v2-4: do you look down to people based on their outward appearance? v5: Notice how James call … Read more
