Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=James+004   James 4 (ESV) 11 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There is only one lawgiver and […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=James+003   James 3 (ESV) Taming the Tongue 1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2 For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=James+002   James 2 (ESV) Faith Without Works Is Dead 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=James+001   James   Introduction   James, one of the brothers of Jesus, became a leader of the church in Jerusalem after Jesus’ death and resurrection. He was respected for the advice he gave and for the wise decisions he helped the community of believers make (see Acts 15:13-21). At one […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Lamentations+005   Lamentations 5 (ESV) 15 The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning. 16 The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! 17 For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim, 18 for Mount Zion which lies desolate; […]