James 1
What should believers ask God for when they lack it?
Wisdom
This is the kind of "favoritism" James condemns when a rich man is honored over a poor man.
Showing partiality
This small part of the body James compares to a bit in a horse's mouth because it directs the whole body.
The tongue
This is what James says causes fights and quarrels among believers - the inner source of conflict.
Desires battling within you.
James warns rich people that their wealth has done this - it has "rotted" and their clothes have become moth-eaten.
Lost its value and won't last
James says the testing of faith produces what?
Perseverance
Breaking just one command of the Law makes a person guilty of this.
The whole law
This object James uses to show how something tiny can set something massive ablaze.
A spark
James says you do not have because of this - a missing action that should be directed toward God.
You do not ask
The workers who were cheated
What does James compare someone to who hears the word but does not do it?
A man looking in a mirror
James uses this Old Testament figure as an example of being justified by works when he offered his son on the altar.
Abraham
Humans have tamed all kinds of animals - except this one thing, according to James.
The tongue
This is what James calls friendship with the world - a relational stance that opposes God.
Enmity with God.
James tells believers to be patient like this Old Testament figure, who waited through suffering with endurance.
Job
What kind of religion is worthless according to James 1?
Religion that does not control the tongue
James says faith without works is like this lifeless condition.
A body without the spirit.
James says blessing and cursing coming from the same mouth is as unnatural as this water source producing both fresh and salt water.
A spring
James says God gives more of this - the divine resource that lifts the humble.
Grace
James says that if someone is sick, they should call for these people to pray over them and anoint them with oil.
The elders of the church
What does James call 'pure and undefiled religion'?
Helping orphans and widows and keeping oneself unstained by the world.
This woman from Jericho is praised by James for her works when she welcomed and protected the spies.
Rahab
James says true wisdom is first pure, then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy, impartial, and this.
Sincere
James instructs believers to do this to the devil - an action that causes him to flee.
Resist him.
This kind of prayer - offered with trust - will make the sick person well.
A prayer of faith.