James 1
What is steadfastness / perseverance?
We should not deceive ourselves that it is okay to be merely
What are hearers?
We all do this...in many ways!
What is stumble?
What is because we do not ask?
He is standing at the door, James warns the grumblers
Who is the Judge?
He is unstable in all his ways
What is a double-minded man?
Even they believe God is one—and shudder!
Who are demons?
Though small, the tongue can quickly do great damage, which James pictures this way
What is fire?
Your life is like this
What is a mist / vapor?
If anyone is cheerful, let him do this, James says
What is sing?
We must not say we are tempted by Him
Who is God?
This triumphs over judgment!
What is mercy?
The restless evil of the tongue is pictured as this deadly thing
What is poison?
Resist him, and he will flee from you
What is the devil?
They, too, are examples of suffering and patience
Who were the prophets?
These all come down to us from the Father of lights (2)
What is every good gift and every perfect gift?
Pure and undefiled religion includes visiting them (2)
What is widows and orphans?
It cannot yield fresh water
What is a salt pond?
Why we ask and do not receive
What is because we ask wrongly?
Their cries, James tells the rich, have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts
Who are the harvesters / laborers (defrauded by them)?
The 'implanted word' should be received with meekness, for it is able to do this
What is save our souls?
Works are to faith as this is to that (2)
From the same mouth both of these things, which James says ought not to be so (2)
What are blessing and cursing?
If we have fallen in love with the world, we have become this kind of people
What are adulterous?
There is only one of each (2)...and it's not you
What are the lawgiver and the judge?