The Book of James: Concepts to remember

1. The joy of trials, 1:2.
2. The blessing of trials, 1:12.
3. God does not tempt to evil, 1:13.
4. Lustful daydreams, 1:14.
5. The process of sin: Lust, conception, birth and spiritual death,  1:15.
6. The immutable good gift God, 1:17. (“Thing” = dorema = “gift.”)
7. God’s fruitful will, 1:18.
8. The word, words and works; 1:19-27.
9. Hearing speaking and anger, 1:19.
10. Anger underachieves, 1:20.
11. Implant the word of God, 1:21.
12. Do the Word, 1:22.
13. Doers or deluded, 1:22.
14. The deluded forget, 1:23.
15. The doer abides, 1:25.
16. Faith minus favoritism, 2:1.
17. Favor not rich or poor, 2:2-8.
18. Worldly poor but eternally rich, 2:5.
19. The consequences of favoritism: Sins, 2:9-13.
20. Judged!, 2:12-13.
21. The advantage of delivering faith, 2:14. (“save” = sozo = temporal
      “delivery” as in: 1:21, 4:12, 5:15 and 5:20.
22. Conclusion: Dead not delivered, 2:17.  Compare 2:14.
23. Shown faith, 2:18-20.
24. Works and justified, perfected faith, 2:21-26.
25. The teacher’s tongue, 3:1-2.
26. The tongue’s flaming direction, 3:5-6.
27. The untamed tongue, the king of beasts; 3:7.
28. The tongue’s poison: Bittersweet  consistency, 3:9-12.
29. Wisdom from above, 3:13-18.
30. Three applications of wisdom: Attitude, action and humility; 3:13.
31. Eight aspects to the wisdom from above, 3:17-18.
32. Lust disorder, 4:1-2.
33. God does not give to lust disorder, 4:3.
34. Worldly versus spiritual priority, 4:4-6.
35. God’s spiritual priority, 4:5.
36. God’s spiritual promotion, 4:6.
37. Spiritual humility, 4:7-17.
38. Spiritually serious, 4:9.  Compare 4:4-6 and Ecclesiastes 9:1-6.
39. Humility and spiritual reward, 4:10.
40. Evaluation of other believers is not your privilege, 4:11.
41. Your judgement does not compare to God’s, 4:12.
42. Humility and the future, 4:13-17.
43. Business boasting, 4:13.
44. Boasting about the future is deluded, 4:14.
45. The Lord’s will not boasting, 4:15.
46. How to plan for the future, 4:15.
47. Boasting is arrogant and evil, 4:16.
48. Obligation and truth, 4:17.
49. The rich, 5:1-6.
50. Warning: Change, rich ones, 5:1.
51. Hoarded riches: For what?, 5:2-3a.  Compare 4:3b and 5:5.
52. Hoarded riches and judgement, 5:3b.
53. Hoarded riches versus spiritual preparation, 5:3c.
54. Hoarding and fraud, 5:4a.
55. God tracks fraud, 5:4b.  Compare Leviticus 19:13 and Deuteronomy
      24:14-15.
56. Live to die, do not die to live, 5:5a.
57. The rich: Fattened animals for slaughter, 5:5b.
58. Riches and power lust, 5:6.
59. Patience, 5:7-11.
60. Patience toward the oppressive rich, 5:7.  Compare the context of
      verse 6.
61. Patient, stable and ready; 5:8.
62. Deal with mental attitude sins toward others, 5:9a.
63. God judges mental attitude sins, 5:9b.
64. Ready for judgement, 5:9c.  Compare 1 John 4:17.
65. An application of verses 8-9, 5:10.
66. The relationship between spiritual endurance and blessing, 5:11.
      Compare 1:2-4, 12; Romans 5:3-4 and Revelation 2:10.
67. Religious talk and judgement, 5:12.
68. Prayer, 5:13-18.
69. Counter hardship with prayer, 5:13a.
70. Handle happiness with praise, 5:13b.
71. Call for spiritual help, 5:14a.
72. A spiritual dedication, 5:14b.
73. A vow for restoration, 5:15.
74. Prayer, spiritual help and spiritual healing; 5:16.
75. An example of effective prayer: According to the will of God,
      5:17-18.  Compare Deuteronomy 11:13-17 and 1 Kings 17:1 and
      18:1.
76. Turning the sinner, 5:19-20.
77. Lead astray, 5:19a.
78. Encouragement for the turner, 5:19b-20a.
79. Turned from spiritual death, 5:20b.
80. Turned from a multitude of sins, 5:20c.

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