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Craig L. Blomberg, Mariam J. Kovalishyn, Clinton E. Arnold
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Biblical Criticism & InterpretationCommentary on James
Chapter 1. James 1:1â11
Chapter 2. James 1:12â18
Chapter 3. James 1:19â27
Chapter 4. James 2:1â13
Chapter 5. James 2:14â26
Chapter 6. James 3:1â12
Chapter 7. James 3:13â18
Chapter 8. James 4:1â12
Chapter 9. James 4:13â17
Chapter 10. James 5:1â12
Chapter 11. James 5:13â20
Chapter 1
James 1:1â11
Literary Context
The first verse of Jamesâs epistle contains all of the expected elements in a first-century Greco-Roman letter: the sender, the recipients, and a greeting. The rest of the document, however, does not resemble conventional epistolary format nearly as much. James pens no thanksgiving, no standard letter body (comprising information and exhortation, in that order), and no discernible letter closing. Instead, he immediately launches into the three key themes of his correspondence. First, he introduces them briefly in 1:2â11, and then he repeats them with some variation in 1:12â27. The letter body can be seen as beginning in 2:1, even though exhortation permeates everything he writes. James 1:2â4 introduce the topic of âtrialsâ or âtemptationsâ (ÏΔÎčÏαÏÎŒÎżÎŻ), vv. 5â8 emphasize the need for âwisdomâ (ÏÎżÏία), while vv. 9â11 turn to issues of riches and poverty.
James 1:12â18 begins the second cycle with a slightly expanded treatment of âtrials or temptations,â but whereas James focused on the positive potential of these tests as character-building experiences in his first cycle, here he treats them primarily as seductions to sin. James 1:19â26 focuses more on speech than on wisdom, but the two concepts are intertwined throughout 3:1â4:12; James apparently views them as closely linked. James 1:19â26 also stresses the need for obedience to Godâs Word. Finally, 1:27 highlights the widow and orphan, paradigms of the dispossessed, in keeping with the theme of riches and poverty, while simultaneously forming the thesis statement of the letter, thus keeping personal piety and social action closely linked.
James 1:12 forms a hinge between 1:2â11 and 1:13â18. The âtrialâ (ÏΔÎčÏαÏÎŒÏÏ) here remains the positive kindâa test to be passedâas in vv. 2â4. But conceptually, this text introduces vv. 13â18, which go on to speak of the proper Christian response to temptation (using forms of the cognate verb âtestâ or âtemptâ [ÏΔÎčÏΏζÏ]), whereas vv. 5â11 at best indirectly treat trials or tests. Nevertheless, despite the three discrete topics detectable in vv. 2â11, a thread seems to run through all three subsections. It is the trials discussed in vv. 2â4 that form the most immediate need to pray for wisdom (vv. 5â8). These trials, likely involving the economic exploitation by rich non-Christian landlords of largely impoverished Jewish-Christian peasants, likewise lead naturally to Jamesâs comments about rich and poor in vv. 9â11.1
- I. Greetings (1:1)
- II. Statement of Three Key Themes (1:2â11)
- A. Trials in the Christian Life (1:2â4)
- B. Wisdom (1:5â8)
- C. Riches and Poverty (1:9â11)
- III. Restatement of the Three Themes (1:12â27)
- A. Trials/Temptations in Relation to God (1:12â18)
- B. Wisdom in the Areas of Speech and Obedience (1:19â26)
- C. The âHave-Notsâ and the Responsibility of the âHavesâ: The Thesis of the Letter (1:27)
Main Idea
Christians should respond to trials by rejoicing at the maturity they can foster, by asking God for wisdom, and by viewing them as leveling experiences that often invert the roles of rich and poor.
Translation
Structure
V. 1 forms the standard letter introduction. Following that, the three key themes of James appear briefly, in turn, without any additional introductory formalities. While the trials of vv. 2â4 produce the need to ask for wisdom (vv. 5â8) and can involve economic exploitation (vv. 9â11), the three subsections of this text can be treated somewhat separately. Each subsection contains two main commands.
The initial treatment of trials calls believers to view them as opportunities for rejoicing (v. 2a).2 The two subordinate adverbial clauses define the time and basis for this command. Not just in some situations but âwheneverâ trials beset a person (v. 2b), one must rejoice, because the circumstances can build characterâin this case most notably by fostering perseverance (v. 3a). The second imperative follows from this specific ethical observation: believers must allow perseverance to mold them into what God wants (v. 4a). The purpose for this command is stated positively and then restated negatively. As Christians grow, they come closer and closer to maturity or wholeness, that is, to a state in which they no longer remain significantly spiritually deficient (v. 4bc).
The first command in the subsection on wisdom enjoins believers to ask God for it (v. 5b). Subordinate to this imperative are a condition for asking and a description of the nature of the God who is addressed. In response to proper asking, God promises to bestow the wisdom requested. The condition for asking is if someone has a need (v. 5a). The description portrays God as eager to give and as not âcriticizingâ (HCSB) the petitioner (v. 5cd). The result of asking for wisdom is receiving it (v. 5e).
The second command repeats but also elaborates the first: asking should be done with faith or, phrased negatively, without doubting (vv. 6ab). Three parallel clauses begin explicitly or implicitly with a âforâ (γΏÏ). The second of these supplies the actual basis for the elaborated command to ask with faith and without doubt; otherwise God will not grant the petitioner anything (v. 7). The third offers an expansion of this rationale: such petitioners do not clearly believe that God is the source of all wisdom; thus they waver between dual allegiance to God and some other âgodâ or âgodsâ (v. 8ab; cf. 4:4).3 The first clause provides an illustration of the rationale: such wavering resembles the billowing of the waves in a wind-blown sea (v. 6c). The illustration actually precedes the rationale and its expansion, perhaps to help the listeners better understand and/or accept Jamesâs explanations when he presents them.
The third subsection pairs its two commands right at the outset. Materially poor believers are called to rejoice in their lofty spiritual position, with all of the privileges that God promises Christians (v. 9). In striking contrast, rich believers are called to rejoice in their abased spiritual position, acknowledging total dependence on God for everything good (v. 10a). Once again, an illustration precedes the principle being illustrated. Even rich peopleâs lives are remarkably fragile and transient, like the short-lived wildflowers of the field (v. 10b). This comparison is expanded by the series of descriptions of how these flowers wither so rapidly (v. 11ab). James concludes with the point of the illustration: rich people likewise die all too quickly and even unexpectedly (v. 11c). This undeniable observation from life-experience thus forms the basis for Jamesâs implied exhortation for the rich not to trust in their possessions, a warning that forms the âflip sideâ of his explicit command for them to humble themselves before God (v. 10a).
Exegetical Outline
- I. Greetings (1:1)
- II. Statement of Three Key Themes (1:2â11)
- A. Christians Should Respond to Trials by Rejoicing at the Maturity They Can Foster (vv. 2â4).
- 1. They should count them as grounds for thorough joy (vv. 2â3).
- 2. They should allow perseverance to lead them to maturity (v. 4).
- B. Christians Should Respond to Trials by Asking God for Wisdom (vv. 5â8).
- 1. They must ask, sometimes persistently, and they will receive (v. 5a-d).
- 2. The assured result is that God will give wisdom (v. 5e).
- 3. The manner of prayer must be with faith that does not doubt that God can give (vv. 6â8).
- a. This is because the doubter is unstable, like turbulent sea waves (v. 6).
- b. This is because the doubter will receive nothing from the Lord (v. 7).
- c. [This is because] the doubter is torn between two allegiances (v. 8).
- C. Christians Should Respond to Trials by Viewing Them As Leveling Experiences That Often Invert the Roles of Rich and Poor (vv. 9â11).
- 1. Poor Christians must boast in their exalted position (v. 9).
- 2. Rich Christians must boast in their humble position (vv. 10â11).
- A. Christians Should Respond to Trials by Rejoicing at the Maturity They Can Foster (vv. 2â4).
Explanation of Text
James 1:1 James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion, greetings! (ጞᜱÎșÏÎČÎżÏ ÎžÎ”ÎżáżŠ Îșα᜶ ÎșÏ
Ïáœ·ÎżÏ
ጞηÏοῊ ΧÏÎčÏÏοῊ ÎŽÎżáżŠÎ»ÎżÏ ÏαáżÏ Ύ᜜ΎΔÎșα ÏÏ
λαáżÏ ÏαáżÏ áŒÎœ Ïáż ÎŽÎčαÏÏÎżÏ៷ Ïα᜷ÏΔÎčÎœ). The Greek name for James might easily have come down to English as Jacob. But in Latin the alternate rendering Jacomus developed alongside Jacobus, so that a number of modern European languages now have two male names from the same linguistic root.4 âSlaveâ preserves the sense of the Greek word here (ΎοῊλοÏ) bette...