“Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” (James 5:16)

“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.... Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.” (James 1:2 -4, 12)

“As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life” (1 Timothy 6:17-19). 

“What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you?” (James 4:1a).

Is a person “justified by faith apart from works of the Law?” (Romans 3:28) or is
a person “justified by works, and not by faith alone?” (2:24). Today, we pull together two important traits of the gospel into wonderful balance.

Today we continue our series in the Book of James. “Do not merely listen to the word, and so
deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it
says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away
and immediately forgets what he looks like” (vv. 22-24).