James Commentaries

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James:
Precept Ministries International
Inductive Bible Study
15 lessons - Lesson 1 can be downloaded as Pdf
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James Commentary In Depth On Site Verse by Verse
James 1:1 James 1:2 James 1:3 James 1:4 James 1:5 James 1:6 James 1:7 James 1:8 James 1:9 James 1:10 James 1:11 James 1:12 James 1:13 James 1:14 James 1:15 James 1:16 James 1:17 James 1:18 James 1:19 James 1:20 James 1:21 James 1:22 James 1:23 James 1:24 James 1:25 James 1:26 James 1:27	James 2:14 James 2:15 James 2:16 James 2:17 James 2:18 James 2:19 James 2:20 James 2:21 James 2:22 James 2:23 James 2:24 James 2:25 James 2:26
Paul Apple A Devotional Commentary Good quotes and illustrations
James - A Devotional Commentary Nine Tests of Genuine Faith - Pdf
Albert Barnes Notes on the New Testament
James 1 James 2 James 3 James 4 James 5
Brian Bell Calvary Chapel, Murrieta Notes on James in MS Word
James 1:1 -11 James 1:12 -21 James 1:22 -27 James 2:1 -13 James 2:14 -26 James 3 James 4:1 -10 James 4:11 -17 James 5:1 -12 James:5:13 -20

John Calvin
Commentary

Steven Cole
Sermons - Excellent Resource
Functions Like a Verse by Verse Commentary
Almost 250 pages in Pdf

James 1:1-4 A Radical Approach to Trials

James 1:5-8 How to Obtain Wisdom from God

James 1:9-12 Perspective for Perseverance

James 1:13-15 The Source, Force, and Course of Temptation

James 1:16-18 Avoiding Deception in Trials

James 1:19-21 A Receptive Heart

James 1:22-27 Doers of the Word

James 2:1-7 Why Partiality is Wrong - 1

James 2:8-13 Why Partiality is Wrong - 2

James 2:14-19 Saving Faith: Genuine or False?

James 2:20-26 Are We Justified by Works?

James 3:1-12 Taming the Terrible Tongue

James 3:13-18 Wisdom for Harmonious Relationships

James 4:1-3 The Source of Conflicts

James 4:4-6 Spiritual Adultery & Resolving Conflicts

James 4:7-10 Resolving Conflicts God's Way

James 4:11-12 The Sin of Judging Others

James 4:13-17 Life is a Vapor

James 5:1-6 The Woes of Wealth Without God

James 5:7-9 Responding Rightly When Wronged

James 5:10-11 Patient Endurance

James 5:12 Talking Straight

James 5:13-16 The God-dependent Community

James 5:16b-18 The Power of Prayer

James 5:19-20 God's Search & Rescue Ministry

Thomas Constable
Commentary Notes on James

Ron Daniels Study Notes on James
James 1:1-4 James 1:5-11 James 1:12-16 James 1:17-20 James 1:21-27 James 2:1-13 James 2:14-26 James 3:1-12 James 3:13-18 James 4:1-10 James 4:11-17 James 5:1-8 James 5:9-20
Bob Deffinbaugh The Tests of True Religion: A Study of the Book of James
Accepting Adversity James 1:1-27 Words and Works: Practical Piety James 2:1-26 Taming the Tongue James 3:1-18 Real Religion Requires Repentance James 4:1-5:6 Real Religion Requires Endurance James 5:7-20
Dan Duncan Believer's Chapel Dallas Audio Only
James 1:1-11 Christian Trials James 1:12-18 Temptations James 1:19-27 Pure Religion James 2:1-13 The Royal Law James 2:14-26 Faith That Works James 3:1-18 The Tongue James 4:1-10 Worldliness James 4:11-17 Pride and Perspective James 5:1-11 Patience James 5:12-20 Oaths, Prayers and Wanderers	Mp3 Mp3 Mp3 Mp3 Mp3 Mp3 Mp3 Mp3 Mp3 Mp3

Theodore Epp
Devotionals
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James 1:1-8 Getting

James 1:19-11 God Is Not Impressed

James 1:12-15 The Birth That Brings Death
James 1:16-18 God Enjoys Giving!
James 1:19-21 Open Ears - Close Mouth
James 1:26,27 The Religion God Wants

James 2:1-13 God's Royal Law

James 2:14-26 Not Words but Works

James 3:1-6 A Matter of Life and Death!
James 3:7-12 The Secret of a Controlled Tongue
James 3:13-18 Wisdom From Heaven

James 4:1-3 The War Within
James 4:4-7 Don't Court the World
James 4:8-12 You Get Nearer by Getting Lower

James 4:13-17 God Will Guide You

James 5:1-6 Prices or Values?
James 5:7-12 He Is at the Door!
James 5:3-16 Sickness and Sin

James 5:17-20 Prayer That Works

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James: Responsible Faith

James 1:1-18: Following God’s Wisdom
James 1:19-2:13: Acting with Love
James 2:14-26: Practicing Your Faith
James 3:1-18: Taming Your Tongue
James 4:1-17: Submitting to God
James 5:1-20: Living in the Church Family

Dave Guzik
Commentary Notes

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Illustrations
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James 1:1-12
James 1:2
James 1:2ff
James 1:6
James 1:13-15
James 1:14
James 1:19
James 1:22
James 1:25
James 1:27
James 2:1ff
James 2:1-4
James 2:1-13
James 2:5

James 2:9
James 2:13
James 2:14
James 2:14-26
James 2:16
James 2:17
James 4:3
James 4:4
James 4:7
James 4:14
James 4:17
James 5:13-15
James 5:14-20
James 5:16

IVP Commentary
Intervarsity Press

James 1
James 2
James 3
James 4
James 5

Keith Krell
Sermons on James
Audio Only

James 1:1-12 God’s Favorite Tool
James 1:13-18 Hook, Line, and Sinner
James 1:19-27 To Do or Not to Do
James 1:21-25 Lecture or Lab
James 2:1-13 Know Mercy
James 2:14-26 Working Hard or Hardly Working
James 3:1-12 How to Bridle the Beast
James 3:13-18 Show and Tell
James 4:1-12 Friend or Foe
James 4:13-17 Fragile: Handle With Care
James 5:1-6 Prioritize or Oxidize
James 5:7-12 Patience is a Virtue
James 5:13-18 Prayer Power
James 5:19-20 Save a Life

John MacArthur
Sermons - Excellent Resource
Functions Much Like a Verse by Verse Commentary

James 1:1 An Introduction to James, Pt. 1
James 1:1 An Introduction to James, Pt. 2

James 1-2 Dead Faith, Part 1

James 1:2-12 How to Endure Trials, Part 2

James 1:2-12 How to Endure Trials, Part 3
James 1:2-12 How to Endure Trials, Part 1

James 1:2: From Trouble to Triumph--Pt 1
James 1:2-4: From Trouble to Triumph--Pt 2
James 1:5-12: From Trouble to Triumph--Pt 3
James 1:13-17: Whose Fault is our Temptation?
James 1:18: Born to Holiness

James 1:19-27 Responding to the Word

James 1:19-21 The Belief That Behaves, Pt. 1

James 1:22-25 The Belief That Behaves, Pt.2

James 2:1-4 The Evil of Favoritism in the Church, Pt. 1

James 2:5-7 The Evil of Favoritism in the Church, Pt. 2
James 2:14-26 Dead Faith, Part 2
James 2:14-20: Dead Faith
James 2:21-26: Living Faith
James 3:1-5: Taming the Tongue--Pt 1
James 3:5-12: Taming the Tongue--Pt 2

James 3:13-18 Spiritual Wisdom

James 3:13 Earthly and Heavenly Wisdom, Pt. 1

James 3:13 Earthly and Heavenly Wisdom, Pt. 2

James 3:14-18 Earthly and Heavenly Wisdom, Pt. 3

James 4:1-2 The Danger in Being a Friend of the World, Pt. 1

James 4:2-6 The Danger in Being a Friend of the World, Pt. 2

James 4:6-7 Drawing Near to God, Pt. 1

James 4:8-10 Drawing Near to God, Pt. 2

James 4:11 The Blasphemous Sin of Defaming Others, Pt. 1

James 4:11-12 The Blasphemous Sin of Defaming Others, Pt. 2

James 4:13-17 Responding to the Will of God

James 5:1-3 Judgment on the Wicked Rich, Pt. 1
James 5:7-11: How to Face Trials Patiently

James 5:12 Stop Swearing

James 5:13-18 The Power of Righteous Praying

James 5:13-18 Bearing Up the Weak in Prayer

James 5:19-20 Saving a Soul from Death

Alexander Maclaren
Sermons

James 1:4: Patience and Her Work
James 1:5: Divine Wisdom and How to Get It
James 1:12: The Crown
James 1:18: First Fruits of His Creatures
James 1:25: The Perfect Law and Its Doers
James 1:27: Pure Worship
James 2:1: Faith in His Name
James 2:14-23: Faith Without Works
James 2:23: God's Friends
James 3:1-15: A Watch on the Door of the Lips

F B Meyer
Our Daily Homily
One from Our Daily Walk (ODW)

James 1:27: Unspotted from the World
James 1:27: Pure Religion (ODW)
James 2:5: Hath God Not Chosen the Poor
James 3:2 If Any Man Offend Not in Word
James 4:5: He Jealously Desires the Spirit
James 5:16 The Effectual Fervent Prayer of A Righteous Man

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Js 1 Js 2 Js 3 Js 4 Js 5	Matthew Henry
James: Q & A Format	Don Anderson
James - A Devotional Commentary - Nine Tests of Genuine Faith - Pdf (good quotes and illustrations)	Paul Apple
James - 53 messages in Mp3s - Walk Thru the Bible	J Vernon McGee
10 Reasons To Believe In A God Who Allows Suffering	RBC Booklet
Prayer in the New Testament Should a Christian Set Goals? A Matter of Life and Death Cleaning Up the Source James: Introduction, Outline, and Argument	Robert Hill Daniel B. Wallace Richard L. Strauss Richard L. Strauss Daniel B. Wallace
James Commentary (Plymouth Brethren)	F. B. Hole
James - Exposition of the Epistle of James	William Kelly
James Brief Exposition of the Epistle of James	J. N. Darby
The Epistle of James	Hamilton Smith
Introduction to James	Wil Pounds
James: What faith should do - Easy English	Ian Mackervoy
James: The Activity Of Faith	Ray Stedman
JAMES 1
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James 1	Multiple Illustrations
James 1