Verš 1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
Sk 8:1 - And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
1Pt 1:1 - Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
Verš 2
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Mt 5:11 - Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Rim 5:3 - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
1Pt 1:6 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
Verš 3
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Rim 5:3 - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
1Pt 1:7 - That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Verš 5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Prís 2:3 - Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Jer 29:12 - Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Mt 7:7 - Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Mt 21:22 - And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Mk 11:24 - Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Jn 16:24 - Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
1Jn 3:22 - And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1Jn 5:14 - And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
Verš 11
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Iz 40:6 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
1Kor 7:31 - And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Jak 4:14 - Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
1Pt 1:24 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
1Jn 2:17 - And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Verš 12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Jób 5:17 - Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
2Tim 4:8 - Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
1Pt 5:4 - And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Zjv 2:10 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Mt 10:22 - And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Mt 19:28 - And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Verš 17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Prís 2:6 - For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
1Kor 4:7 - For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Iz 14:27 - For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Iz 46:10 - Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Mal 3:6 - For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Rim 11:29 - For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
Verš 18
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
1Kor 4:15 - For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Gal 4:19 - My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
1Pt 1:23 - Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Verš 19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Prís 17:27 - He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Kaz 5:2 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Verš 21
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Rim 13:12 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Kol 3:8 - But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Verš 22
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Mt 7:21 - Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Lk 11:28 - But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Rim 2:13 - (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
1Jn 3:7 - Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Verš 23
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
Lk 6:47 - Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Verš 25
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Mt 5:19 - Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Verš 26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Ž 34:13 - Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Jak 3:6 - And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
1Pt 3:10 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Jak 1,1 - "Dvanástim kmeňom v diaspóre,", t. j. kresťanom zo židovstva, roztrúseným v grécko-rímskom svete (porov. Sk 2, 5–11).
Jak 1,2 - "Bratia moji", kresťania sú jedna veľká rodina, ktorej hlavou je nebeský Otec a Kristus je starším bratom. "Skúšky" sú pre kresťana radosťou, lebo za ne dostane hojnú odmenu v nebi (porov. Mt 5, 12).
Jak 1,4 - Kresťan má v skúškach vidieť príležitosť zdokonaliť si vieru. A tá má byť praktická, má sa prejavovať v skutkoch.
Jak 1,5 - "Múdrosť" ako dar Ducha Svätého (pozri 3, 13–17).
Jak 1,9-10 - Kto je v nízkom spoločenskom postavení, nech pamätá na svoju duchovnú hodnotu; a kto je bohatý a vo vysokom postavení, nech pamätá na márnosť a pominuteľnosť všetkých vecí (porov. Iz 40, 6–7).
Jak 1,17 - "Otec svetiel," t. j. Boh, Stvoriteľ nebeských svetiel (Gn 1, 14–18) a prameň každého duchovného svetla (porov. 1 Pt 5, 9).
Jak 1,18 - "Slovo pravdy" je evanjelium (porov. 1 Pt 1, 23–25; Kol 1, 5; Ef 1, 13; 2 Tim 2, 15), prípadne súhrn Božieho zjavenia v živote kresťanov; nazýva sa aj "zákonom slobody" (v. 25; 2, 12) a "kráľovským zákonom" (v. 8).
Jak 1,24 - Do zrkadla sa díva človek, aby poznal, čo má upraviť na svojom vonkajšku. Ak neurobí úpravy hneď pred zrkadlom, ale odíde, zabudne na to, čo mal upraviť, a zrkadlo mu je nanič. Takému človeku sa podobá ten, kto Božie slovo (zákon slobody, čiže evanjeliovú náuku s jej mravnými príkazmi) síce počúva, ale nezachováva. Lebo čím je zrkadlo pre telo, tým je Božie slovo pre dušu. Náboženské zásady musia preniknúť celú našu bytosť a ovplyvniť všetko naše konanie.
