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 all of you fall into divers temptations; "
Mt 5:11 - Blessed are all of you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil (o. rhema) against you falsely, for my sake.
Rim 5:3 - "And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation works patience; "
1Pt 1:6 - Wherein all of you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, all of you are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
Verš 3
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience.
Rim 5:3 - "And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation works patience; "
1Pt 1:7 - That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, 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 gives to all men liberally, and reproaches not; and it shall be given him. "
Prís 2:3 - "Yea, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding; "
Jer 29:12 - Then shall all of you call upon me, and all of you shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Mt 7:7 - "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and all of you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: "
Mt 21:22 - And all things, whatsoever all of you shall ask in prayer, believing, all of you shall receive.
Mk 11:24 - Therefore I say unto you, What things whatsoever all of you desire, when all of you pray, believe that all of you receive them, and all of you shall have them.
Jn 16:24 - Until now have all of you asked nothing in my name: ask, and all of you 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 hears us:
Verš 11
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withers the grass, and the flower thereof falls, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes: 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 passes away.
Jak 4:14 - Whereas all of you know not what shall be on the next day. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
1Pt 1:24 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower thereof falls away:
1Jn 2:17 - And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he that does the will of God abides for ever.
Verš 12
Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him.
Jób 5:17 - Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you 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, all of you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.
Zjv 2:10 - "Fear none of those things which you shall suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that all of you may be tried; and all of you shall have tribulation ten days: be you faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life. "
Mt 10:22 - And all of you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved.
Mt 19:28 - And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That all of you which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, all of you 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 comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Prís 2:6 - For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
1Kor 4:7 - For who makes you to differ from another? and what have you that you did not receive? now if you did receive it, why do you glory, as if you had not received it?
Iz 14:27 - For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who shall nullify 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 all of you 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 brings forth he us with the word (o. logos) of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
1Kor 4:15 - For though all of you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have all of you 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 (o. logos) of God, which lives and abides 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 has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Kaz 5:2 - Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and you upon earth: therefore let your words be few.
Verš 21
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and abundance of evil, and receive with meekness the implanted word, (o. logos) 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 all of you also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. "
Verš 22
But be all of you doers of the word, (o. logos) and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Mt 7:21 - "Not every one that says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven. "
Lk 11:28 - But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word (o. logos) 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 does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Verš 23
For if any be a hearer of the word, (o. logos) and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
Lk 6:47 - Whosoever comes to me, and hears my sayings, (o. logos) and does them, I will show you to whom he is like:
Verš 25
But whoso looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues 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 bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Ž 34:13 - Keep your tongue from evil, and your 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 defiles the whole body, and sets 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.
