Verš 1
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
Lv 19:15 - Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Dt 16:19 - Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Prís 24:23 - These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Mt 22:16 - And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
Verš 5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Jn 7:48 - Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
1Kor 1:26 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
Ex 20:6 - And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
1Sam 2:30 - Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Prís 8:17 - I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Mt 5:3 - Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Verš 8
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Lv 19:18 - Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Mt 22:39 - And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mk 12:31 - And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Rim 13:9 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Gal 5:14 - For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Ef 5:2 - And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
1Sol 4:9 - But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
Verš 10
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Dt 27:26 - Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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.
Gal 3:10 - For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Verš 11
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Ex 20:14 - Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Mt 5:27 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Verš 13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Mt 6:15 - But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Mt 18:35 - So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Mk 11:25 - And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Lk 16:25 - But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Verš 14
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Mt 7:26 - And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Jak 1:23 - 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:
Verš 15
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Lk 3:11 - He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
1Jn 3:17 - But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Verš 19
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Mk 1:24 - Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
Verš 21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Gn 22:10 - And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Verš 23
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Gn 15:6 - And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Rim 4:3 - For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Gal 3:6 - Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Verš 25
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
Joz 2:1 - And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Joz 6:23 - And the young men that were spies went in, and brought Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
Heb 11:31 - By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
Jak 2,5 - Porov. 1 Kor 1, 26–38. Boh si práve chudobných a biednych vyvolil za priekopníkov evanjelia. Aj do Cirkvi vstupovali skôr chudobní ako bohatí.
Jak 2,7 - "Vzývať meno." V Starom zákone vzývať Božie meno nad niekým znamenalo vzývať osobitnú Božiu ochranu nad ním. Zároveň takýto človek sa stával vlastníctvom a bol v službe toho, koho meno sa nad ním vzývalo. V Novom zákone vzývaním Ježišovho mena sa človek stáva jeho vlastníctvom a stavia sa do služby Krista, dostáva po ňom aj meno – kresťan (gr. christianós). Jakub tu myslí na obrady krstu.
Jak 2,8 - Lv 19, 18; porov. Mt 22, 39.
Jak 2,10 - "Previnil by sa proti všetkým," pretože všetky prikázania sú výrazom jednej a tej istej Božej vôle, navzájom súvisia a tvoria jeden celok.
Jak 2,11 - Ex 20, 13–14; Dt 5, 17–18.
Jak 2,13 - Proti tomu, kto je nemilosrdný voči bratom, bude aj Boh prísny a spravodlivý. Taký sa nebude môcť spoliehať na Božie milosrdenstvo, ktoré je pre hriešnikov vlastne jedinou nádejou v deň súdu. Vidno tu narážku na jedno z ôsmich blahoslavenstiev.
Jak 2,14-17 - Opravdivá viera sa nevyhnutne prejavuje a uskutočňuje aj vonkajšími skutkami lásky a milosrdenstva, ináč by bola mŕtva. Táto myšlienka sa nijako neprotiví náuke svätého Pavla o ospravedlnení z viery (Rim 3, 21 – 4, 25; Gal 3 a inde). Pavol totiž tvrdí, že nie skutky podľa Mojžišovho zákona nás ospravedlňujú, ale viera a Božia milosť. Tu ide teda o základné ospravedlnenie, ktoré je len začiatkom svätosti a spásy. No na dosiahnutie spásy sú potrebné skutky a zásluhy. Pavol nikde nepíše, že dobré skutky nie sú potrebné. Sama kresťanská viera nie je iba rozumovým postojom, ale znamená prijať Kristovo evanjelium ako program vlastného života a plniť ho (porov. 2 Sol 3, 10–12).
Jak 2,21 - Gn 22, 9; porov. Hebr 11, 17.
Jak 2,23 - Gn 15, 6; porov. Rim 4, 3; Gal 3, 6.
Jak 2,25 - Porov. Joz 2, 1–26; Hebr 11, 31.
