Ministry Passages: James

Question 1

JOY IN TRIALS

Answer 1

James 1:2

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,

Question 2

LACK WISDOM

Answer 2

James 1:5

if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Question 3

TEMPTATION NOT FROM GOD

Answer 3

James 1:13

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone.

Question 4

ALL GOOD FROM GOD

Answer 4

James 1:17

Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow.

Question 5

DOER OF THE WORD

Answer 5

James 1:22

prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

Question 6

CONTROL YOUR TONGUE

Answer 6

James 1:26

If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Question 7

WIDOWS AND ORPHANS

Answer 7

James 1:27

This is pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father, to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world

Question 8

NO FAVORITISM

Answer 8

James 2:1

do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.

Question 9

FAITH WORKS

Answer 9

James 2:17

Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.

Question 10

WARNING TO TEACHERS

Answer 10

James 3:1

Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we shall incur a stricter judgment.

Question 11

WISDOM FROM GOD IS

Answer 11

James 3:17

the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.

Question 12

SOLVING CONFLICTS

Answer 12

James 4:1

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? …And you are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel.

Question 13

FRIENDSHIP WITH THE WORLD

Answer 13

James 4:4

You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Question 14

IF THE LORD WILLS

Answer 14

James 4:15

Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and also do this or that.”

Question 15

SICK BECAUSE OF SIN

Answer 15

James 5:14

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

Question 16

CONFESS TO ONE ANOTHER

Answer 16

James 5:16

confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.