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Read this passage alongside James 5:7-8 and 1 Kings 18:41-45. How do they tell a more striking narrative together than they otherwise do apart?
Look up the word definitions of the keywords in James 5:16, then pair the passage with Numbers 11:1-2 to detail what effect, fervent prayer looks like in action.
Read James 5:11 alongside Job 1:21-22, 2:10, 42:10, and James 1:12. How do the passages tell a more striking narrative together than they otherwise do apart?
Look at the keywords of this passage, paying special attention to the coming of the Lord in verse 7. How does the idea of patience change when we apply the tradition of advent to Jesus’ second coming the way we do His first?
Read James 5:1-6 alongside Matthew 6:19-21 and Romans 2:5. How do the passages tell a more striking narrative together than they otherwise do apart?
Re-read John 7:1-9 and 1 Corinthians 15:7 alongside James 4:11-12. How does his story change the tone of his admonishment in his letter?
I want to circle back around to the story that we looked at in the very beginning of studying this book together – the one in John 7 where we find James in his hometown with his brothers in the Galilean region where Jesus also happened to be staying.
Read James 4:3 alongside Psalm 66:18. How does one give further insight into the other?
Dig into every keyword of James 4:7-8. Ask God what they all look like for you in your right now – how you may or may not be doing them, and how you can be doers of all of them.
Do some outside, not-biblically-related-at-all research on a horse’s bit and bridle as well as a ship’s rudder. Learn how they work, what they control, and the nuances of both to better understand James’ analogy of the power of the tongue.
Read this passage alongside 1 Corinthians 3:1-11. How does the 1 Corinthians passage help to illustrate James’ point about envy and self-seeking?
