James

Dan G. McCartney (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is professor of New Testament interpretation at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas, Texas. He previously taught at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia for more than twenty years. He is the author of Let the Reader Understand: A Guide to Interpreting and Applying the Bible and Why Does it Have to Hurt? The Meaning of Christian Suffering. McCartney also revised J. Gresham Machen's New Testament Greek for Beginners.

• Series PrefaceAuthor's PrefaceAbbreviationsTransliterationMapIntroduction to JamesI. Salutation (1:1)II. Overview of the Life of Faith (1:2-27)A. Faith and Wisdom (1:2-8)B. Pride and Wealth (1:9-12)C. Faith and Testing (1:13-18)D. Doing the Word of God (1:19-25)E. True Religion (1:26-27)III. First Discourse: Faith and Behavior (2:1-26)A. Part 1: Faith, Favoritism, and Law (2:1-13)B. Part 2: Faith and Works (2:14-26)IV. Second Discourse: Faith, Wisdom, and Speech Ethics (3:1-18)A. Part 1: Teachers, Tongues, and Turmoil (3:1-12)B. Part 2: Wisdom from Above (3:13-18)V. Third Discourse: Strife in the Church as Lack of Faith (4:1-12)A. Part 1: Lusts and Repentance (4:1-10)B. Part 2: Defamation and Censure (4:11-12)VI. Interjection: Two Oracles of Warning (4:13-5:6)A. Oracle 1: Warning to Merchants (4:13-17)B. Oracle 2: Warning to Landlords (5:1-6)VII. Fourth Discourse: Looking to God (5:7-18)A. Part 1: Faith and Patience (5:7-11)B. Bridge Verse: Prohibition of Oaths (5:12)C. Part 2: Faith and Prayer (5:13-18)VIII. Closing Exhortation: Mutual Responsibility and Blessing (5:19-20)Excursus 1: Faith as the Central Concern of JamesExcursus 2: Faith, Works, and Justification in James and PaulExcursus 3: James and WisdomExcursus 4: James and SufferingWorks CitedIndex of SubjectsIndex of AuthorsIndex of Greek WordsIndex of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings