diff --git a/jas/02/05.md b/jas/02/05.md index 72b671ea6f..9800df74b3 100644 --- a/jas/02/05.md +++ b/jas/02/05.md @@ -1,20 +1,19 @@ # Listen, my beloved brothers -James is exhorting his readers as if they were his family. Alternate translation: "Pay attention, my dear fellow believers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +James is exhorting his readers as if they were his family. Alternate translation: "Pay attention, my dear fellow believers" # did not God choose ... love him? -Here James uses a rhetorical question to teach his readers not to show favoritism. It can be made a statement. Alternate translation: "God has chosen ... love him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) +"God has chosen ... love him" -# the poor +#the poor -This refers to poor people in general. Alternate translation: "poor people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]]) +"poor people" # be rich in faith -Having much faith is spoken of as being wealthy or rich. The object of faith may have to be specified. Alternate translation: "have strong faith in Christ" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +"have strong faith in Christ" # heirs -The people to whom God has made promises are spoken of as if they were to inherit property and wealth from a family member. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) - +The people to whom God has made promises are spoken of as if they were to inherit property and wealth from a family member. \ No newline at end of file