2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# Listen, my beloved brothers
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-07-17 18:28:05 +00:00
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James is exhorting his readers as if they were his family. Alternate translation: "Pay attention, my dear fellow believers"
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# did not God choose ... love him?
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-07-17 18:28:05 +00:00
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"God has chosen ... love him"
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-07-17 18:28:05 +00:00
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#the poor
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-07-17 18:28:05 +00:00
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"poor people"
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# be rich in faith
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-07-17 18:28:05 +00:00
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"have strong faith in Christ"
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# heirs
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-07-17 18:28:05 +00:00
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The people to whom God has made promises are spoken of as if they were to inherit property and wealth from a family member.
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