Quotes about James

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.

O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?

But be it ever so small in our own eyes, when we sin we also break God's law. And Scripture says, "Whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it" (James 2:10). God's law is seamless, one complete whole. So when we break any of it, we break the whole law.

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

James and John have been asking for the places at Jesus's right and left so as to accompany him as he completes the glorious work of bringing in God's kingdom, defeating all the powers that have held the human race captive. But those places are reserved for the two who are crucified alongside him as he hangs there with "King of the Jews" above his head.

Going on a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets.

Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

There was a piece of ornamental water immediately below the parapet, on the other side, into which Mr. James Harthouse had a very strong inclination to pitch Mr. Thomas Gradgrind Junior.

After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

Yet James said that if we doubt, we are being double-minded. That means that we don't have integrity—we're not holy. Since God is holy, we also have to be holy if we want to receive answers to our prayers.