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Ordinary Time · Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year B

James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27

Trials and Temptations

August 29, 2027

Orphans, Thomas Benjamin Kennington
Orphans, Thomas Benjamin Kennington, 1885Tate Britain, London
A Victorian social-realist painting of two children alone in a bare room, made in the years when London's charities were arguing about what to do with them.Religion that is pure and undefiled before God is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress.Thomas Benjamin KenningtonAn English painter of social subjects and a founder of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.Tate Britain, LondonThe national collection of British art from 1500, on Millbank, including the Turner Bequest of nearly thirty thousand works the artist left to the nation.Tate Britain, London
Roman Lectionary
GospelMark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
Second ReadingJas. 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27
First ReadingDeut. 4:1-2, 6-8Dt 4:1-2, 6-8
Responsorial PsalmPs. 15:2-3a, 3b-4a, 4b-5 (1a)Ps 15:2-3a, 3b-4a, 4b-5 (1a)

Overview & Insights

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights.” (James 1:17)

The letter from James opens with a simple and direct greeting. The writer identifies himself simply as James, a servant of God . There was only one James so well known in the early church that he would need no other form of identification, and that was James the Just, brother of Jesus, leader of the church in Jerusalem. The readers are expected to recognize the name.

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Commentary

Commentary on James 1:17-27Commentary on Jas 1:17-27 Working Preacher

Luther Seminary exegesis of the good gifts from above and the call to be doers and not hearers only.

James 1:17-27 CommentaryJas 1:17-27 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed, sermon shaped commentary on new birth by the word of truth and religion that shows itself in action.

James 1: Receiving and Doing the WordJas 1: Receiving and Doing the Word Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on the chapter.

James 1 CommentaryJas 1 Commentary Precept Austin

A deep gathering of word studies and cross references verse by verse.

James 1:17 CommentariesJas 1:17 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries on the passage in one place.

James 1, Expository NotesJas 1, Expository Notes StudyLight

Thomas Constable's expository notes on the implanted word and pure religion.

Background & Word Study

Book of James OverviewBook of Jas Overview BibleProject

An animated overview of James and its call to a wise and active faith.

James 1:17 Greek InterlinearJas 1:17 Greek Interlinear BibleHub

Greek word by word with parsing for the good and perfect gift verse.

The Church Fathers

Catena on James 1Catena on Jas 1 Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse on the word of truth and doing the word.

Questions preachers ask

What does James teach about trials?

Blessed is the one who remains steadfast under trial; temptation comes not from God but from our own desire, while every good gift comes down from the Father of lights.

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