James Bible — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on james bible, drawn entirely from the King James Version. Each lesson opens with a study question, gives the verse reference, and offers a short teaching note. Use it for personal devotions, a small group, or a Sunday school class.
The 10 lessons
Lesson 1 · James 1:2 (KJV)
What should we do when we fall into divers temptations?
Answer: Count it all joy
Study note. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Lesson 2 · James 1:5 (KJV)
What should we ask God for in faith?
Answer: Wisdom
Study note. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Lesson 3 · James 1:6 (KJV)
What should a double-minded man not expect?
Answer: To receive anything from the Lord
Study note. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed… let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Lesson 4 · James 1:17 (KJV)
What is the source of every good and perfect gift?
Answer: The Father of lights
Study note. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Lesson 5 · James 1:22 (KJV)
What should we be doers of?
Answer: The word
Study note. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Lesson 6 · James 1:27 (KJV)
What is pure religion?
Answer: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world
Study note. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Lesson 7 · James 2:26 (KJV)
What did James say about faith without works?
Answer: It is dead
Study note. For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Lesson 8 · James 3:5 (KJV)
What does the tongue do?
Answer: All of the above
Study note. The tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity… Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men.
Lesson 9 · James 3:17 (KJV)
What is the wisdom from above?
Answer: First pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy
Study note. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Lesson 10 · James 5:16 (KJV)
What avails much?
Answer: The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
Study note. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Key verses to memorize
The passages this study returns to most often — pick one or two and commit them to memory this week.
Discussion questions
- Which lesson in this study surprised you the most, and why?
- How does james bible point us to Jesus Christ and the gospel?
- Pick one verse from the key passages above. How does it shape the way you will pray, read, or live this week?
- Who in your life could you share one of these truths with in the next seven days?