James 1 Quiz — Trials, Wisdom, and Doers of the Word — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on james 1 quiz — trials, wisdom, and doers of the word, 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)
How are we to count it when we fall into divers temptations?
Answer: All joy
Study note. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations. (James 1:2)
Lesson 2 · James 1:3 (KJV)
What does the trying of your faith work?
Answer: Patience
Study note. Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. (James 1:3)
Lesson 3 · James 1:5 (KJV)
What should the man that lacks wisdom do?
Answer: Ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally
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. (James 1:5)
Lesson 4 · James 1:6 (KJV)
How must he ask?
Answer: In faith, nothing wavering
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. (James 1:6)
Lesson 5 · James 1:17 (KJV)
From whom does every good gift come?
Answer: The Father of lights, with whom is no variableness
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. (James 1:17)
Lesson 6 · James 1:19 (KJV)
How should every man be?
Answer: Swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath
Study note. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. (James 1:19)
Lesson 7 · James 1:22 (KJV)
What are we to be, not hearers only?
Answer: Doers of the word
Study note. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. (James 1:22)
Lesson 8 · James 1:23 (KJV)
A hearer only is like a man beholding what?
Answer: His natural face in a glass
Study note. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass. (James 1:23)
Lesson 9 · James 1:27 (KJV)
What is pure religion and undefiled?
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. (James 1:27)
Lesson 10 · James 1:14 (KJV)
Whence come wars and fightings? (introduced in James 1's themes of desire)
Answer: From lusts that war in your members
Study note. From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? (James 4:1) — picking up the theme of desire from James 1:14.
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 1 quiz — trials, wisdom, and doers of the word 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?