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• Anne (Mother of Mary)

  Anne is known from the second-century apocryphal Protoevangelium of James as the wife of Joachim and the mother of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. She does not appear in the canonical Bible.

• Ucal

  Ucal is an Old Testament figure named in Proverbs 30:1, together with Ithiel, as one to whom Agur delivered his sayings. He appears only once in the Bible, and nothing is known of his life.

• King James Version

  The King James Version (KJV) is an English translation of the Bible produced at the command of King James I of England and published in 1611. For centuries it served as the standard Bible of English-speaking Protestantism.

• James 2:1–4

  James 2:1–4 is a passage instructing believers in Christ not to show partiality between the rich and the poor in their assembly. It is frequently cited as a warning against treating people differently in the church on the basis of wealth or status.

• James 4

  James 4 traces the root of quarrels to lusts and to friendship with the world, and it urges readers to submit to God and humble themselves. It goes on to warn against speaking evil of a brother and against boasting about tomorrow without regard for the will of God.

• James 1

  James 1 opens with James's greeting to the twelve tribes scattered abroad. It then addresses, in turn, endurance under trials, asking God for wisdom in faith, the relationship between desire and sin, being doers of the word and not hearers only, and true religion.

• James 5

  James 5 is the final chapter of the Epistle of James. It warns the rich and urges believers to be patient until the coming of the Lord. It then addresses the prohibition of oaths, prayer for the sick, and the restoration of a brother who has wandered from the truth.

• King James Onlyism

  King James Onlyism is the position that the only correct Bible is the King James Bible, produced in England in 1611, or a translation that follows its underlying text, the Textus Receptus.

• Zebedee

  Zebedee was a Galilean fisherman and the father of James and John, two of the twelve disciples of Jesus. In the Gospels his name appears mostly in the phrase "the sons of Zebedee."

• James 2

  James 2 urges believers not to show partiality based on outward appearance and declares that faith without works is dead, citing Abraham and Rahab as examples.

• Fruit of the Spirit

  The fruit of the Spirit refers to the nine virtues—love, joy, peace, and others—that Paul lists in Galatians 5:22–23 as the character displayed by those who live by the Spirit.

• The Stone the Builders Rejected

  An expression from Psalm 118:22 declaring that a stone rejected by people has become the head of the corner. The New Testament applies the verse to the rejection and exaltation of Jesus Christ.

• Bishops' Bible

  The Bishops' Bible is an English Bible published in 1568 by the Church of England under the direction of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury. It served as the base text for the translation of the King James Bible in 1611.

• Parable of the Leaven

  The Parable of the Leaven is a short parable in which Jesus likens the kingdom of God to "leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened." It appears in Matthew 13 and Luke 13.

• The Cushite Woman

  The Cushite woman is the "Cushite woman" (KJV: "Ethiopian woman") whom Moses married, according to Numbers 12. She appears in the account in which Miriam and Aaron used this marriage as a pretext for speaking against Moses. Her name is not recorded.

• Artemis of Ephesus

  Artemis was a goddess worshiped in ancient Ephesus and identified with the Artemis of Greek mythology; the King James Version calls her Diana. In Acts 19, a riot breaks out in Ephesus when Paul's preaching of the gospel threatens the trade in silver models of her image.

• Chaldea

  Chaldea is a biblical term for a region in southern Mesopotamia and for the people who lived there. Scripture uses it for Abraham's homeland, "Ur of the Chaldees"; for the Babylonian Empire that destroyed Judah; and for a class of learned men and astrologers in the book of Daniel.

• Textus Receptus

  The Textus Receptus (Latin for "received text") refers to the printed Greek New Testament texts produced during the Reformation era of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It served as the basis for the New Testament in the King James Version and other early Protestant translations.

• New Commandment

  The new commandment is the command Jesus Christ gave his disciples at the Last Supper: "as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." It appears in John 13:34-35.

• Hampton Court Conference

  The Hampton Court Conference was a meeting held in January 1604 at Hampton Court Palace, where King James I of England summoned bishops of the Church of England and Puritan representatives to discuss demands for church reform. It led to the translation of the King James Bible.