James 1
1 James, a bondman of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion, greeting.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 Consider it all joy, my brothers, when ye encounter various trials,
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
4 And let perseverance have a perfect work, so that ye may be perfect and complete, falling short in nothing.
But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.
5 And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
But if any one of you is wanting in wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by wind and tossed about.
But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting; for he that doubteth is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
7 For that man should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord,
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,
8 a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
a double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
9 Now let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
10 but the rich in his lowliness, because as a flower of grass he will pass away.
but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.
11 For the sun rose up with the burning heat, and withered the grass. And the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished. So also the rich man will fade away among his pursuits.
For the sun rose with its burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways.
12 Blessed is a man who endures temptation, because, having become approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God, for God is without temptation of evils, and he himself tempts no man.
Let no one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempteth no one.
14 But each man is tempted by his own lust, being drawn away and enticed.
But each one is tempted when by his own lust he is led away and enticed;
15 Then the lust having conceived, it gives birth to sin, and after being complete the sin brings forth death.
then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
16 Be not led astray, my beloved brothers.
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
17 Every good gift and every perfect endowment is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation nor shadow of turning.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no change, nor shadow from turning.
18 Having deliberated, he begot us by the word of truth for us to be a certain first fruit of his creatures.
Of his own will he begot us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
20 For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21 Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Wherefore put off all filthiness, and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this resembles a man observing his natural face in a mirror.
For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass;
24 For he observes himself, and goes away, and straightaway forgets what kind of man he was.
for he beholds himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what manner of man he was.
25 But he who stooped to look into the perfect law, the one of liberty, and who remained, this man, who did not become a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, this man will be blessed in his doing.
But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty, and remains there, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deed.
26 If any man among you seems to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is futile.
If any one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
27 Pure religion and undefiled from God and the Father is this, to go help the orphaned and the widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.
