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,
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations.
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 And let perseverance have a perfect work, so that ye may be perfect and complete, falling short in nothing.
But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting 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.
If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to 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 wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with 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 any thing from the Lord.
8 a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
A man unsettled in his opinions [is] unstable in all his ways.
9 Now let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
Let the brother of low degree rejoice 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 shall 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 hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall 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 tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath 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 man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14 But each man is tempted by his own lust, being drawn away and enticed.
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
15 Then the lust having conceived, it gives birth to sin, and after being complete the sin brings forth death.
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, 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, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of 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 hath begotten 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 lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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 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 beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and immediately forgetteth 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 looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [in it], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall 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 man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth 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 and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.
