James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.
James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in dispersion sendeth greeting.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
Account it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials:
3 knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.
knowing this, that the trial of your faith worketh patience;
4 And let patience have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
but let patience have it's perfect work, that ye may be entirely perfect, failing in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
And if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting; for he that doubteth is like a wave of the sea blown about and tossed by the wind.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;
Let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
8 a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.
A double-minded man is inconstant in all his ways.
9 But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:
Let the brother that is low rejoice in his exaltation: but the rich in his humiliation,
10 and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11 For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.
For when the sun is risen with it's sultry heat, it drieth up the grass, and the flower of, it falleth, and the beauty of it's appearance is lost: so shall the rich man fade away in his projects.
12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which [the Lord] promised to them that love him.
Happy is the man who sustaineth temptation; for being approved 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 of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:
Let no one that is tempted say, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted by evils, and He tempteth no one.
14 but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
But every man is tempted, when drawn aside and insnared by his own vehement desire.
15 Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.
Then desire having conceived bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death.
16 Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
Be not therefore deceived, my beloved brethren: for every good gift,
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
and every perfect gift, but no evil one, is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, nor shadow of turning:
18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
who hath of his own will begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
19 Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But 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 worketh not the righteousness of God.
for the wrath of man doth not practise the righteousness of God.
21 Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Laying aside therefore all filthiness, and excess of malice, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror,
24 for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
who beheld himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what manner of man he was.
25 But he that looketh into the perfect law, the [law] of liberty, and [so] continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
But he that looketh well into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26 If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.
If any among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his heart, this man's devotion is vain.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
Pure and uncorrupt religion before God and our Father is this, to take care of orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
