James 1
1 James, bondman of God and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which [are] in the dispersion, greeting.
JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are dispersed, greeting.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into various trials;
3 knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.
knowing that the proof of your faith produceth patience.
4 But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
But let patience have its work perfected, that ye may be perfect and complete, deficient in nothing.
5 But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:
But if any man of you be deficient in 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 doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about;
But let him ask in faith, harbouring no doubt: for he who is doubtful is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind, and in constant agitation.
7 for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
8 [he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
A double-minded man is unsteady in all his ways.
9 But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,
Let the brother low in station rejoice in his elevation:
10 and the rich in his humiliation, because as [the] grass's flower he will pass away.
but the rich, in his abasement: for as the flower of grass he shall pass away.
11 For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings.
For the sun arose with fervour, and burnt up the grass, and the flower of it fell off, and the beauty of its appearance was lost: just so the rich man in his course of life shall wither away.
12 Blessed [is the] man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him.
Blessed is the man who patiently supports temptation: for when he is proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to those who love him.
13 Let no man, being tempted, say, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted by evil things, and himself tempts no one.
Let no man under temptation say, I am tempted of God: for God is incapable of temptation from evils, and he tempteth no man:
14 But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
but every person is tempted, when by his own peculiar passion he is born away, and ensnared.
15 then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.
Then passion impregnated, bringeth forth sin, and sin reaching its consummation, bringeth forth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning.
Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, descending from the father of illuminations, with whom there is no variableness, nor shadow of change.
18 According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of his creatures.
Of his own choice he produced us by the word of truth, that we might be a sort of first fruit of his creatures.―
19 So that, my beloved brethren, 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 man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21 Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Wherefore laying aside all vicious pollution, and the abundance of iniquity, receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which hath power to save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves by false reasoning.
23 For if any man be a hearer of [the] word and not a doer, he is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:
For if any man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man that looks at his natural face in a glass;
24 for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.
for he beheld himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what sort of person he was.
25 But he that fixes his view on [the] perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in [it], being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of [the] work, he shall be blessed in his doing.
But he that looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and perseveres, this man not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his practice.
26 If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.
If any man thinks he is a religious character among you, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
Pure religion and undefiled with God even the Father is this, To pay diligent attention to the orphans and widows in their affliction, and to preserve himself spotless from the world.
