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 scattered abroad, greeting.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
3 knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.
knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
4 But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting 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 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, 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, nothing doubting; for he that doubteth is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
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 anything from the Lord,
8 [he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
a double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
9 But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,
Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
10 and the rich in his humiliation, because as [the] grass's flower 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 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 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 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 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, being tempted, say, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted by evil things, and himself tempts no one.
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 every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
But each one is tempted when by his own lust he is led away and enticed;
15 then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.
then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Do not err, 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, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no change, nor shadow from turning.
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 will he begot us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits 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 put off all filthiness, and excess of wickedness, and 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, beguiling yourselves.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
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 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 has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.
for he beholds himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what manner of man 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 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 one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.
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 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 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.
