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 who are in the dispersion: Greetings!
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,
Count [it] all joy, my brothers, when you may fall into manifold temptations,
3 knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.
knowing that the proof of your faith works endurance,
4 But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
and let the endurance have a perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking 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:
And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all generously, and not reproaching, and it will be given to 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, doubting nothing, for he who is doubting has been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed;
7 for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;
for do not let that man suppose that he will receive anything from the LORD—
8 [he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
a soul-split man [is] unstable in all his ways.
9 But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,
And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,
10 and the rich in his humiliation, because as [the] grass's flower he will pass away.
but the rich in his becoming low, because he will pass away as a flower of grass;
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 the burning heat, and withered the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished, so also the rich in his way will fade 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 endures temptation, because, becoming approved, he will receive the garland of life, which the LORD promised to those loving 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 who is being tempted say, “I am tempted from God,” for God is not tempted by evils, and Himself tempts no one,
14 But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
but each one is tempted, being led away and enticed by his own desires;
15 then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.
afterward the desire having conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin having been perfected, brings forth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Do not be led astray, my beloved brothers.
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 giving, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of 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.
having willed [it], He begot us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.
19 So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
20 for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.
for the wrath of a man does not work 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.
for this reason, having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, receive the implanted word in meekness, that is able to save your souls;
22 But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.
and become 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:
because, if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one has been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,
24 for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.
for he viewed himself, and has gone away, and immediately he forgot what kind 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 looked into [the] perfect law—that of liberty, and continued there, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of work—this one will be blessed in his doing.
26 If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.
If anyone thinks to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, the religion of this one [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.
religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation—to keep himself unspotted from the world.
