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 our Lord Jesus the Messiah; to the twelve tribes dispersed among the Gentiles; greeting peace.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,
Let it be all joy to you, my brethren, when ye enter into many and various trials.
3 knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.
For ye know, that the trial of your faith, maketh you possess patience.
4 But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
And let patience have its perfect work, so that ye may be complete and perfect, and may lack 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 lacketh wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all freely, and reproacheth 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, not hesitating: he who hesitateth is like the waves of the sea, which the wind agitateth.
7 for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;
And let not that man expect to receive any thing of the Lord,
8 [he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
who is hesitating in his mind, and unstable in all his ways.
9 But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,
And let the depressed brother rejoice, in his elevation;
10 and the rich in his humiliation, because as [the] grass's flower he will pass away.
and the rich, in his depression; because, like the flower of an herb, so he passeth 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 riseth in its heat, and drieth up the herb; and its flower falleth, and the beauty of its appearance perisheth: so also the rich man withereth 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 who endureth temptations; so that when he is proved he may receive a crown of life, which God hath 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 of God: for God is not tempted with evils, nor doth he tempt any man.
14 But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
But every man is tempted by his own lust; and he lusteth, and is drawn away.
15 then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.
And this his lust conceiveth, and bringeth forth sin; and sin, when mature, 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 and perfect gift cometh down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no mutation, not even the 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.
He saw fit, and begat us by the word of truth; that we might be the first-fruits of his creatures.
19 So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
And be ye, my beloved brethren, every one of you, swift to hear, and slow to speak; and 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, remove far from you all impurity, and the abundance of wickedness; and, with meekness, receive the word that is implanted in our nature, which is able to vivify these 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; and do not deceive 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 man shall be a hearer of the word, and not a doer of it, he will be like one who seeth his 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 seeth himself, and passeth on, and forgetteth what a 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 every one that looketh upon the perfect law of liberty and abideth in it, is not a hearer of something to be forgotten, but a doer of the things; and he will be blessed in his work.
26 If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.
And if any one thinketh that he worshippeth God, and doth not restrain his tongue, but his heart deceiveth him; his worship 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.
For the worship that is pure and holy before God the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and the widows in their affliction, and that one keep himself unspotted from the world.
