James 1
1 Iames a seruant of God, and of the Lord Iesus Christ, to the twelue Tribes, which are scattered abroade, salutation.
James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in dispersion sendeth greeting.
2 My brethren, count it exceeding ioy, when ye fall into diuers tentations,
Account it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials:
3 Knowing that ye trying of your faith bringeth forth patience,
knowing this, that the trial of your faith worketh patience;
4 And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect and entier, lacking nothing.
but let patience have it's perfect work, that ye may be entirely perfect, failing in nothing.
5 If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, and reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen 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 aske in faith, and wauer not: for hee that wauereth, is like a waue of the sea, tost of the winde, and caried away.
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 Neither let that man thinke that hee shall receiue any thing of the Lord.
Let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
8 A double minded man is vnstable in all his waies.
A double-minded man is inconstant in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted:
Let the brother that is low rejoice in his exaltation: but the rich in his humiliation,
10 Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away.
because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11 For as when the sunne riseth with heate, then the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the goodly shape of it perisheth: euen so shall the rich man wither away in all his waies.
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 ye man, that endureth tentation: for when he is tried, hee shall receiue the crowne of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that loue 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 hee is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God can not bee tempted with euill, neither tempteth he any 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 euery man is tempted, when hee is drawen away by his owne concupiscence, and is entised.
But every man is tempted, when drawn aside and insnared by his own vehement desire.
15 Then when lust hath conceiued, it bringeth foorth sinne, and sinne when it is finished, bringeth foorth death.
Then desire having conceived bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death.
16 Erre not, my deare brethren.
Be not therefore deceived, my beloved brethren: for every good gift,
17 Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow of 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 owne will begate hee vs with the woorde of trueth, that we shoulde be as the first fruites 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 Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe 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 doeth not accomplish the righteousnesse of God.
for the wrath of man doth not practise the righteousness of God.
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse, and receiue with meekenes the word that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules.
Laying aside therefore all filthiness, and excess of malice, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if any heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse.
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 when he hath considered himselfe, hee goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what maner of one he was.
who beheld himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what manner of man he was.
25 But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.
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 amog you seeme religious, and refraineth not his tongue, but deceiueth his owne heart, this mans religion is vaine.
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 vndefiled before God, euen the Father, is this, to visite the fatherlesse, and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to keepe himselfe vnspotted of 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.
