James 1
1 Iames a seruant of God, and of the Lord Iesus Christ, to the twelue Tribes, which are scattered abroade, salutation.
James the servant of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 My brethren, count it exceeding ioy, when ye fall into diuers tentations,
My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations;
3 Knowing that ye trying of your faith bringeth forth patience,
Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect and entier, lacking nothing.
And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, 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.
But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, 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 wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, which is moved and carried about by the wind.
7 Neither let that man thinke that hee shall receiue any thing of the Lord.
Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of 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:
But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation:
10 Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away.
And the rich, in his being low; because as the flower of the grass shall he 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 the sun rose with a burning heat, and parched the grass, and the flower thereof fell off, and the beauty of the shape thereof perished: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
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.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive a crown of life, which God 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 man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils, and he tempteth no man.
14 But euery man is tempted, when hee is drawen away by his owne concupiscence, and is entised.
But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.
15 Then when lust hath conceiued, it bringeth foorth sinne, and sinne when it is finished, bringeth foorth death.
Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.
16 Erre not, my deare brethren.
Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren.
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.
Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration.
18 Of his owne will begate hee vs with the woorde of trueth, that we shoulde be as the first fruites of his creatures.
For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creatures.
19 Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.
You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak, and slow to anger.
20 For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnesse of God.
For the anger of man worketh not the justice 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.
Wherefore casting away all uncleanness, and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted 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 ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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 a man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass.
24 For when he hath considered himselfe, hee goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what maner of one he was.
For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently 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 hath looked into the perfect law of liberty, and hath continued therein, not becoming 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.
And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this man’s religion 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.
Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation: and to keep one’s self unspotted from this world.
