James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the dispersion: Greetings!
2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations;
Count [it] all joy, my brothers, when you may fall into manifold temptations,
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience.
knowing that the proof of your faith works endurance,
4 But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
and let the endurance have a perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that gives to all men liberally, and upbraids not; and it shall be given 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 wavering. For he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
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 any thing of the Lord.
for do not let that man suppose that he will receive anything from the LORD—
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
a soul-split man [is] unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,
10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
but the rich in his becoming low, because he will pass away as a flower of grass;
11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it wither the grass, and the flower thereof falls, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
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 that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord 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 say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man:
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 man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
but each one is tempted, being led away and enticed by his own desires;
15 Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, 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 brothers.
Do not be led astray, my beloved brothers.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no ficklenss, neither 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 Of his own will fathered he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of 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 Why, my beloved brothers, 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 the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God.
for the wrath of a man does not work the righteousness of God;
21 Why lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted 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 you doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
and become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like to a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
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 beholds himself, and goes his way, and straightway forgets what manner of man he was.
for he viewed himself, and has gone away, and immediately he forgot what kind of [man] he was;
25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
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 man among you seem to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own 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 religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself 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.
