James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the dispersion: Greetings!
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.
2 Count [it] all joy, my brothers, when you may fall into manifold temptations,
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
3 knowing that the proof of your faith works endurance,
Knowing that the proof of your faith worketh patience.
4 and let the endurance have a perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
And let patience have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
5 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;
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 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;
But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
7 for do not let that man suppose that he will receive anything from the LORD—
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;
8 a soul-split man [is] unstable in all his ways.
a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,
But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:
10 but the rich in his becoming low, because he will pass away as a flower of grass;
and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11 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!
For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.
12 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.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which [the Lord] promised to them that love him.
13 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,
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:
14 but each one is tempted, being led away and enticed by his own desires;
but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
15 afterward the desire having conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin having been perfected, brings forth death.
Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.
16 Do not be led astray, my beloved brothers.
Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
17 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;
Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
18 having willed [it], He begot us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19 So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20 for the wrath of a man does not work the righteousness of God;
for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21 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;
Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 and become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
23 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,
For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:
24 for he viewed himself, and has gone away, and immediately he forgot what kind of [man] he was;
for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25 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.
But he that looketh into the perfect law, the [law] of liberty, and [so] continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth, but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
26 If anyone thinks to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, the religion of this one [is] vain;
If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.
27 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.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.
