James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the dispersion: Health.
James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in dispersion sendeth greeting.
2 My brethren, count it all joy, when you fall into diverse trials;
Account it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials:
3 knowing that the proof of your faith works out patience.
knowing this, that the trial of your faith worketh patience;
4 Let patience, therefore, have a perfect effect, that you may be perfect and complete, deficient in nothing.
but let patience have it's perfect work, that ye may be entirely perfect, failing in nothing.
5 If any of you be deficient in wisdom, let him ask it of God: who gives to all men liberally, and upbraids not, and it shall be given to 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 ask in faith, being not at all irresolute: for he who is irresolute, is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
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 Now let not that man think, that he shall receive anything from the Lord.
Let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
8 A man of two minds, is unstable in all his ways.
A double-minded man is inconstant in all his ways.
9 Moreover, let the brother of humble condition glory in his exaltation,
Let the brother that is low rejoice in his exaltation: but the rich in his humiliation,
10 and the rich in his humiliation; for as a garden flower he shall pass away.--
because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11 For the sun rises with a burning heat, and withers the herb, and its flower falls down, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also shall the rich man fade in his ways.
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 the man who sustains trial, for becoming an approved person, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them who love 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 one who is tempted say, Certainly I am tempted by God: for God is incapable of being tempted by evil things, and he tempts no one.
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 every one is tempted, when he is drawn away, and enticed by his own lust:
But every man is tempted, when drawn aside and insnared by his own vehement desire.
15 then lust having conceived, brings forth sin, and sin, being perfected, brings forth death.
Then desire having conceived bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death.
16 Be not deceived, my beloved brethren;
Be not therefore deceived, my beloved brethren: for every good gift,
17 every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, descended from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variableness, nor 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 own will, he begot us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of fruits 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 beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow 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 works not out the righteousness of God.
for the wrath of man doth not practise the righteousness of God.
21 Wherefore, putting away all filthiness, and overflowing of maliciousness, embrace with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
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 doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves by false reasoning.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if any one be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man who views his natural face in a mirror;
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 he who looks at himself and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he was.
who beheld himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what manner of man he was.
25 But he who looks narrowly into the perfect law of liberty, and perseveres, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of its work, shall, in so doing, be happy.
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 one among you think to be religious, who bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, the religion of this person is vain.
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 undefiled, with God, even the Father, is this: To take care of orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from 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.
