James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Diaspora: Greetings.
James, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes that are in the dispersion, greeting.
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,
My brethren, count it all joy, when you fall into manifold trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
knowing that the trial of your faith produces patience.
4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
But let patience have its work perfected, that you may be perfect and faultless, wanting in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without finding fault; and it will be given to him.
Now, if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally, and upbraids not; and it shall be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
But let him ask in faith, doubting not: for he that doubts, is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind, and tossed.
7 For let that person not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
8 He is a double-minded person, unstable in all his ways.
A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.
9 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
Let the brother that is in a lowly condition, glory in his exaltation:
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
but he that is rich, in his humiliation; because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich person fade away in his pursuits.
For the sun rises with its burning heat, and withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its form perishes. So, also, shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which he promised to those who love him.
Blessed is the man that endures trial: for, being approved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him.
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
Let no one say, when he is tempted, My temptation is from God; for God can not be tempted by evils, and he himself tempts no man.
14 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
But every one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desire, and is deluded.
15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
So, then, desire, when it has conceived, brings forth sin; and sin, when it is matured, brings forth death.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
Be not deceived, my beloved brethren;
17 All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor slightest trace of turning.
18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
Of his own will, he begot us with the word of truth, in order that we might be, as it were, the first-fruits of his creatures.
19 This you know, my beloved brothers. But let every person be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
So, then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
20 for human anger does not produce the righteousness of God.
For the wrath of man produces not the righteousness of God.
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness, and every excess caused by malice, receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like someone looking at his natural face in a mirror;
For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man that looks at his natural face in a mirror:
24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he was.
for he looks at himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what sort of person he is.
25 But he who looks into the perfect Law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this person will be blessed in what he does.
But he that looks intently into the perfect law of liberty, and remains constant, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his deed.
26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious while he does not control his tongue, but deceives his heart, this one's religion is worthless.
If any one among you seems to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Religion, pure 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.
