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, the servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the Dispersion, greeting.
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you may fall into manifold temptations.
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
Knowing that the trial of your faith works out endurance.
4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
But let endurance have its perfect work, in order that you may be perfect and whole in every part, lacking 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.
But if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all cheerfully and upbraids none; and it will be given unto 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 as to nothing; for he that doubts is like unto a wave of the sea driven by the winds and tossed by the tempest.
7 For let that person not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
For let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8 He is a double-minded person, unstable in all his ways.
the double-minded man, the most unstable in all his ways.
9 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
But let the humble brother boast in his exaltation:
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
and the rich man, in his humility: because as the flower of the grass he will 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 with a scorching wind has risen, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its countenance perished: so indeed the rich man will pass 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.
Happy is the man who endures temptation: because, being proved, he will receive a crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him with divine love.
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 being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God can not be tempted with evils, and he tempts no one:
14 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
but each one is tempted by his own lusts, being drawn out, and enticed.
15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
Then the lust, conceiving, brings forth sin; and sin, having been perfected, produces 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, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.
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 begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be some first fruit of his creations.
19 This you know, my beloved brothers. But let every person be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
Know, my beloved brethren; but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow toward wrath:
20 for human anger does not produce the righteousness of God.
for the wrath of man works 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.
Therefore having laid aside all filthiness and excess of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted 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 beholding 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 recognized himself, and has gone away, and immediately forgot what kind he was.
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 the one having looked into the perfect law which is the law of liberty, and having remained in it, not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be happy in his work.
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.
But if any one seems to be religious, bridling not his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, the religion of that man 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.
Pure religion and undefiled with God even the Father is this, to relieve the orphans and widows in their affliction, and keep himself unspotted from the world.
