James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
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 brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you may fall into manifold temptations.
3 knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
Knowing that the trial of your faith works out endurance.
4 But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting 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 one of you is wanting in wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given 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, nothing doubting; for he that doubteth is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
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 not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,
For let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8 a double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
the double-minded man, the most unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
But let the humble brother boast in his exaltation:
10 but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of 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 rose with its burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways.
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 man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that 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 when he is tempted, say, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempteth 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 by his own lust he is led away and enticed;
but each one is tempted by his own lusts, being drawn out, and enticed.
15 then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
Then the lust, conceiving, brings forth sin; and sin, having been perfected, produces death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no change, nor shadow from turning.
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 begot us with 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 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Know, my beloved brethren; but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow toward wrath:
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
for the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God.
21 Wherefore put off all filthiness, and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness 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 hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 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 glass;
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 beholds himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what manner of man 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 liberty, and remains there, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deed.
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 any one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
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 God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from 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.
