James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
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 brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
My brethren, count it all joy, when you fall into manifold trials,
3 knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
knowing that the trial of your faith produces patience.
4 But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.
But let patience have its work perfected, that you may be perfect and faultless, wanting 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.
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, 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 not: for he that doubts, is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind, and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
8 a double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
Let the brother that is in a lowly condition, glory in his exaltation:
10 but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of 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 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 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 man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that 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 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 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 by his own lust he is led away and enticed;
But every one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desire, and is deluded.
15 then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
So, then, desire, when it has conceived, brings forth sin; and sin, when it is matured, brings forth 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, 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 begot us with 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 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
So, then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
For the wrath of man produces 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.
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 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 that looks at 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 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 liberty, and remains there, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deed.
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 any one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
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 God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from 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.
