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 of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations;
3 knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.
And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing 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 want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth 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, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, which is moved and carried about by the wind.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,
Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 a double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
But let the brother of low 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.
And the rich, in his being low; because as the flower of the grass shall he 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 rose with a burning heat, and parched the grass, and the flower thereof fell off, and the beauty of the shape thereof perished: 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 endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive a crown of life, which God hath promised to them that 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 man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils, and he tempteth no man.
14 But each one is tempted when by his own lust he is led away and enticed;
But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.
15 then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Do not err, therefore, my dearest 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 best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration.
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.
For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creatures.
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak, and slow to anger.
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
For the anger of man worketh not the justice 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 casting away all uncleanness, and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive 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 ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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 a man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass.
24 for he beholds himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what manner of man he was.
For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently forgot what manner of man 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 he that hath looked into the perfect law of liberty, and hath continued therein, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work; this man 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.
And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving 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 clean and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation: and to keep one’s self unspotted from this world.
