James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
Iames a seruant of God, and of the Lord Iesus Christ, to the twelue Tribes, which are scattered abroade, salutation.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
My brethren, count it exceeding ioy, when ye fall into diuers tentations,
3 knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
Knowing that ye trying of your faith bringeth forth patience,
4 But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.
And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect and entier, lacking 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.
If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, and reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen 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 aske in faith, and wauer not: for hee that wauereth, is like a waue of the sea, tost of the winde, and caried away.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,
Neither let that man thinke that hee shall receiue any thing of the Lord.
8 a double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
A double minded man is vnstable in all his waies.
9 Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted:
10 but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.
Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish 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 as when the sunne riseth with heate, then the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the goodly shape of it perisheth: euen so shall the rich man wither away in all his waies.
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 ye man, that endureth tentation: for when he is tried, hee shall receiue the crowne of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that loue 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 say when hee is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God can not bee tempted with euill, neither tempteth he any man.
14 But each one is tempted when by his own lust he is led away and enticed;
But euery man is tempted, when hee is drawen away by his owne concupiscence, and is entised.
15 then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
Then when lust hath conceiued, it bringeth foorth sinne, and sinne when it is finished, bringeth foorth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Erre not, my deare 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.
Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow 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 owne will begate hee vs with the woorde of trueth, that we shoulde be as the first fruites of his creatures.
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnesse 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 lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse, and receiue with meekenes the word that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules.
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues.
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 heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse.
24 for he beholds himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what manner of man he was.
For when he hath considered himselfe, hee goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what maner of one 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 who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.
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 man amog you seeme religious, and refraineth not his tongue, but deceiueth his owne heart, this mans religion is vaine.
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 vndefiled before God, euen the Father, is this, to visite the fatherlesse, and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to keepe himselfe vnspotted of the world.
