< 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 which are dispersed, greeting.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into various trials;
3 knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
knowing that the proof of your faith produceth 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 ye may be perfect and complete, deficient 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 man of you be deficient in wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all men liberally, 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, harbouring no doubt: for he who is doubtful is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind, and in constant agitation.
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 unsteady in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
Let the brother low in station rejoice in his elevation:
10 but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.
but the rich, in his abasement: for as the flower of 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 arose with fervour, and burnt up the grass, and the flower of it fell off, and the beauty of its appearance was lost: just so the rich man in his course of life shall wither away.
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 who patiently supports temptation: for when he is proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath 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 man under temptation say, I am tempted of God: for God is incapable of temptation from 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 person is tempted, when by his own peculiar passion he is born away, and ensnared.
15 then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
Then passion impregnated, bringeth forth sin, and sin reaching its consummation, bringeth 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, descending from the father of illuminations, with whom there is no variableness, nor 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 choice he produced us by the word of truth, that we might be a sort of first fruit of his creatures.―
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Wherefore, 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 worketh 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 vicious pollution, and the abundance of iniquity, receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which hath power 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 yourselves by false reasoning.
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 man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man that looks at his natural face 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 away, and immediately forgot what sort of person 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 looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and perseveres, this man not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his practice.
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 thinks he is a religious character among you, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth 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.
Pure religion and undefiled with God even the Father is this, To pay diligent attention to the orphans and widows in their affliction, and to preserve himself spotless from the world.