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 who are in the dispersion: Greetings!
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
Count [it] all joy, my brothers, when you may fall into manifold temptations,
3 knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
knowing that the proof of your faith works endurance,
4 But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.
and let the endurance have a perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, 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.
And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all generously, and not reproaching, and it will be given to 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 nothing, for he who is doubting has been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed;
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,
for do not let that man suppose that he will receive anything from the LORD—
8 a double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
a soul-split man [is] unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
And let the brother who is low rejoice 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 the rich in his becoming low, because he will pass away as a flower of grass;
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 the burning heat, and withered the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished, so also the rich in his way will fade 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 endures temptation, because, becoming approved, he will receive the garland of life, which the LORD promised to those loving 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 who is being tempted say, “I am tempted from God,” for God is not tempted by evils, and Himself 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, being led away and enticed by his own desires;
15 then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
afterward the desire having conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin having been perfected, brings forth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Do not be led astray, my beloved brothers.
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 giving, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation, or 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.
having willed [it], He begot us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit 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 brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
for the wrath of a man does not work 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.
for this reason, having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, receive the implanted word in meekness, that is able to save your souls;
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
and become 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;
because, if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one has been like to a man viewing 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 viewed himself, and has gone away, and immediately he forgot what kind 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 who looked into [the] perfect law—that of liberty, and continued there, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of work—this one will be blessed in his doing.
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 anyone thinks to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, the religion of this one [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 with the God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation—to keep himself unspotted from the world.
