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: Health.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
My brethren, count it all joy, when you fall into diverse trials;
3 knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
knowing that the proof of your faith works out patience.
4 But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.
Let patience, therefore, have a perfect effect, that you 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.
If any of you be deficient in wisdom, let him ask it of God: who gives to all men liberally, and upbraids not, and it shall 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, being not at all irresolute: for he who is irresolute, 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,
Now let not that man think, that he shall receive anything from the Lord.
8 a double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
A man of two minds, is unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
Moreover, let the brother of humble 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 humiliation; for as a garden flower 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 a burning heat, and withers the herb, and its flower falls down, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also shall the rich man fade 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 who sustains trial, for becoming an approved person, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them 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 who is tempted say, Certainly I am tempted by God: for God is incapable of being tempted by evil things, and he tempts no one.
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, and enticed by his own lust:
15 then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
then lust having conceived, brings forth sin, and sin, being perfected, 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, descended from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variableness, nor 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 own will, he begot us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of fruits 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 works not out 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, putting away all filthiness, and overflowing of maliciousness, embrace with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
And be 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 one be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man who views 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 who looks at himself and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind 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 who looks narrowly into the perfect law of liberty, and perseveres, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of its work, shall, in so doing, be happy.
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 think to be religious, who bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, the religion of this person 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 take care of orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.
