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 of the Dispersion, greeting.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
3 knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
Knowing that the proof of your faith worketh patience.
4 But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.
And let patience have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, 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.
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all 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, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
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 anything of the Lord;
8 a double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:
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 that he is made low: because as the flower of the 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 ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.
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 approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which [the Lord] 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 say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:
14 But each one is tempted when by his own lust he is led away and enticed;
but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
15 then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, 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 boon is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by 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 brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But 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 putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive 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.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding 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 any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding 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 beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth 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 looketh into the perfect law, the [law] of liberty, and [so] continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth, but a doer that worketh, this man shall 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 any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his 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 before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.
