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, —unto the twelve tribes that are in the dispersion, Wishes joy.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations, —
3 knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance;
4 But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.
But let, your endurance, have, mature work, that ye may be mature and complete, in nothing, coming short.
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 is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely 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 be asking in faith, nothing, doubting, for, he that doubteth, is like a wave of the sea, wind-driven and storm-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 from the Lord—
8 a double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
A two-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
But boasting be the lowly brother in his uplifting;
10 but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.
Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, —because, as a flower of grass, he will 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 hath sprung up, with it scorching heat, and hath withered the grass, and, the flower thereof, hath fallen out, and, the beauty of the face thereof, hath perished, —so, also the rich, in his goings, shall languish.
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.
Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life—which he hath promised unto 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 one, while tempted, be saying—From God, am I tempted, —for, God, cannot be tempted by things evil, and, himself, tempteth no one;
14 But each one is tempted when by his own lust he is led away and enticed;
But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed,
15 then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full-grown, bringeth forth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Be not deceived, my brethren beloved: —
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 alternation, nor shadow 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.
Because he was so minded, he hath brought us forth with a word of truth, to the end we should be a sort of firstfruit of his creatures
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Ye know, my brethren beloved, —but 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, man’s anger, worketh not, God’s righteousness.
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 overflow of baseness, in meekness, welcome ye the word fitted for inward growth, which is able to save your souls:
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
Become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only—reasoning yourselves astray;
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 any is, a word-hearer, and not a doer, the same, is like unto a man observing 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 observed himself, and is gone away, and, straightway, it hath escaped him, —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 hath obtained a nearer view into the perfect law of liberty, and hath taken up his abode by it, becoming—not a forgetful hearer, but a work doer, the same, happy in his doing, shall be.
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 thinketh he is observant of religion, not curbing his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this one’s, religious observance 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.
Religious observance, pure and undefiled with our God and Father, is, this—to be visiting orphans and widows in their affliction, unspotted, to keep, himself, from the world.
