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 in dispersion sendeth greeting.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
Account it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials:
3 knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
knowing this, that the trial of your faith worketh patience;
4 But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.
but let patience have it's perfect work, that ye may be entirely perfect, failing 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 lack 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, nothing doubting; for he that doubteth is like a wave of the sea blown about and tossed by the wind.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,
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 inconstant in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
Let the brother that is low rejoice in his exaltation: but the rich in his humiliation,
10 but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.
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 when the sun is risen with it's sultry heat, it drieth up the grass, and the flower of, it falleth, and the beauty of it's appearance is lost: so shall the rich man fade away in his projects.
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 is the man who sustaineth temptation; for being approved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath 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 one that is tempted say, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted by evils, and He tempteth no one.
14 But each one is tempted when by his own lust he is led away and enticed;
But every man is tempted, when drawn aside and insnared by his own vehement desire.
15 then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
Then desire having conceived bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Be not therefore deceived, my beloved brethren: for every good gift,
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.
and every perfect gift, but no evil one, is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, 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.
who hath of his own will begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-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 doth not practise 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.
Laying aside therefore all filthiness, and excess of malice, 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 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;
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like 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.
who beheld himself, and went away, and immediately forgot 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 well into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
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 among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his heart, this man's devotion 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 and uncorrupt religion before God and our Father is this, to take care of orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
