James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, 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 manifold temptations;
All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations, —
3 Knowing that the proof of your faith worketh patience.
Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance;
4 And let patience have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
But let, your endurance, have, mature work, that ye may be mature and complete, in nothing, coming short.
5 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.
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 the surge 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 of the Lord;
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord—
8 a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.
A two-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
9 But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:
But boasting be the lowly brother in his uplifting;
10 and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, —because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
11 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.
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 hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which [the Lord] 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 man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:
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 man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed,
15 Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.
Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full-grown, bringeth forth death.
16 Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
Be not deceived, my brethren beloved: —
17 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.
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 brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits 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 Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But 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 putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, 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 ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
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 unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:
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 beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth 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 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.
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 man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his 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 our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself 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.
