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, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
3 Knowing that the proof of your faith worketh patience.
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 And let patience have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
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 lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to 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 ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts 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 of the Lord;
For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
8 a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:
Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
10 and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the 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 arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass; and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.
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.
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who 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 man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts 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 he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
15 Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
16 Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
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 gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.
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.
Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
19 Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
20 for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
21 Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
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:
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at 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 sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind 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 who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
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 anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
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.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
