James 1
1 James, a servant, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, —unto the twelve tribes that are in the dispersion, Wishes joy.
James, bondman of God and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which [are] in the dispersion, greeting.
2 All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations, —
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,
3 Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance;
knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.
4 But let, your endurance, have, mature work, that ye may be mature and complete, in nothing, coming short.
But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 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;
But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:
6 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, —
but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about;
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 two-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
[he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 But boasting be the lowly brother in his uplifting;
But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,
10 Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, —because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
and the rich in his humiliation, because as [the] grass's flower he will pass away.
11 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.
For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings.
12 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.
Blessed [is the] man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him.
13 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;
Let no man, being tempted, say, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted by evil things, and himself tempts no one.
14 But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed,
But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
15 Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full-grown, bringeth forth death.
then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.
16 Be not deceived, my brethren beloved: —
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
17 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:
Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning.
18 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
According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of his creatures.
19 Ye know, my brethren beloved, —but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
20 For, man’s anger, worketh not, God’s righteousness.
for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.
21 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:
Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only—reasoning yourselves astray;
But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.
23 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, —
For if any man be a hearer of [the] word and not a doer, he is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:
24 For he observed himself, and is gone away, and, straightway, it hath escaped him, —what manner of man, he was!
for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.
25 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.
But he that fixes his view on [the] perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in [it], being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of [the] work, he shall be blessed in his doing.
26 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:
If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.
27 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.
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
