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, the servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who 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 you may fall into manifold temptations.
3 Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance;
Knowing that the trial of your faith works out 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, in order that you may be perfect and whole in every part, 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 of you lack wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all cheerfully and upbraids none; and it will be given unto 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, doubting as to nothing; for he that doubts is like unto a wave of the sea driven by the winds and tossed by the tempest.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord—
For let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8 A two-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
the double-minded man, the most unstable in all his ways.
9 But boasting be the lowly brother in his uplifting;
But let the humble brother boast in his exaltation:
10 Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, —because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
and the rich man, in his humility: because as the flower of the grass 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 with a scorching wind has risen, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its countenance perished: so indeed the rich man will pass away in his ways.
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.
Happy is the man who endures temptation: because, being proved, he will receive a crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him with divine love.
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 one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God can not be tempted with evils, and he tempts no one:
14 But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed,
but each one is tempted by his own lusts, being drawn out, and enticed.
15 Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full-grown, bringeth forth death.
Then the lust, conceiving, brings forth sin; and sin, having been perfected, produces death.
16 Be not deceived, my brethren beloved: —
Be not deceived, 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 is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.
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
Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be some first fruit of his creations.
19 Ye know, my brethren beloved, —but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
Know, my beloved brethren; but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow toward wrath:
20 For, man’s anger, worketh not, God’s righteousness.
for the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God.
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:
Therefore having laid aside all filthiness and excess of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only—reasoning yourselves astray;
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving 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 one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding 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 recognized himself, and has gone away, and immediately forgot what kind he was.
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 the one having looked into the perfect law which is the law of liberty, and having remained in it, not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be happy in his work.
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:
But if any one seems to be religious, bridling not his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, the religion of that man 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 religion and undefiled with God even the Father is this, to relieve the orphans and widows in their affliction, and keep himself unspotted from the world.
