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, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations, —
My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations;
3 Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance;
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience.
4 But let, your endurance, have, mature work, that ye may be mature and complete, in nothing, coming short.
But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, wanting 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;
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that gives to all men liberally, and upbraids not; and it shall be given 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 wavering. For he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
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 any thing of the Lord.
8 A two-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
9 But boasting be the lowly brother in his uplifting;
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
10 Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, —because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall 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 is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it wither the grass, and the flower thereof falls, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes: so also shall the rich man fade 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.
Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord 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 say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man:
14 But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed,
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15 Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full-grown, bringeth forth death.
Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death.
16 Be not deceived, my brethren beloved: —
Do not err, my beloved brothers.
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, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no ficklenss, neither 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
Of his own will fathered he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of 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,
Why, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to 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:
Why lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and 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 you doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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 be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like to a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24 For he observed himself, and is gone away, and, straightway, it hath escaped him, —what manner of man, he was!
For he beholds himself, and goes his way, and straightway forgets what manner of man 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 whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
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 man among you seem to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own 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 religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
