James 1
1 James God and lord: God Jesus Christ slave the/this/who twelve tribe the/this/who in/on/among the/this/who dispersion to rejoice
James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: to the twelve tribes who are scattered over the world. All good wishes.
2 all joy to govern brother me when(-ever) temptation/testing: testing to fall upon various
Reckon it nothing but joy, my brethren, whenever you find yourselves hedged in by various trials.
3 to know that/since: that the/this/who testing you the/this/who faith to workout/produce perseverance
Be assured that the testing of your faith leads to power of endurance.
4 the/this/who then perseverance work perfect to have/be in order that/to to be perfect and whole in/on/among nothing to lack
Only let endurance have perfect results so that you may become perfect and complete, deficient in nothing.
5 if then one you to lack wisdom to ask from/with/beside the/this/who to give God all without reserve and (not *NK(o)*) to revile and to give it/s/he
And if any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God for it, who gives with open hand to all men, and without upbraiding; and it will be given him.
6 to ask then in/on/among faith nothing to judge/doubt the/this/who for to judge/doubt to resemble waves sea be wind-blown and to toss about
But let him ask in faith and have no doubts; for he who has doubts is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed into spray.
7 not for to suppose the/this/who a human that that/since: that to take one from/with/beside the/this/who lord: God
A person of that sort must not expect to receive anything from the Lord--
8 man double-minded restless in/on/among all the/this/who road it/s/he
such a one is a man of two minds, undecided in every step he takes.
9 to boast then the/this/who brother the/this/who lowly in/on/among the/this/who height it/s/he
Let a brother in humble life rejoice when raised to a higher position;
10 the/this/who then rich in/on/among the/this/who lowliness it/s/he that/since: since as/when flower grass to pass by
but a rich man should rejoice in being brought low, for like flowers among the herbage rich men will pass away.
11 to rise for the/this/who sun with the/this/who heat and to dry the/this/who grass and the/this/who flower it/s/he to fall out and the/this/who beauty the/this/who face it/s/he to destroy thus(-ly) and the/this/who rich in/on/among the/this/who journey it/s/he to fade
The sun rises with his scorching heat and dries up the herbage, so that its flowers drop off and the beauty of its appearance perishes, and in the same way rich men with all their prosperity will fade away.
12 blessed man which to remain/endure temptation/testing: testing that/since: since tested to be to take the/this/who crown the/this/who life which to profess (the/this/who lord: God *K*) the/this/who to love it/s/he
Blessed is he who patiently endures trials; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the victor's crown--even the crown of Life--which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
13 nothing to test/tempt: tempt to say that/since: that away from (the/this/who *k*) God to test/tempt: tempt the/this/who for God untempted to be evil/harm: evil to test/tempt: tempt then it/s/he none
Let no one say when passing through trial, "My temptation is from God;" for God is incapable of being tempted to do evil, and He Himself tempts no one.
14 each then to test/tempt: tempt by/under: by the/this/who one's own/private desire to drag out/away and to entice
But when a man is tempted, it is his own passions that carry him away and serve as a bait.
15 then the/this/who desire to seize/conceive/help to give birth to sin the/this/who then sin to complete to generate death
Then the passion conceives, and becomes the parent of sin; and sin, when fully matured, gives birth to death.
16 not to lead astray brother me beloved
Do not be deceived, my dearly-loved brethren.
17 all gift good and all free gift perfect from above/again to be to come/go down away from the/this/who father the/this/who light from/with/beside which no there is variation or turning shadow
Every gift which is good, and every perfect boon, is from above, and comes down from the Father, who is the source of all Light. In Him there is no variation nor the slightest suggestion of change.
18 to plan to generate me word truth toward the/this/who to exist me firstfruits one the/this/who it/s/he creature
In accordance with His will He made us His children through the Message of the truth, so that we might, in a sense, be the Firstfruits of the things which He has created.
19 (to know *N(K)O*) brother me beloved to be (then *no*) all a human quick toward the/this/who to hear slow toward the/this/who to speak slow toward wrath
You know this, my dearly-loved brethren. But let every one be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to be angry.
20 wrath for man righteousness God no (to work *N(k)O*)
For a man's anger does not lead to action which God regards as righteous.
21 therefore to put aside all filth and excess evil in/on/among gentleness to receive the/this/who implanted/ingrafted word the/this/who be able to save the/this/who soul you
Ridding yourselves, therefore, of all that is vile and of the evil influences which prevail around you, welcome in a humble spirit the Message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.
22 to be then doer word and not alone hearer to deceive themself
But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves.
23 that/since: since if one hearer word to be and no doer this/he/she/it to resemble man to observe the/this/who face the/this/who origin it/s/he in/on/among mirror
For if any one listens but does not obey, he is like a man who carefully looks at his own face in a mirror.
24 to observe for themself and to go away and immediately to forget what sort? to be
Although he has looked carefully at himself, he goes away, and has immediately forgotten the sort of man he is.
25 the/this/who then to stoop toward law perfect the/this/who the/this/who freedom and to continue (this/he/she/it *k*) no hearer forgetfulness to be but doer work this/he/she/it blessed in/on/among the/this/who to do/make: do it/s/he to be
But he who looks closely into the perfect Law--the Law of freedom--and continues looking, he, being not a hearer who forgets, but an obedient doer, will as the result of his obedience be blessed.
26 if one to think religious to exist (in/on/among you *K*) not to bridle tongue (it/s/he *NK(o)*) but to trick heart (it/s/he *NK(o)*) this/he/she/it futile the/this/who religion
If a man thinks that he is scrupulously religious, although he is not curbing his tongue but is deceiving himself, his religious service is worthless.
27 religion clean and pure from/with/beside the/this/who God and father this/he/she/it to be to visit/care for orphan and widow in/on/among the/this/who pressure it/s/he spotless themself to keep: protect away from the/this/who world
The religious service which is pure and stainless in the sight of our God and Father is to visit fatherless children and widowed women in their time of trouble, and to keep one's own self unspotted from the world.
