< 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 servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Diaspora: Greetings.
2 all joy to govern brother me when(-ever) temptation/testing: testing to fall upon various
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,
3 to know that/since: that the/this/who testing you the/this/who faith to workout/produce perseverance
knowing that the testing of your faith produces 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
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking 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
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without finding fault; and it will be given to 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, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
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
For let that person not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
8 man double-minded restless in/on/among all the/this/who road it/s/he
He is a double-minded person, unstable in all his ways.
9 to boast then the/this/who brother the/this/who lowly in/on/among the/this/who height it/s/he
But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high 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
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he 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
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 also will the rich person fade away in his pursuits.
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 the one who perseveres under trial, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which he 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 he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by 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 each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
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 lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
16 not to lead astray brother me beloved
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
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
All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
18 to plan to generate me word truth toward the/this/who to exist me firstfruits one the/this/who it/s/he creature
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
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
This you know, my beloved brothers. But let every person be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
20 wrath for man righteousness God no (to work *N(k)O*)
for human anger does not produce the righteousness of God.
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
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 to be then doer word and not alone hearer to deceive themself
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
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 anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like someone looking at his natural face in a mirror;
24 to observe for themself and to go away and immediately to forget what sort? to be
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he was.
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 into the perfect Law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this person will be blessed in what he does.
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 anyone thinks himself to be religious while he does not control his tongue, but deceives his heart, this one's religion 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
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.