James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
Iames a seruant of God, and of the Lord Iesus Christ, to the twelue Tribes, which are scattered abroade, salutation.
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations.
My brethren, count it exceeding ioy, when ye fall into diuers tentations,
3 Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Knowing that ye trying of your faith bringeth forth patience,
4 But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect and entier, lacking nothing.
5 If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.
If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, and reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen him.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
But let him aske in faith, and wauer not: for hee that wauereth, is like a waue of the sea, tost of the winde, and caried away.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
Neither let that man thinke that hee shall receiue any thing of the Lord.
8 A man unsettled in his opinions [is] unstable in all his ways.
A double minded man is vnstable in all his waies.
9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted:
10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away.
11 For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
For as when the sunne riseth with heate, then the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the goodly shape of it perisheth: euen so shall the rich man wither away in all his waies.
12 Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Blessed is ye man, that endureth tentation: for when he is tried, hee shall receiue the crowne of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that loue him.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Let no man say when hee is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God can not bee tempted with euill, neither tempteth he any man.
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
But euery man is tempted, when hee is drawen away by his owne concupiscence, and is entised.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Then when lust hath conceiued, it bringeth foorth sinne, and sinne when it is finished, bringeth foorth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Erre not, my deare brethren.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow of turning.
18 Of his own will he hath begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
Of his owne will begate hee vs with the woorde of trueth, that we shoulde be as the first fruites of his creatures.
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnesse of God.
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse, and receiue with meekenes the word that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues.
23 For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
For if any heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse.
24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and immediately forgetteth what manner of man he was.
For when he hath considered himselfe, hee goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what maner of one he was.
25 But he who looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [in it], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.
26 If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.
If any man amog you seeme religious, and refraineth not his tongue, but deceiueth his owne heart, this mans religion is vaine.
27 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.
Pure religion and vndefiled before God, euen the Father, is this, to visite the fatherlesse, and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to keepe himselfe vnspotted of the world.
