James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
James, a servant, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, —unto the twelve tribes that are in the dispersion, Wishes joy.
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations, —
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance;
4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
But let, your endurance, have, mature work, that ye may be mature and complete, in nothing, coming short.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
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;
6 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
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, —
7 For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord—
8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
A two-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
But boasting be the lowly brother in his uplifting;
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, —because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
11 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 the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.
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.
12 Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.
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.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
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;
14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed,
15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full-grown, bringeth forth death.
16 Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
Be not deceived, my brethren beloved: —
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.
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:
18 Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
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
19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
Ye know, my brethren beloved, —but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
20 for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
For, man’s anger, worketh not, God’s righteousness.
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
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:
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
Become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only—reasoning yourselves astray;
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
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, —
24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
For he observed himself, and is gone away, and, straightway, it hath escaped him, —what manner of man, he was!
25 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 man will be blessed in what he does.
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.
26 If anyone amongst you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
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:
27 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.
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.
