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, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.
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 one of you is wanting in wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will 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 ask in faith, nothing doubting; for he that doubteth is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and 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 double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the 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 rose with its burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways.
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.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to 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 when he is tempted, say, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he 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 lust he is led away and enticed;
15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
16 Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
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 gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no change, nor shadow from 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.
Of his own will he begot us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
20 for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Wherefore put off all filthiness, and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
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;
For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass;
24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
for he beholds himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets 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 who looks into the perfect law of liberty, and remains there, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deed.
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 one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion 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.
Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.
