James 1
1 James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail!
Iames a seruant of God, and of the Lord Iesus Christ, to the twelue Tribes, which are scattered abroade, salutation.
2 All joy count [it], my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;
My brethren, count it exceeding ioy, when ye fall into diuers tentations,
3 knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,
Knowing that ye trying of your faith bringeth forth patience,
4 and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire — in nothing lacking;
And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect and entier, lacking nothing.
5 and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, 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 and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by 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 suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord —
Neither let that man thinke that hee shall receiue any thing of the Lord.
8 a two-souled man [is] unstable in all his ways.
A double minded man is vnstable in all his waies.
9 And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,
Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted:
10 and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of 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 did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!
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 Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving 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 one say, being tempted — 'From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,
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 and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,
But euery man is tempted, when hee is drawen away by his owne concupiscence, and is entised.
15 afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.
Then when lust hath conceiued, it bringeth foorth sinne, and sinne when it is finished, bringeth foorth death.
16 Be not led astray, my brethren beloved;
Erre not, my deare brethren.
17 every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or 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 having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit 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 So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.
20 for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;
For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnesse of God.
21 wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that 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 and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues.
23 because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,
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 did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;
For when he hath considered himselfe, hee goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what maner of one he was.
25 and he who did look into the perfect law — that of liberty, and did continue there, this one — not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work — this one shall be happy in his doing.
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 one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain [is] the religion;
If any man amog you seeme religious, and refraineth not his tongue, but deceiueth his owne heart, this mans religion is vaine.
27 religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation — unspotted to keep himself 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.
