James 1
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1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.1From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings!
2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;2My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,
3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.3because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.4And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.
5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.5But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.
6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.6But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.
7For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.7For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.8since he is a double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways.
9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:9Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.
10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.10But the rich person's pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.
11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.11For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.
12Blessed 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.12Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.
13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:13Let 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.
14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.14But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.
15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.15Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.
16Do not err, my beloved brethren.16Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.
17Every 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.17All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.
18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.18By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:19Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.20For human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.
21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.21So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.
22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.22But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.
23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:23For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.
24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.24For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.
25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.25But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out--he will be blessed in what he does.
26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.26If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
27Pure 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.27Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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