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Greetings from James
James, bondman of God and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which [are] in the dispersion, greeting.
James, bondman of God and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which [are] in the dispersion, greeting.
Greeting to the Twelve Tribes
James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad:
Greetings.
James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad:
Greetings.
Rejoicing in Trials
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,
Profiting from Trials
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.
But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:
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 let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about;
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;
For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
[he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Contrast of the Rich and Poor
But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,
But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,
The Perspective of Rich and Poor
Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation,
Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation,
and the rich in his humiliation, because as [the] grass's flower he will pass away.
but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away.
For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings.
For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.
Blessed [is the] man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him.
Loving God Under Trials
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
Perseverance in Temptation
Let no man, being tempted, say, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted by evil things, and himself tempts no one.
Let no man, being tempted, say, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted by evil things, and himself tempts no one.
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.
then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.
Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of *his* creatures.
Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
Hearing and Doing
So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.
for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
For if any man be a hearer of [the] word and not a doer, *he* is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;
for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.
for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
But *he* that fixes his view on [the] perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in [it], being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of [the] work, *he* shall be blessed in his doing.
But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.