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Testing Your Faith

James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings.

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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.

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Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,

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Rejoicing in Trials

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,

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knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

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knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

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And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

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But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

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But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

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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:

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But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

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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;

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For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,

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for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;

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being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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[he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;

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Contrast of the Rich and Poor

But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,

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and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

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and the rich in his humiliation, because as [the] grass's flower he will pass away.

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For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.

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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.

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Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

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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.

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Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone.

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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.

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But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.

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But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;

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Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.

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then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.

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Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.

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Do not err, my beloved brethren.

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Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

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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.

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In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

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According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of *his* creatures.

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This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;

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Hearing and Doing

So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

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for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.

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for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.

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Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.

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Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

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But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.

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For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;

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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:

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for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.

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for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.

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But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.

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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.

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If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

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If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.

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Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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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.

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James 1

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