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James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:
Greetings.
To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:
Greetings.
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.
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,
because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.
Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
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:
But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
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;
That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;
Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
[he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.
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,
But the rich should take pride in their humiliation — since they will pass away like a wild flower.
and the rich in his humiliation, because as [the] grass's flower he will pass away.
For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.
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.
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
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.
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;
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.
but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.
But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
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.
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of *his* creatures.
Listening and Doing
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
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;
because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror
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:
and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.
But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it — not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it — they will be blessed in what they do.
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.
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
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.