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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
This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I am writing to the “twelve tribes” — Jewish believers scattered abroad.
Greetings!
Faith and Endurance
Dear brothers and sisters,a when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.
because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.
Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing 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.
If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.
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 when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.
That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.
Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.
But the rich should take pride in their humiliation — since they will pass away like a wild flower.
And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field.
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.
The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and its beauty fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all of their achievements.
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.
God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;
but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.
Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.
Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.
Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.
So don’t be misled, my dear brothers and sisters.
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
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,
Listening and Doing
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
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.
So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling 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 you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.
and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look 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 if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
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 genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.