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.1James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: To the 12 tribes in the Dispersion. Greetings.
2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;2Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials,
3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.3knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.4But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.
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.5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, 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 let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
7For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.7That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
8A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.8An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways.
9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:9The brother of humble circumstances should boast in his exaltation,
10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.10but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
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 scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.
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.12A man who endures trials is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that God has 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:13No one undergoing a trial should say, "I am being tempted by God." For God is not tempted by evil, and He Himself doesn't tempt anyone.
14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.14But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.
15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.15Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.
16Do not err, my beloved brethren.16Don't be deceived, my dearly loved brothers.
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.17Every generous act and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights; with Him there is no variation or shadow cast by turning.
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 own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:19My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.20for man's 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.21Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you.
22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.22But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving 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:23Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking 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 looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man 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 looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but one who does good works--this person 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 anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself.
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 our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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