James 1:1-14 ▼

1 Iames a seruaunt of God, and of the lorde Iesus Christ, to ye twelue tribes which are scattred abroade, greetyng.

2 My brethren, count it all ioy whe ye fall into diuers temptations:

3 Knowyng (this) that the trying of your fayth worketh patience:

4 And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect & sounde, lackyng nothyng.

5 If any of you lacke wisdome, let him aske of God, that geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen hym.

6 But let hym aske in fayth, nothyng waueryng: For he that wauereth, is like a waue of the sea, tost of the wynde, and caryed with violence.

7 Neither let that man thynke that he shall receaue any thyng of the Lorde.

8 A double mynded man, is vnstable in all his wayes.

9 Let the brother of lowe degree, reioyce in that he is exalted:

10 Agayne, the riche, in that he is made lowe: Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away.

11 For the sunne hath rysen with heate, and the grasse hath withered, and his flowre hath fallen away, & the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished: So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes.

12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: For when he is tryed, he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe, which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue hym.

13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God can not be tempted with euyl, neither tempteth he any man:

14 But euery man is tempted, when he is drawen away, & entised of his owne concupiscence.