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James 1

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1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations.
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
3 Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
4 But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
5 If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.
5 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.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
6 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.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
8 A man unsettled in his opinions [is] unstable in all his ways.
8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
9 Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.
10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.
11 For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
11 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.
12 Blessed [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.
12 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.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.
17 Every 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.
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
18 Of his own will he hath begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
21 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.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
23 For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror
24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and immediately forgetteth what manner of man he was.
24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
25 But he who looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [in it], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
25 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.
26 If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.
26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
27 Pure 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.
27 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.
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