James 1:17 MSG/NIV - Online Parallel Bible
| The Message (MSG) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 17 Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. | 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. |
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