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| 1 | Ἰάκωβος
θεοῦ καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος ταῖς δώδεκα φυλαῖς ταῖς ἐν τῇ διασπορᾷ χαίρειν. |
JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion:
Greeting. | Salutation Jas.1.1
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| 2 | Πᾶσαν χαρὰν ἡγήσασθε, ἀδελφοί μου, ὁταν πειρασμοῖς περιπέσητε ποικίλοις, |
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, | Faith and Wisdom Jas.1.2-8
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| 3 | γινώσκοντες ὅτι τὸ δοκίμιον ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως κατεργάζεται ὑπομονήν· |
for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. |
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| 4 | ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ ἐργον τέλειον ἐχέτω, ἵνα ἦτε τέλειοι καὶ ὁλόκληροι, ἐν μηδενὶ λειπόμενοι. |
And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. |
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| 5 | Εἰ δέ τις ὑμῶν λείπεται σοφίας, αἰτείτω παρὰ τοῦ διδόντος θεοῦ πᾶσιν ἀπλῶς καὶ μὴ ὀνειδίζοντος, καὶ δοθήσεται αὐτῷ. |
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him. |
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| 6 | αἰτείτω δὲ ἐν πίστει, μηδὲν διακρινόμενος, ὁ γὰρ διακρινόμενος ἐοικεν κλύδωνι θαλάσσης ἀνεμιζομένῳ καὶ ῥιπιζομένῳ· |
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. |
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| 7 | μὴ γὰρ οἰέσθω ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος ὅτι λήμψεταί τι παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου, |
(7, 8) For that person must not suppose that a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways, will receive anything from the Lord. |
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| 8 | ἀνὴρ δίψυχος, ἀκατάστατος ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ. |
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| 9 | Καυχάσθω δὲ ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὁ ταπεινὸς ἐν τῷ ὑψει αὐτοῦ, |
Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, | Poverty and Riches Jas.1.9-11
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| 10 | ὁ δὲ πλούσιος ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ὡς ἀνθος χόρτου παρελεύσεται. |
and the rich in his humiliation, because like the flower of the grass he will pass away. |
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| 11 | ἀνέτειλεν γὰρ ὁ ἡλιος σὺν τῷ καύσωνι καὶ ἐξήρανεν τὸν χόρτον, καὶ τὸ ἀνθος αὐτοῦ ἐξέπεσεν καὶ ἡ εὐπρέπεια τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ἀπώλετο· οὑτως καὶ ὁ πλούσιος ἐν ταῖς πορείαις αὐτοῦ μαρανθήσεται. |
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits. |
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| 12 | Μακάριος ἀνὴρ ὃς ὑπομένει πειρασμόν, ὅτι δόκιμος γενόμενος λήμψεται τὸν στέφανον τῆς ζωῆς, ὃν ἐπηγγείλατο τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτόν. |
Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him. | Trial and Temptation Jas.1.12-18
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| 13 | μηδεὶς πειραζόμενος λεγέτω ὅτι Ἀπὸ θεοῦ πειράζομαι· ὁ γὰρ θεὸς ἀπείραστός ἐστιν κακῶν, πειράζει δὲ αὐτὸς οὐδένα. |
Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted with evil and he himself tempts no one; |
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| 14 | ἑκαστος δὲ πειράζεται ὑπὸ τῆς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας ἐξελκόμενος καὶ δελεαζόμενος· |
but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. |
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| 15 | εἶτα ἡ ἐπιθυμία συλλαβοῦσα τίκτει ἀμαρτίαν, ἡ δὲ ἀμαρτία ἀποτελεσθεῖσα ἀποκύει θάνατον. |
Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin; and sin when it is full-grown brings forth death. |
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| 16 | Μὴ πλανᾶσθε, ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοί. |
Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. |
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| 17 | πᾶσα δόσις ἀγαθὴ καὶ πᾶν δώρημα τέλειον ἀνωθέν ἐστιν, καταβαῖνον ἀπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς τῶν φώτων, παρ' ᾧ οὐκ ἐνι παραλλαγὴ ἢ τροπῆς ἀποσκίασμα. |
Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. |
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| 18 | βουληθεὶς ἀπεκύησεν ἡμᾶς λόγῳ ἀληθείας, εἰς τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἀπαρχήν τινα τῶν αὐτοῦ κτισμάτων. |
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. |
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| 19 | Ἴστε, ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοί. ἐστω δὲ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ταχὺς εἰς τὸ ἀκοῦσαι, βραδὺς εἰς τὸ λαλῆσαι, βραδὺς εἰς ὀργήν· |
Know this, my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, | Hearing and Doing the Word Jas.1.19-27
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| 20 | ὀργὴ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς δικαιοσύνην θεοῦ οὐκ ἐργάζεται. |
for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God. |
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| 21 | διὸ ἀποθέμενοι πᾶσαν ῥυπαρίαν καὶ περισσείαν κακίας ἐν πραΰτητι δέξασθε τὸν ἐμφυτον λόγον τὸν δυνάμενον σῶσαι τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν. |
Therefore put away all filthiness and rank growth of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. |
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| 22 | Γίνεσθε δὲ ποιηταὶ λόγου καὶ μὴ μόνον ἀκροαταὶ παραλογιζόμενοι ἑαυτούς. |
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. |
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| 23 | ὅτι εἰ τις ἀκροατὴς λόγου ἐστὶν καὶ οὐ ποιητής, οὗτος ἐοικεν ἀνδρὶ κατανοοῦντι τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γενέσεως αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐσόπτρῳ· |
For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who observes his natural face in a mirror; |
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| 24 | κατενόησεν γὰρ ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀπελήλυθεν καὶ εὐθέως ἐπελάθετο ὁποῖος ἦν. |
for he observes himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. |
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| 25 | ὁ δὲ παρακύψας εἰς νόμον τέλειον τὸν τῆς ἐλευθερίας καὶ παραμείνας, οὐκ ἀκροατὴς ἐπιλησμονῆς γενόμενος ἀλλὰ ποιητὴς ἐργου, οὗτος μακάριος ἐν τῇ ποιήσει αὐτοῦ ἐσται. |
But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer that forgets but a doer that acts, he shall be blessed in his doing. |
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| 26 | Εἰ τις δοκεῖ θρησκὸς εἶναι, μὴ χαλιναγωγῶν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ ἀλλὰ ἀπατῶν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, τούτου μάταιος ἡ θρησκεία. |
If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain. |
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| 27 | θρησκεία καθαρὰ καὶ ἀμίαντος παρὰ τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ αὑτη ἐστίν, ἐπισκέπτεσθαι ὀρφανοὺς καὶ χήρας ἐν τῇ θλίψει αὐτῶν, ἀσπιλον ἑαυτὸν τηρεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ κόσμου. |
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. |
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