| 1 | James | ||
| 1 | JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greeting. | Salutation Jas.1.1 | |
| 2 | Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, | Faith and Wisdom Jas.1.2-8 | |
| 3 | for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. | ||
| 4 | And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. | ||
| 5 | 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. | ||
| 6 | 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. | ||
| 7 | (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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| 9 | Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, | Poverty and Riches Jas.1.9-11 | |
| 10 | and the rich in his humiliation, because like the flower of the grass he will pass away. | ||
| 11 | 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. | ||
| 12 | 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 | |
| 13 | 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; | ||
| 14 | but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. | ||
| 15 | Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin; and sin when it is full-grown brings forth death. | ||
| 16 | Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. | ||
| 17 | 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. | ||
| 18 | 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. | ||
| 19 | 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 | |
| 20 | for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God. | ||
| 21 | Therefore put away all filthiness and rank growth of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. | ||
| 22 | But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. | ||
| 23 | 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; | ||
| 24 | for he observes himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. | ||
| 25 | 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. | ||
| 26 | If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain. | ||
| 27 | 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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