James 1
1 James, a servant, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, —unto the twelve tribes that are in the dispersion, Wishes joy.
James, a bondman of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion, greeting.
2 All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations, —
Consider it all joy, my brothers, when ye encounter various trials,
3 Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance;
knowing that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
4 But let, your endurance, have, mature work, that ye may be mature and complete, in nothing, coming short.
And let perseverance have a perfect work, so that ye may be perfect and complete, falling short in nothing.
5 But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him;
And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
6 But let him be asking in faith, nothing, doubting, for, he that doubteth, is like a wave of the sea, wind-driven and storm-tossed, —
But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by wind and tossed about.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord—
For that man should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8 A two-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 But boasting be the lowly brother in his uplifting;
Now let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
10 Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, —because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
but the rich in his lowliness, because as a flower of grass he will pass away.
11 For the sun hath sprung up, with it scorching heat, and hath withered the grass, and, the flower thereof, hath fallen out, and, the beauty of the face thereof, hath perished, —so, also the rich, in his goings, shall languish.
For the sun rose up with the burning heat, and withered the grass. And the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished. So also the rich man will fade away among his pursuits.
12 Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life—which he hath promised unto them that love him.
Blessed is a man who endures temptation, because, having become approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
13 Let, no one, while tempted, be saying—From God, am I tempted, —for, God, cannot be tempted by things evil, and, himself, tempteth no one;
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God, for God is without temptation of evils, and he himself tempts no man.
14 But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed,
But each man is tempted by his own lust, being drawn away and enticed.
15 Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full-grown, bringeth forth death.
Then the lust having conceived, it gives birth to sin, and after being complete the sin brings forth death.
16 Be not deceived, my brethren beloved: —
Be not led astray, my beloved brothers.
17 Every good giving, and every perfect gift, is, from above, coming down from the Father of lights—with whom is no alternation, nor shadow cast, by turning:
Every good gift and every perfect endowment is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation nor shadow of turning.
18 Because he was so minded, he hath brought us forth with a word of truth, to the end we should be a sort of firstfruit of his creatures
Having deliberated, he begot us by the word of truth for us to be a certain first fruit of his creatures.
19 Ye know, my brethren beloved, —but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
20 For, man’s anger, worketh not, God’s righteousness.
For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
21 Wherefore, putting away all filthiness and overflow of baseness, in meekness, welcome ye the word fitted for inward growth, which is able to save your souls:
Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only—reasoning yourselves astray;
But become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 Because, if any is, a word-hearer, and not a doer, the same, is like unto a man observing his natural face in a mirror, —
Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this resembles a man observing his natural face in a mirror.
24 For he observed himself, and is gone away, and, straightway, it hath escaped him, —what manner of man, he was!
For he observes himself, and goes away, and straightaway forgets what kind of man he was.
25 But, he that hath obtained a nearer view into the perfect law of liberty, and hath taken up his abode by it, becoming—not a forgetful hearer, but a work doer, the same, happy in his doing, shall be.
But he who stooped to look into the perfect law, the one of liberty, and who remained, this man, who did not become a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, this man will be blessed in his doing.
26 If any thinketh he is observant of religion, not curbing his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this one’s, religious observance is, vain:
If any man among you seems to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is futile.
27 Religious observance, pure and undefiled with our God and Father, is, this—to be visiting orphans and widows in their affliction, unspotted, to keep, himself, from the world.
Pure religion and undefiled from God and the Father is this, to go help the orphaned and the widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
