James 1
1 James of God and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ a servant To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion Greeting.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.
2 All joy do esteem [it], brothers of mine, when trials you may fall into various,
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance;
Knowing that the proof of your faith worketh patience.
4 And endurance work [its] perfect should have, so that you may be perfect and complete in nothing lacking.
And let patience have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
5 If now any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask from the [One] giving God to all generously and (not *NK+o) finding fault, and it will be given to him.
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 he should ask however in faith nothing doubting; The [one] for doubting he has been likened to a wave of [the] sea being blown by the wind and being tossed by the wind.
But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
7 Not for should suppose the man that that he will receive anything from the Lord;
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;
8 [He is] a man double-minded unstable in all the ways of him.
a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 should boast however the brother of low degree in the exaltation of him,
But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:
10 he who [is] then rich in the humiliation of him because like a flower of grass he will pass away.
and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11 Has risen for the sun with [its] burning heat and withered the grass and the flower of it has fallen and the beauty of the appearance of it has perished; Thus also the rich [man] in the midst of the pursuits of him will fade away.
For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.
12 Blessed [is the] man who endures trial, because approved having been he will receive the crown of life that He has promised (the Lord *K) to those loving Him.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which [the Lord] promised to them that love him.
13 No one being tempted should say that By God I am being tempted; For God unable to be tempted is by evils, tempts now He Himself no [one];
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:
14 A man however is tempted by the own desire being drawn away and being enticed;
but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
15 Then desire having conceived it gives birth to sin, and sin having become fully grown it brings forth death.
Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.
16 Not do be misled, brothers of mine beloved;
Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
17 Every act of giving good and every gift perfect from above is coming down from the Father of lights with whom not there is variation or of shifting shadow.
Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
18 Having willed [it] He brought forth us by [the] word of truth, for to be us firstfruits a certain of His creatures.
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19 (You should know *N+KO) brothers of mine beloved; should be (however *no) every man swift unto to hear, slow unto to speak, slow unto anger.
Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20 [the] anger for of man [the] righteousness of God not (works. *N+kO)
for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21 Therefore having put aside all filthiness and excess of wickedness in humility do receive the implanted word which is being able to save the souls of you.
Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 do be however doers of [the] word and not only hearers deceiving yourselves.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
23 because if anyone a hearer of [the] word is and not a doer, this one has been likened to a man looking at the face the natural of him in a mirror;
For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:
24 he has viewed for himself and has gone away and immediately he has forgotten what like he was.
for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25 The [one] however having looked intently into [the] law perfect that of freedom and having continued in [it], (this *k) not a hearer forgetful having been but a doer of [the] work — this one blessed in the work to be done by him will be.
But he that looketh into the perfect law, the [law] of liberty, and [so] continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth, but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
26 If anyone seems religious to be (among you *K) not bridling [the] tongue (of him *NK+o) but deceiving [the] heart (of him, *NK+o) of this one worthless [is] the religion.
If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.
27 Religion pure and undefiled before the God and Father this is, to visit orphans and widows in the tribulation of them, unstained oneself to keep from the world.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.
