James 1

1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.

1James, bondman ofGod and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which [are] in the dispersion, greeting.

1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.

2Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

2Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,

2Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;

3Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

3knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

3knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.

4But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

4But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

4And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

5But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

5But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask ofGod, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:

5But 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.

6Let him make his request in faith, doubting nothing; for he who has doubt in his heart is like the waves of the sea, which are troubled by the driving of the wind.

6but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about;

6But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.

7Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord;

7for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;

7For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;

8For there is a division in his mind, and he is uncertain in all his ways.

8[he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

8a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

9But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up;

9But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,

9But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:

10But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

10and the rich in his humiliation, because as [the] grass's flower he will pass away.

10and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

11For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.

11For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings.

11For 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.

12There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

12Blessed [is the] man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him.

12Blessed 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.

13Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:

13Let no man, being tempted, say, I am tempted ofGod. ForGod cannot be tempted by evil things, and himself tempts no one.

13Let 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:

14But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.

14But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;

14but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

15Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.

15then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.

15Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.

16Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.

16Do not err, my beloved brethren.

16Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.

17Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.

17Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning.

17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

18Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

18According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of his creatures.

18Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

19You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

19So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

19Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

20For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

20for man's wrath does not workGod's righteousness.

20for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

21For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.

21Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

21Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

22But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.

22But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.

22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.

23Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;

23For if any man be a hearer of [the] word and not a doer, he is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:

23For 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:

24For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.

24for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.

24for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

25But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

25But he that fixes his view on [the] perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in [it], being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of [the] work, he shall be blessed in his doing.

25But 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.

26If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.

26If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.

26If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

27The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.

27Pure and undefiled religion beforeGod and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

27Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.