James 1

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.

1James, the servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

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

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

2My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations:

3knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

3knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.

3Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience

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.

4And patience hath a perfect work: that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.

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.

5But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him.

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.

6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, which is moved and carried about by the wind.

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;

7Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

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

8a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

8A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.

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

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

9But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation:

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.

10And the rich, in his being low: because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away.

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.

11For the sun rose with a burning heat and parched the grass: and the flower thereof fell off, and the beauty of the shape thereof perished. So also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

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.

12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for, when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which God hath promised to them that love him.

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:

13Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils: and he tempteth no man.

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.

14But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.

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.

15Then, when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.

16Do not err, my beloved brethren.

16Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.

16Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren.

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.

17Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of alteration.

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.

18For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creature.

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:

19You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak and slow to anger.

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

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

20For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.

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.

21Wherefore, casting away all uncleanness and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

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.

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

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:

23For if a man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass.

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.

24For he beheld himself and went his way and presently forgot what manner of man he was.

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.

25But he that hath looked into the perfect law of liberty and hath continued therein, not becoming a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work: this man shall be blessed in his deed.

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.

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

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.

27Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation and to keep one's self unspotted from this world.