| James 1:1 |
James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion: Rejoice! |
| James 1:2 |
Count [it] all joy, my brothers, whenever you fall into various trials, |
| James 1:3 |
Knowing that the proving of your faith works out endurance. |
| James 1:4 |
And let endurance have [its] perfect work that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. |
| James 1:5 |
But if any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and does not reproach, and it will be given to him. |
| James 1:6 |
But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he who doubts is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about. |
| James 1:7 |
For that man must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; |
| James 1:8 |
[He is] a double-souled man, unstable in all his ways. |
| James 1:9 |
And let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, |
| James 1:10 |
And the rich in his being brought low, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. |
| James 1:11 |
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass, and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so also the rich man will fade away in his pursuits. |
| James 1:12 |
Blessed is the man who endures trial, because when he has become approved by testing, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love Him. |
| James 1:13 |
Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted of evil, and He Himself tempts no one. |
| James 1:14 |
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own lusts; |
| James 1:15 |
Then the lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; and the sin, when it is fully grown, brings forth death. |
| James 1:16 |
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. |
| James 1:17 |
All good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation or shadow cast by turning. |
| James 1:18 |
He brought us forth by the word of truth, purposing that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. |
| James 1:19 |
You know [this,] my beloved brothers; but let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; |
| James 1:20 |
For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God. |
| James 1:21 |
Therefore putting away all filthiness and the abundance of malice, receive in meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. |
| James 1:22 |
And become doers of the word and not hearers only, who delude themselves. |
| James 1:23 |
Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one is like a man considering in a mirror the face he was born with; |
| James 1:24 |
For he considers himself and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he is. |
| James 1:25 |
But he who looks into the perfect law, the [law] of freedom, and continues in [it,] becoming not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in his doing. |
| James 1:26 |
If anyone thinks himself to be religious [and yet] does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this one's religion is vain. |
| James 1:27 |
This is pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction [and] to keep oneself unspotted from the world. |