1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
3My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
4My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
5Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
6Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
7But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
8But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
9If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
10If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
11But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
12But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
13For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
14For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
15A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
16A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
17Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
18Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
19But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
20But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
21For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it 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 ways.
22For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it 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 ways.
23Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
24Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
25Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
26Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
27But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
28But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
29Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
30Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
31Do not err, my beloved brethren.
32Do not err, my beloved brethren.
33Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
34Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
35Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
36Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
37Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
38Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
39For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
40For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
41Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
42Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
43But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
44But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
45For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
46For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
47For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
48For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
49But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
50But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
51If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
52If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
53Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
54Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.