James 1
Testing Your Faith
1 ▼▼ Or Jacob
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bJames, a cbond-servant of God and dof the Lord Jesus Christ, To ethe twelve tribes who are ▼▼ Lit in the Dispersion
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gdispersed abroad: hGreetings. 2 iConsider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter jvarious ▼▼ Or temptations
trials, 3knowing that lthe testing of your mfaith produces ▼▼ Or steadfastness
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oendurance. 4And let ▼▼ V 3, note 1
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qendurance have its perfect ▼▼ Lit work
result, so that you may be ▼▼ Or mature
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tperfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 5But if any of you ulacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and ▼▼ Lit does not reproach
without reproach, and wit will be given to him. 6But he must xask in faith ywithout any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, zdriven and tossed by the wind. 7For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8being a ▼▼ Or doubting, hesitating
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abdouble-minded man, acunstable in all his ways. 9 adBut the ▼▼ I.e. church member
brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; 10and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because aflike ▼▼ Lit the flower of the grass
flowering grass he will pass away. 11For the sun rises with ▼▼ Lit the
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aia scorching wind and ajwithers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away. 12 akBlessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has ▼▼ Or passed the test
been approved, he will receive amthe crown of life which the Lord anhas promised to those who aolove Him. 13Let no one say when he is tempted, ap“I am being tempted ▼▼ Lit from
by God”; for God cannot be tempted ▼▼ Lit of evil things
by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. 14But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15Then aswhen lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when atsin ▼▼ Lit is brought to completion
is accomplished, it brings forth death. 16 avDo not be ▼▼ Or misled
deceived, axmy beloved brethren. 17Every good thing given and every perfect gift is ayfrom above, coming down from azthe Father of lights, bawith whom there is no variation or ▼▼ Lit shadow of turning
shifting shadow. 18In the exercise of bcHis will He bdbrought us forth by bethe word of truth, so that we would be ▼▼ Or a certain first fruits
a kind of bgfirst fruits ▼▼ Lit of
among His creatures. 19 ▼▼ Or Know this
This bjyou know, bkmy beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, blslow to speak and bmslow to anger; 20for bnthe anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God. 21Therefore, boputting aside all filthiness and all ▼▼ Lit abundance of malice
that remains of wickedness, in ▼▼ Or gentleness
humility receive brthe word implanted, which is able to save your souls. 22 bsBut prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. 23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his ▼▼ Lit the face of his birth; or nature
natural face buin a mirror; 24for once he has looked at himself and gone away, ▼▼ Lit and he
he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. 25But one who looks intently at the perfect law, bwthe law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but ▼▼ Lit a doer of a work
an effectual doer, this man will be byblessed in ▼▼ Lit his doing
what he does. 26If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not ▼▼ Or control
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cbbridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless. 27Pure and undefiled religion ccin the sight of our God and Father is this: to cdvisit ceorphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained ▼▼ Lit from
by cgthe world.
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