James:1-5
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James ,
a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ ,
to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad ,
greeting (
5721 ).
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My brethren ,
count it (
5662 )
all joy when ye fall (
5632 )
into divers temptations ;
*
Knowing (
5723 )
this ,
that the trying of your faith worketh (
5736 )
patience .
*
But let patience have (
5720 )
her perfect work ,
that ye may be (
5753 )
perfect and entire ,
wanting (
5746 )
nothing .
*
If any of you lack (
5743 )
wisdom ,
let him ask (
5720 )
of God ,
that giveth (
5723 )
to all men liberally ,
and upbraideth (
5723 )
not ;
and it shall be given (
5701 )
him .
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But let him ask (
5720 )
in faith ,
nothing wavering (
5734 ).
For he that wavereth (
5734 )
is like (
5758 )
a wave of the sea driven with the wind (
5746 )
and tossed (
5746 ).
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For let not that man think (
5737 )
that he shall receive (
5695 )
any thing of the Lord .
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A double minded man is unstable in all his ways .
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Let the brother of low degree rejoice (
5737 )
in that he is exalted :
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But the rich ,
in that he is made low :
because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away (
5695 ).
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For the sun is no sooner risen (
5656 )
with a burning heat ,
but it withereth (
5656 )
the grass ,
and the flower thereof falleth (
5627 ),
and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth (
5639 ):
so also shall the rich man fade away (
5701 )
in his ways .
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Blessed is the man that endureth (
5719 )
temptation :
for when he is tried (
5637 ),
he shall receive (
5695 )
the crown of life ,
which the Lord hath promised (
5662 )
to them that love (
5723 )
him .
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Let no man say (
5720 )
when he is tempted (
5746 ),
I am tempted (
5743 )
of God :
for God cannot be tempted (
5748 )
with evil ,
neither tempteth he (
5719 )
any man :
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But every man is tempted (
5743 ),
when he is drawn away (
5746 )
of his own lust ,
and enticed (
5746 ).
*
Then when lust hath conceived (
5631 ),
it bringeth forth (
5719 )
sin :
and sin ,
when it is finished (
5685 ),
bringeth forth (
5719 )
death .
*
Do not err (
5744 ),
my beloved brethren .
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Every good gift and every perfect gift is (
5748 )
from above ,
and cometh down (
5723 )
from the Father of lights ,
with whom is (
5748 )
no variableness ,
neither shadow of turning .
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Of his own will (
5679 )
begat he (
5656 )
us with the word of truth ,
that we should be (
5750 )
a kind of firstfruits of his creatures .
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Wherefore ,
my beloved brethren ,
let every man be (
5749 )
swift to hear (
5658 ),
slow to speak (
5658 ),
slow to wrath :
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For the wrath of man worketh (
5736 )
not the righteousness of God .
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Wherefore lay apart (
5642 )
all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness ,
and receive (
5663 )
with meekness the engrafted word ,
which is able (
5740 )
to save (
5658 )
your souls .
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But be ye (
5737 )
doers of the word ,
and not hearers only ,
deceiving (
5740 )
your own selves .
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For if any be (
5748 )
a hearer of the word ,
and not a doer ,
he is like (
5758 )
unto a man beholding (
5723 )
his natural face in a glass :
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For he beholdeth (
5656 )
himself ,
and goeth his way (
5754 ),
and straightway forgetteth (
5633 )
what manner of man he was (
5713 ).
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But whoso looketh (
5660 )
into the perfect law of liberty ,
and continueth (
5660 )
therein ,
he being (
5637 )
not a forgetful hearer ,
but a doer of the work ,
this man shall be (
5704 )
blessed in his deed .
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If any man among you seem (
5719 )
to be (
5750 )
religious ,
and bridleth (
5723 )
not his tongue ,
but deceiveth (
5723 )
his own heart ,
this mans religion is vain .
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Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is (
5748 )
this ,
To visit (
5738 )
the fatherless and widows in their affliction ,
and to keep (
5721 )
himself unspotted from the world .
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My brethren ,
have (
5720 )
not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ ,
the Lord of glory ,
with respect of persons .
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For if there come (
5632 )
unto your assembly a man with a gold ring ,
in goodly apparel ,
and there come in (
5632 )
also a poor man in vile raiment ;
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And ye have respect (
5661 )
to him that weareth (
5723 )
the gay clothing ,
and say (
5632 )
unto him ,
Sit (
5737 )
thou here in a good place ;
and say (
5632 )
to the poor ,
Stand (
5628 )
thou there ,
or sit (
5737 )
here under my footstool :
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Are ye not then partial (
5681 )
in yourselves ,
and are become (
5633 )
judges of evil thoughts ?
*
Hearken (
5657 ),
my beloved brethren ,
Hath not God chosen (
5668 )
the poor of this world rich in faith ,
and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised (
5662 )
to them that love (
5723 )
him ?
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But ye have despised (
5656 )
the poor .
Do not rich men oppress (
5719 )
you ,
and draw (
5719 )
you before the judgment seats ?
*
Do not they blaspheme (
5719 )
that worthy name by the which ye are called (
5685 )?
*
If ye fulfil (
5719 )
the royal law according to the scripture ,
Thou shalt love (
5692 )
thy neighbour as thyself ,
ye do (
5719 )
well :
*
But if ye have respect to persons (
5719 ),
ye commit (
5736 )
sin ,
and are convinced (
5746 )
of the law as transgressors .
*
For whosoever shall keep (
5692 )
the whole law ,
and yet offend (
5692 )
in one point ,
he is (
5754 )
guilty of all .
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For he that said (
5631 ),
Do not commit adultery (
5661 ),
said (
5627 )
also ,
Do not kill (
5661 ).
Now if thou commit no adultery (
5692 ),
yet if thou kill (
5692 ),
thou art become (
5754 )
a transgressor of the law .
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So speak ye (
5720 ),
and so do (
5720 ),
as they that shall be (
5723 )
judged (
5745 )
by the law of liberty .
*
For he shall have judgment without mercy ,
that hath shewed (
5660 )
no mercy ;
and mercy rejoiceth against (
5736 )
judgment .
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What doth it profit ,
my brethren ,
though a man say (
5725 )
he hath (
5721 )
faith ,
and have (
5725 )
not works ?
can (
5736 )
faith save (
5658 )
him ?
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If a brother or sister be (
5725 )
naked ,
and destitute (
5746 ) (
5753 )
of daily food ,
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And one of you say (
5632 )
unto them ,
Depart (
5720 )
in peace ,
be ye warmed (
5728 )
and filled (
5744 );
notwithstanding ye give (
5632 )
them not those things which are needful to the body ;
what doth it profit ?
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Even so faith ,
if it hath (
5725 )
not works ,
is (
5748 )
dead ,
being alone .
*
Yea ,
a man may say (
5692 ),
Thou hast (
5719 )
faith ,
and I have (
5719 )
works :
shew (
5657 )
me thy faith without thy works ,
and I will shew (
5692 )
thee my faith by my works .
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Thou believest (
5719 )
that there is (
5748 )
one God ;
thou doest (
5719 )
well :
the devils also believe (
5719 ),
and tremble (
5719 ).
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But wilt (
5719 )
thou know (
5629 ),
O vain man ,
that faith without works is (
5748 )
dead ?
*
Was not Abraham our father justified (
5681 )
by works ,
when he had offered (
5660 )
Isaac his son upon the altar ?
*
Seest thou (
5719 )
how faith wrought (
5707 )
with his works ,
and by works was faith made perfect (
5681 )?
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And the scripture was fulfilled (
5681 )
which saith (
5723 ),
Abraham believed (
5656 )
God ,
and it was imputed (
5681 )
unto him for righteousness :
and he was called (
5681 )
the Friend of God .
*
Ye see (
5719 )
then how that by works a man is justified (
5743 ),
and not by faith only .
*
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified (
5681 )
by works ,
when she had received (
5666 )
the messengers ,
and had sent them out (
5631 )
another way ?
*
For as the body without the spirit is (
5748 )
dead ,
so faith without works is (
5748 )
dead also .
*
My brethren ,
be (
5737 )
not many masters ,
knowing (
5761 )
that we shall receive (
5695 )
the greater condemnation .
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For in many things we offend (
5719 )
all .
If any man offend (
5719 )
not in word ,
the same is a perfect man ,
and able also to bridle (
5658 )
the whole body .
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Behold (
5628 ),
we put (
5719 )
bits in the horses mouths ,
that they may obey (
5745 )
us ;
and we turn about (
5719 )
their whole body .
*
Behold (
5628 )
also the ships ,
which though they be (
5752 )
so great ,
and are driven (
5746 )
of fierce winds ,
yet are they turned about (
5743 )
with a very small helm ,
whithersoever the governor (
5723 )
listeth (
5741 ).
*
Even so the tongue is (
5748 )
a little member ,
and boasteth great things (
5719 ).
Behold (
5628 ),
how great a matter a little fire kindleth (
5719 )!
*
And the tongue is a fire ,
a world of iniquity :
so is (
5743 )
the tongue among our members ,
that it defileth (
5723 )
the whole body ,
and setteth on fire (
5723 )
the course of nature ;
and it is set on fire (
5746 )
of hell .
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For every kind of beasts ,
and of birds ,
and of serpents ,
and of things in the sea ,
is tamed (
5743 ),
and hath been tamed (
5769 )
of mankind :
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But the tongue can (
5736 )
no man tame (
5658 );
it is an unruly evil ,
full of deadly poison .
*
Therewith bless we (
5719 )
God ,
even the Father ;
and therewith curse we (
5736 )
men ,
which are made (
5756 )
after the similitude of God .
*
Out of the same mouth proceedeth (
5736 )
blessing and cursing .
My brethren ,
these things ought (
5724 )
not so to be (
5738 ).
*
Doth a fountain send forth (
5719 )
at the same place sweet water and bitter ?
*
Can (
5736 )
the fig tree ,
my brethren ,
bear (
5658 )
olive berries ?
either a vine ,
figs ?
so can no fountain both yield (
5658 )
salt water and fresh .
*
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ?
let him shew (
5657 )
out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom .
*
But if ye have (
5719 )
bitter envying and strife in your hearts ,
glory (
5737 )
not ,
and lie not (
5732 )
against the truth .
*
This wisdom descendeth (
5748 ) (
5740 )
not from above ,
but is earthly ,
sensual ,
devilish .
*
For where envying and strife is ,
there is confusion and every evil work .
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But the wisdom that is from above is (
5748 )
first pure ,
then peaceable ,
gentle ,
and easy to be intreated ,
full of mercy and good fruits ,
without partiality ,
and without hypocrisy .
*
And the fruit of righteousness is sown (
5743 )
in peace of them that make (
5723 )
peace .
*
From whence come wars and fightings among you ?
come they not hence ,
even of your lusts that war (
5734 )
in your members ?
*
Ye lust (
5719 ),
and have (
5719 )
not :
ye kill (
5719 ),
and desire to have (
5719 ),
and cannot (
5736 )
obtain (
5629 ):
ye fight (
5736 )
and war (
5719 ),
yet ye have (
5719 )
not ,
because ye ask (
5733 )
not .
*
Ye ask (
5719 ),
and receive (
5719 )
not ,
because ye ask (
5731 )
amiss ,
that ye may consume (
5661 )
it upon your lusts .
*
Ye adulterers and adulteresses ,
know ye (
5758 )
not that the friendship of the world is (
5748 )
enmity with God ?
whosoever therefore will be (
5750 ) (
5680 )
a friend of the world is (
5743 )
the enemy of God .
*
Do ye think (
5719 )
that the scripture saith (
5719 )
in vain ,
The spirit that dwelleth (
5656 )
in us lusteth (
5719 )
to envy ?
*
But he giveth (
5719 )
more grace .
Wherefore he saith (
5719 ),
God resisteth (
5731 )
the proud ,
but giveth (
5719 )
grace unto the humble .
*
Submit yourselves (
5649 )
therefore to God .
Resist (
5628 )
the devil ,
and he will flee (
5695 )
from you .
*
Draw nigh (
5657 )
to God ,
and he will draw nigh (
5692 )
to you .
Cleanse (
5657 )
your hands ,
ye sinners ;
and purify (
5657 )
your hearts ,
ye double minded .
*
Be afflicted (
5657 ),
and mourn (
5657 ),
and weep (
5657 ):
let your laughter be turned (
5649 )
to mourning ,
and your joy to heaviness .
*
Humble yourselves (
5682 )
in the sight of the Lord ,
and he shall lift you up (
5692 ).
*
Speak not evil (
5720 )
one of another ,
brethren .
He that speaketh evil (
5723 )
of his brother ,
and judgeth (
5723 )
his brother ,
speaketh evil (
5719 )
of the law ,
and judgeth (
5719 )
the law :
but if thou judge (
5719 )
the law ,
thou art (
5748 )
not a doer of the law ,
but a judge .
*
There is (
5748 )
one lawgiver ,
who is able (
5740 )
to save (
5658 )
and to destroy (
5658 ):
who art (
5748 )
thou that judgest (
5719 )
another ?
*
Go to (
5720 )
now ,
ye that say (
5723 ),
To day or to morrow we will go (
5667 )
into such a city ,
and continue (
5661 ) (
5625 ) (
5692 )
there a year ,
and buy and sell (
5667 ) (
5625 ) (
5695 ),
and get gain (
5661 ) (
5625 ) (
5692 ):
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Whereas ye know (
5736 )
not what shall be on the morrow .
For what is your life ?
It is (
5748 )
even a vapour ,
that appeareth for (
5730 )
a little time ,
and then vanisheth away (
5746 ).
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For that ye ought to say (
5721 ),
If the Lord will (
5661 ),
we shall live (
5661 ) (
5625 ) (
5692 ),
and do (
5661 ) (
5625 ) (
5692 )
this ,
or that .
*
But now ye rejoice (
5736 )
in your boastings :
all such rejoicing is (
5748 )
evil .
*
Therefore to him that knoweth (
5761 )
to do (
5721 )
good ,
and doeth (
5723 )
it not ,
to him it is (
5748 )
sin .
*
Go to (
5720 )
now ,
ye rich men ,
weep (
5657 )
and howl (
5723 )
for your miseries that shall come upon (
5740 )
you .
*
Your riches are corrupted (
5754 ),
and your garments are (
5754 )
motheaten .
*
Your gold and silver is cankered (
5769 );
and the rust of them shall be (
5704 )
a witness against you ,
and shall eat (
5695 )
your flesh as it were fire .
Ye have heaped treasure together (
5656 )
for the last days .
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Behold (
5628 ),
the hire of the labourers who have reaped down (
5660 )
your fields ,
which is of you kept back by fraud (
5772 ),
crieth (
5719 ):
and the cries of them which have reaped (
5660 )
are entered (
5754 )
into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth .
*
Ye have lived in pleasure (
5656 )
on the earth ,
and been wanton (
5656 );
ye have nourished (
5656 )
your hearts ,
as in a day of slaughter .
*
Ye have condemned (
5656 )
and killed (
5656 )
the just ;
and he doth not resist (
5731 )
you .
*
Be patient (
5657 )
therefore ,
brethren ,
unto the coming of the Lord .
Behold (
5628 ),
the husbandman waiteth (
5736 )
for the precious fruit of the earth ,
and hath long patience (
5723 )
for it ,
until he receive (
5632 )
the early and latter rain .
*
Be ye also patient (
5657 );
stablish (
5657 )
your hearts :
for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh (
5758 ).
*
Grudge (
5720 )
not one against another ,
brethren ,
lest ye be condemned (
5686 ):
behold (
5628 ),
the judge standeth (
5707 )
before the door .
*
Take (
5628 ),
my brethren ,
the prophets ,
who have spoken (
5656 )
in the name of the Lord ,
for an example of suffering affliction ,
and of patience .
*
Behold (
5628 ),
we count them happy (
5719 )
which endure (
5723 ).
Ye have heard (
5656 )
of the patience of Job ,
and have seen (
5627 )
the end of the Lord ;
that the Lord is (
5748 )
very pitiful ,
and of tender mercy .
*
But above all things ,
my brethren ,
swear (
5720 )
not ,
neither by heaven ,
neither by the earth ,
neither by any other oath :
but let your yea be (
5749 )
yea ;
and your nay ,
nay ;
lest ye fall (
5632 )
into condemnation .
*
Is any among you afflicted (
5719 )?
let him pray (
5737 ).
Is any merry (
5719 )?
let him sing psalms (
5720 ).
*
Is any sick (
5719 )
among you ?
let him call (
5663 )
for the elders of the church ;
and let them pray (
5663 )
over him ,
anointing (
5660 )
him with oil in the name of the Lord :
*
And the prayer of faith shall save (
5692 )
the sick (
5723 ),
and the Lord shall raise him up (
5692 );
and if he have (
5753 )
committed (
5761 )
sins ,
they shall be forgiven (
5701 )
him .
*
Confess (
5732 )
your faults one to another ,
and pray (
5737 )
one for another ,
that ye may be healed (
5686 ).
The effectual fervent (
5734 )
prayer of a righteous man availeth (
5719 )
much .
*
Elias was (
5713 )
a man subject to like passions as we are ,
and he prayed (
5662 )
earnestly that it might not rain (
5658 ):
and it rained (
5656 )
not on the earth by the space of three years and six months .
*
And he prayed (
5662 )
again ,
and the heaven gave (
5656 )
rain ,
and the earth brought forth (
5656 )
her fruit .
*
Brethren ,
if any of you do err (
5686 )
from the truth ,
and one convert (
5661 )
him ;
*
Let him know (
5720 ),
that he which converteth (
5660 )
the sinner from the error of his way shall save (
5692 )
a soul from death ,
and shall hide (
5692 )
a multitude of sins .
*
Jude ,
the servant of Jesus Christ ,
and brother of James ,
to them that are sanctified (
5772 )
by God the Father ,
and preserved (
5772 )
in Jesus Christ ,
and called :
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