James:1

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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 ). * 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 . * 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 ). * For let not that man think (5737 ) that he shall receive (5695 ) any thing of the Lord . * A double minded man is unstable in all his ways . * Let the brother of low degree rejoice (5737 ) in that he is exalted : * But the rich , in that he is made low : because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away (5695 ). * 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 . * 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 . * 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 : * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * Wherefore , my beloved brethren , let every man be (5749 ) swift to hear (5658 ), slow to speak (5658 ), slow to wrath : * For the wrath of man worketh (5736 ) not the righteousness of God . * 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 . * But be ye (5737 ) doers of the word , and not hearers only , deceiving (5740 ) your own selves . * 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 : * For he beholdeth (5656 ) himself , and goeth his way (5754 ), and straightway forgetteth (5633 ) what manner of man he was (5713 ). * 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 . * 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 . * 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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