James:1:1-27
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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 (
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all joy when ye fall (
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into divers temptations ;
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Knowing (
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this ,
that the trying of your faith worketh (
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patience .
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But let patience have (
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her perfect work ,
that ye may be (
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perfect and entire ,
wanting (
5746 )
nothing .
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If any of you lack (
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wisdom ,
let him ask (
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of God ,
that giveth (
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to all men liberally ,
and upbraideth (
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not ;
and it shall be given (
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him .
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But let him ask (
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in faith ,
nothing wavering (
5734 ).
For he that wavereth (
5734 )
is like (
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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 (
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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 (
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the grass ,
and the flower thereof falleth (
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and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth (
5639 ):
so also shall the rich man fade away (
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in his ways .
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Blessed is the man that endureth (
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temptation :
for when he is tried (
5637 ),
he shall receive (
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the crown of life ,
which the Lord hath promised (
5662 )
to them that love (
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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 ).
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Then when lust hath conceived (
5631 ),
it bringeth forth (
5719 )
sin :
and sin ,
when it is finished (
5685 ),
bringeth forth (
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death .
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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 (
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no variableness ,
neither shadow of turning .
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Of his own will (
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begat he (
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us with the word of truth ,
that we should be (
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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 (
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not the righteousness of God .
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Wherefore lay apart (
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all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness ,
and receive (
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with meekness the engrafted word ,
which is able (
5740 )
to save (
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your souls .
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But be ye (
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doers of the word ,
and not hearers only ,
deceiving (
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your own selves .
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For if any be (
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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 (
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into the perfect law of liberty ,
and continueth (
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therein ,
he being (
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not a forgetful hearer ,
but a doer of the work ,
this man shall be (
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blessed in his deed .
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If any man among you seem (
5719 )
to be (
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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 (
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the fatherless and widows in their affliction ,
and to keep (
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himself unspotted from the world .