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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,
 as the waters cover the sea.

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1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to


  • the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
  • 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers
  • temptations;
  • 1:3 Knowing this], that the trying of your faith worketh
  • patience.
  • 1:4 But let patience have her] perfect work, that ye may be
  • perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
  • 1:5 If 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.
  • 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that
  • wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and
  • tossed.
  • 1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing
  • of the Lord.
  • 1:8 A double minded man is] unstable in all his ways.
  • 1:9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
  • 1:10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the
  • flower of the grass he shall pass away.
  • 1:11 For 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.
  • 1:12 Blessed 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.
  • 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God:
  • for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
  • 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own
  • lust, and enticed.
  • 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and
  • sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
  • 1:16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
  • 1:17 Every 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.
  • 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that
  • we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
  • 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to
  • hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • 1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
  • 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of
  • naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which
  • is able to save your souls.
  • 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,
  • deceiving your own selves.
  • 1:23 For 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:
  • 1:24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and
  • straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
  • 1:25 But 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.
  • 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth
  • not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion
  • is] vain.
  • 1:27 Pure 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.
  • 2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.
  • 2:2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring,
  • in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile
  • raiment;
  • 2:3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing,
  • and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the
  • poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
  • 2:4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become
  • judges of evil thoughts?
  • 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor
  • of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he
  • hath promised to them that love him?
  • 2:6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you,
  • and draw you before the judgment seats?
  • 2:7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are
  • called?
  • 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou
  • shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
  • 2:9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are
  • convinced of the law as transgressors.
  • 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in
  • one point], he is guilty of all.
  • 2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do
  • not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou
  • art become a transgressor of the law.
  • 2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by
  • the law of liberty.
  • 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed
  • no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
  • 2:14 What doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he
  • hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
  • 2:15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily
  • food,
  • 2:16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye]
  • warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things
  • which are needful to the body; what doth it] profit?
  • 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
  • 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works:
  • show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my
  • faith by my works.
  • 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the
  • devils also believe, and tremble.
  • 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works
  • is dead?
  • 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had
  • offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
  • 2:22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works
  • was faith made perfect?
  • 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham
  • believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and
  • he was called the Friend of God.
  • 2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not
  • by faith only.
  • 2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works,
  • when she had received the messengers, and had sent them] out
  • another way?
  • 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith
  • without works is dead also.
  • 3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall
  • receive the greater condemnation.
  • 3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in
  • word, the same is] a perfect man, and] able also to bridle the
  • whole body.
  • 3:3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may
  • obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
  • 3:4 Behold also the ships, which though they be] so great, and
  • are] driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a
  • very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
  • 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great
  • things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
  • 3:6 And the tongue is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the
  • tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and
  • setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of
  • hell.
  • 3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents,
  • and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of
  • mankind:
  • 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is] an unruly evil, full
  • of deadly poison.
  • 3:9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith
  • curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
  • 3:10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My
  • brethren, these things ought not so to be.
  • 3:11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water]
  • and bitter?
  • 3:12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either
  • a vine, figs? so can] no fountain both yield salt water and
  • fresh.
  • 3:13 Who is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you?
  • let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness
  • of wisdom.
  • 3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts,
  • glory not, and lie not against the truth.
  • 3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is] earthly,
  • sensual, devilish.
  • 3:16 For where envying and strife is], there is] confusion and
  • every evil work.
  • 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then
  • peaceable, gentle, and] easy to be entreated, full of mercy and
  • good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
  • 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them
  • that make peace.
  • 4:1 From whence come] wars and fightings among you? come they]
  • not hence, even] of your lusts that war in your members?
  • 4:2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and
  • cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask
  • not.
  • 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may
  • consume it] upon your lusts.
  • 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the
  • friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore
  • will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
  • 4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit
  • that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
  • 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth
  • the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
  • 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and
  • he will flee from you.
  • 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse
  • your] hands, ye] sinners; and purify your] hearts, ye] double
  • minded.
  • 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be
  • turned to mourning, and your] joy to heaviness.
  • 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall
  • lift you up.
  • 4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh
  • evil of his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of
  • the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou
  • art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
  • 4:12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy:
  • who art thou that judgest another?
  • 4:13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go
  • into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell,
  • and get gain:
  • 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be] on the morrow. For what
  • is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little
  • time, and then vanisheth away.
  • 4:15 For that ye ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall live,
  • and do this, or that.
  • 4:16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing
  • is evil.
  • 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it]
  • not, to him it is sin.
  • 5:1 Go to now, ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries
  • that shall come upon you].
  • 5:2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
  • 5:3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them
  • shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it
  • were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
  • 5:4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your
  • fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the
  • cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the
  • Lord of sabaoth.
  • 5:5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye
  • have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
  • 5:6 Ye have condemned and] killed the just; and] he doth not
  • resist you.
  • 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.
  • Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the
  • earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early
  • and latter rain.
  • 5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of
  • the Lord draweth nigh.
  • 5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be
  • condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
  • 5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the
  • name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of
  • patience.
  • 5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of
  • the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the
  • Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
  • 5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by
  • heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let
  • your yea be yea; and your] nay, nay; lest ye fall into
  • condemnation.
  • 5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry?
  • let him sing psalms.
  • 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the
  • church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in
  • the name of the Lord:
  • 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord
  • shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be
  • forgiven him.
  • 5:16 Confess your] faults one to another, and pray one for
  • another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of
  • a righteous man availeth much.
  • 5:17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he
  • prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on
  • the earth by the space of three years and six months.
  • 5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the
  • earth brought forth her fruit.
  • 5:19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one
  • convert him;
  • 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the
  • error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a
  • multitude of sins.