James 1
1. James <2385>, a servant <1401> of God <2316> and of the Lord
<2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, to the twelve <1427> tribes
<5443> which <3739> are scattered <1290> abroad <1290>, greeting
<5463>.
2. My brethren <80>, count <2233> it all <3956> joy <5479> when
<3752> ye fall <4045> into divers <4164> temptations <3986>;
3 Knowing <1097> [this], that the trying <1383> of your <5216>
faith <4102> worketh <2716> patience <5281>.
4 But let patience <5281> have <2192> [her] perfect <5046> work
<2041>, that ye may be perfect <5046> and entire <3648>, wanting
<3007> nothing <3367>.
5 If <1487> any <5100> of you lack <3007> wisdom <4678>, let
him ask <154> of God <2316>, that giveth <1325> to all <3956>
[men] liberally <574>, and upbraideth <3679> not; and it shall
be given <1325> him.
6 But let him ask <154> in faith <4102>, nothing <3367>
wavering <1252>. For he that wavereth <1252> is like <1503> a
wave <2830> of the sea <2281> driven <416> with the wind <416>
and tossed <4494>.
7 For let not that man <444> think <3633> that he shall receive
<2983> any <5100> thing of the Lord <2962>.
8 A double <1374> minded <1374> man <435> [is] unstable <182>
in all <3956> his ways <3598>.
9 Let the brother <80> of low <5011> degree <5011> rejoice
<2744> in that he is exalted <5311>:
10 But the rich <4145>, in that he is made <5014> low <5014>:
because <3754> as the flower <438> of the grass <5528> he shall
pass <3928> away.
11 For the sun <2246> is no sooner risen <393> with a burning
<2742> heat <2742>, but it withereth <3583> the grass <5528>,
and the flower <438> thereof <846> falleth <1601>, and the grace
<2143> of the fashion <4383> of it perisheth <622>: so <3779>
also <2532> shall the rich <4145> man fade <3133> away in his
ways <4197>.
12 Blessed <3107> [is] the man <435> that endureth <5278>
temptation <3986>: for when he is tried <1384>, he shall receive
<2983> the crown <4735> of life <2222>, which <3739> the Lord
<2962> hath promised <1861> to them that love <25> him.
13. Let no <3367> man <3367> say <3004> when he is tempted
<3985>, I am tempted <3985> of God <2316>: for God <2316> cannot
<551> be tempted <551> with evil <2556>, neither <3762> tempteth
<3985> he any <3762> man <3762>:
14 But every <1538> man is tempted <3985>, when he is drawn
<1828> away of his own <2398> lust <1939>, and enticed <1185>.
15 Then <1534> when lust <1939> hath conceived <4815>, it
bringeth <616> forth <616> sin <266>: and sin <266>, when it is
finished <658>, bringeth <5088> forth <5088> death <2288>.
16 Do not err <4105>, my beloved <27> brethren <80>.
17 Every <3956> good <18> gift <1394> and every <3956> perfect
<5046> gift <1394> is from above <509>, and cometh <2591> down
<2597> from the Father <3962> of lights <5457>, with whom <3739>
is no <3756> variableness <3883>, neither <2228> shadow <644> of
turning <5157>.
18 Of his own will <1014> begat <616> he us with the word
<3056> of truth <225>, that we should be a kind <5100> of
firstfruits <536> of his creatures <2938>.
19. Wherefore <5620>, my beloved <27> brethren <80>, let every
<3956> man <444> be swift <5036> to hear <191>, slow <1021> to
speak <2980>, slow <1021> to wrath <3709>:
20 For the wrath <3709> of man <435> worketh <2716> not the
righteousness <1343> of God <2316>.
21 Wherefore <1352> lay <659> apart <659> all <3956> filthiness
<4507> and superfluity <4050> of naughtiness <2549>, and receive
<1209> with meekness <4240> the engrafted <1721> word <3056>,
which <3588> is able <1410> to save <4982> your <5216> souls
<5590>.
22 But be ye doers <4163> of the word <3056>, and not hearers
<202> only <3440>, deceiving <3884> your <1438> own selves <846>.
23 For if <1487> any <1536> be a hearer <202> of the word
<3056>, and not a doer <4163>, he is like <1503> unto a man
<435> beholding <2657> his natural <1083> face <4383> in a glass
<2072>:
24 For he beholdeth <2657> himself <1438>, and goeth <565> his
way, and straightway <2112> forgetteth <1950> what <3697> manner
<3697> of man he was.
25 But whoso <3588> looketh <3879> into <1519> the perfect
<5046> law <3551> of liberty <1657>, and continueth <3887>
[therein], he being <1096> not a forgetful <1953> hearer <202>,
but a doer <4163> of the work <2041>, this <3778> man shall be
blessed <3107> in his deed <4162>.
26 If <1487> any <1536> man among <1722> you seem <1380> to be
religious <2357>, and bridleth <5468> not his tongue <1100>, but
deceiveth <538> his own <848> heart <2588>, this <5127> man's
religion <2356> [is] vain <3152>.
27 Pure <2513> religion <2356> and undefiled <283> before
<3844> God <2316> and the Father <3962> is this <3778>, To visit
<1980> the fatherless <3737> and widows <5503> in their
affliction <2347>, [and] to keep <5083> himself <1438> unspotted
<784> from the world <2889>.
James 2
1. My brethren <80>, have <2192> not the faith <4102> of our
Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, [the Lord] of glory
<1391>, with respect <4382> of persons <4382>.
2 For if <1437> there come <1525> unto your <5216> assembly
<4864> a man <435> with a gold <5554> ring <5554>, in goodly
<2986> apparel <2066>, and there come <1525> in also <2532> a
poor <4434> man in vile <4508> raiment <2066>;
3 And ye have respect <1914> to him that weareth <5409> the gay
<2986> clothing <2066>, and say <2036> unto him, Sit <2521> thou
here <5602> in a good <2573> place; and say <2036> to the poor
<4434>, Stand <2476> thou there <1563>, or <2228> sit <2521>
here <5602> under <5259> my footstool <5286>:
4 Are ye not then <2532> partial <1252> in yourselves <1438>,
and are become <1096> judges <2923> of evil <4190> thoughts
<1261>?
5 Hearken <191>, my beloved <27> brethren <80>, Hath not God
<2316> chosen <1586> the poor <4434> of this <5127> world <2889>
rich <4145> in faith <4102>, and heirs <2818> of the kingdom
<932> which <3735> he hath promised <1861> to them that love
<25> him?
6 But ye have despised <818> the poor <4434>. Do not rich
<4145> men oppress <2616> you, and draw <1670> you before <1519>
the judgment <2922> seats?
7 Do not they blaspheme <987> that worthy <2570> name <3686> by
the which <3588> ye are called <1941>?
8. If <1487> ye fulfil <5055> the royal <937> law <3551>
according <2596> to the scripture <1124>, Thou shalt love <25>
thy neighbour <4139> as thyself <4572>, ye do <4160> well <2573>:
9 But if <1487> ye have respect <4380> to persons <4380>, ye
commit <2038> sin <266>, and are convinced <1651> of the law
<3551> as transgressors <3848>.
10 For whosoever <3748> shall keep <5083> the whole <3650> law
<3551>, and yet offend <4417> in one <1520> [point], he is
guilty <1777> of all <3956>.
11 For he that said <2036>, Do not commit <3431> adultery
<3431>, said <2036> also <2532>, Do not kill <5407>. Now <1161>
if <1487> thou commit <3431> no <3756> adultery <3431>, yet
<1161> if thou kill <5407>, thou art become <1096> a
transgressor <3848> of the law <3551>.
12 So <3779> speak <2980> ye, and so <3779> do <4160>, as they
that shall be judged <2919> by the law <3551> of liberty <1657>.
13 For he shall have judgment <2920> without <448> mercy <448>,
that hath shewed <4160> no <3361> mercy <1656>; and mercy <1656>
rejoiceth <2620> against <2620> judgment <2920>.
14. What <5101> [doth it] profit <3786>, my brethren <80>,
though <1437> a man <5100> say <3004> he hath <2192> faith
<4102>, and have <2192> not works <2041>? can <1410> faith
<4102> save <4982> him?
15 If <1437> a brother <80> or <2228> sister <79> be naked
<1131>, and destitute <3007> of daily <2184> food <5160>,
16 And one <5100> of you say <2036> unto them, Depart <5217> in
peace <1515>, be [ye] warmed <2328> and filled <5526>;
notwithstanding ye give <1325> them not those <3588> things
which are needful <2006> to the body <4983>; what <5101> [doth
it] profit <3786>?
17 Even <2532> so <3779> faith <4102>, if <1437> it hath <2192>
not works <2041>, is dead <3498>, being alone <2596>.
18 Yea <235>, a man <5100> may say <2046>, Thou hast <2192>
faith <4102>, and I have works <2041>: shew <1166> me thy faith
<4102> without <5565> thy works <2041>, and I will shew <1166>
thee my faith <4102> by my works <2041>.
19 Thou believest <4100> that there is one <1520> God <2316>;
thou doest <4160> well <2573>: the devils <1140> also <2532>
believe <4100>, and tremble <5425>.
20 But wilt <2309> thou know <1097>, O vain <2756> man <444>,
that faith <4102> without <5565> works <2041> is dead <3498>?
21 Was not Abraham <11> our father <3962> justified <1344> by
works <2041>, when he had offered <399> Isaac <2464> his son
<5207> upon the altar <2379>?
22 Seest <991> thou how <3754> faith <4102> wrought <4903> with
his works <2041>, and by works <2041> was faith <4102> made
<5048> perfect <5048>?
23 And the scripture <1124> was fulfilled <4137> which <3588>
saith <3004>, Abraham <11> believed <4100> God <2316>, and it
was imputed <3049> unto him for righteousness <1343>: and he was
called <2564> the Friend <5384> of God <2316>.
24 Ye see <3708> then <5106> how that by works <2041> a man
<444> is justified <1344>, and not by faith <4102> only <3440>.
25 Likewise <3668> also <2532> was not Rahab <4460> the harlot
<4204> justified <1344> by works <2041>, when she had received
<5264> the messengers <32>, and had sent <1524> [them] out
another <2087> way <3598>?
26 For as the body <4983> without <5565> the spirit <4151> is
dead <3498>, so <3779> faith <4102> without <5565> works <2041>
is dead <3498> also <2532>.
James 3
1. My brethren <80>, be not many <4183> masters <1320>, knowing
<1492> that we shall receive <2983> the greater <3187>
condemnation <2917>.
2 For in many <4183> things we offend <4417> all <537>. If
<1487> any <1536> man offend <4417> not in word <3056>, the same
<3778> [is] a perfect <5046> man <435>, [and] able <1415> also
<2532> to bridle <5469> the whole <3650> body <4983>.
3 Behold <2400>, we put <906> bits <5469> in the horses <2462>'
mouths <4750>, that they may obey <3982> us; and we turn <3329>
about <3329> their whole <3650> body <4983>.
4 Behold <2400> also <2532> the ships <4143>, which though
[they be] so <5082> great <5082>, and [are] driven <1643> of
fierce <4642> winds <417>, yet are they turned <3329> about
<3329> with a very <1646> small <1646> helm <4079>,
whithersoever <302> the governor <2116> listeth <1014>.
5 Even <2532> so <3779> the tongue <1100> is a little <3398>
member <3196>, and boasteth <3166> great <3166> things. Behold
<2400>, how <2245> great <2245> a matter <5208> a little <3641>
fire <4442> kindleth <381>!
6 And the tongue <1100> [is] a fire <4442>, a world <2889> of
iniquity <93>: so <3779> is the tongue <1100> among <1722> our
members <3196>, that it defileth <4695> the whole <3650> body
<4983>, and setteth <5394> on fire <5394> the course <5164> of
nature <1078>; and it is set <5394> on fire <5394> of hell
<1067>.
7 For every <3956> kind <5449> of beasts <2342>, and of birds
<4071>, and of serpents <2062>, and of things in the sea <1724>,
is tamed <1150>, and hath been tamed <1150> of mankind <442>:
8 But the tongue <1100> can <1410> no <3762> man <444> tame
<1150>; [it is] an unruly <183> evil <2556>, full <3324> of
deadly <2287> poison <2447>.
9 Therewith <846> bless <2127> we God <2316>, even the Father
<3962>; and therewith <846> curse <2672> we men <444>, which
<3588> are made <1096> after <2596> the similitude <3669> of God
<2316>.
10 Out of the same <846> mouth <4750> proceedeth <1831>
blessing <2129> and cursing <2671>. My brethren <80>, these
<5023> things ought <5534> not so <3779> to be.
11 Doth a fountain <4077> send <1032> forth <1032> at <1537>
the same <846> place <3692> sweet <1099> [water] and bitter
<4089>?
12 Can <1410> the fig <4808> tree <4808>, my brethren <80>,
bear <4160> olive <1636> berries <1636>? either <2228> a vine
<288>, figs <4810>? so <3779> [can] no <3762> fountain <4077>
both yield <4160> salt <252> water <5204> and fresh <1099>.
13. Who <5101> [is] a wise <4680> man and endued <1990> with
knowledge <1990> among <1722> you? let him shew <1166> out of a
good <2570> conversation <391> his works <2041> with meekness
<4240> of wisdom <4678>.
14 But if <1487> ye have <2192> bitter <4089> envying <2205>
and strife <2052> in your <5216> hearts <2588>, glory <2620> not,
and lie <5574> not against <2596> the truth <225>.
15 This <3778> wisdom <4678> descendeth <2718> not from above
<509>, but [is] earthly <1919>, sensual <5591>, devilish <1141>.
16 For where <3699> envying <2205> and strife <2052> [is],
there <1563> [is] confusion <181> and every <3956> evil <5337>
work <4229>.
17 But the wisdom <4678> that is from above <509> is first
<4412> pure <53>, then <1899> peaceable <1516>, gentle <1933>,
[and] easy <2138> to be intreated <2138>, full <3324> of mercy
<1656> and good <18> fruits <2590>, without <87> partiality <87>,
and without <505> hypocrisy <505>.
18 And the fruit <2590> of righteousness <1343> is sown <4687>
in peace <1515> of them that make <4160> peace <1515>.
James 4
1. From whence <4159> [come] wars <4171> and fightings <3163>
among <1722> you? [come they] not hence <1782>, [even] of your
<5216> lusts <2237> that war <4754> in your <5216> members
<3196>?
2 Ye lust <1937>, and have <2192> not: ye kill <5407>, and
desire <2206> to have <2192>, and cannot <1410> obtain <2013>:
ye fight <3164> and war <4170>, yet <1161> ye have <2192> not,
because <1223> ye ask <154> not.
3 Ye ask <154>, and receive <2983> not, because <1360> ye ask
<154> amiss <2560>, that ye may consume <1159> [it] upon your
<5216> lusts <2237>.
4 Ye adulterers <3432> and adulteresses <3428>, know <1492> ye
not that the friendship <5373> of the world <2889> is enmity
<2189> with God <2316>? whosoever <302> therefore <3767> will
<1014> be a friend <5384> of the world <2889> is the enemy
<2190> of God <2316>.
5 Do ye think <1380> that the scripture <1124> saith <3004> in
vain <2761>, The spirit <4151> that dwelleth <2730> in us
lusteth <1971> to envy <5355>?
6 But he giveth <1325> more <3187> grace <5485>. Wherefore
<1352> he saith <3004>, God <2316> resisteth <498> the proud
<5244>, but giveth <1325> grace <5485> unto the humble <5011>.
7 Submit <5293> yourselves therefore <3767> to God <2316>.
Resist <436> the devil <1228>, and he will flee <5343> from you.
8 Draw nigh <1448> to God <2316>, and he will draw nigh <1448>
to you. Cleanse <2511> [your] hands <5495>, [ye] sinners <268>;
and purify <48> [your] hearts <2588>, [ye] double <1374> minded
<1374>.
9 Be afflicted <5003>, and mourn <3996>, and weep <2799>: let
your <5216> laughter <1071> be turned <3344> to mourning <3997>,
and [your <3588>] joy <5479> to heaviness <2726>.
10 Humble <5013> yourselves in the sight <1799> of the Lord
<2962>, and he shall lift <5312> you up.
11. Speak <2635> not evil <2635> one <240> of another <240>,
brethren <80>. He that speaketh <2635> evil <2635> of [his]
brother <80>, and judgeth <2919> his brother <80>, speaketh
<2635> evil <2635> of the law <3551>, and judgeth <2919> the law
<3551>: but if <1487> thou judge <2919> the law <3551>, thou art
<1488> not a doer <4163> of the law <3551>, but a judge <2923>.
12 There is one <1520> lawgiver <3550>, who <3588> is able
<1410> to save <4982> and to destroy <622>: who <5101> art
<1488> thou that judgest <2919> another <2087>?
13 Go <33> to now <3568>, ye that say <3004>, To day <4594> or
<2228> to morrow <839> we will go <4198> into <1519> such <3592>
a city <4172>, and continue <4160> there <1563> a year <1763>,
and buy <1710> and sell <1710>, and get gain <2770>:
14 Whereas <3748> ye know <1987> not what <3588> [shall be] on
the morrow <839>. For what <4169> [is] your <5216> life <2222>?
It is even <1063> a vapour <822>, that appeareth <5316> for a
little <3641> time, and then <1899> vanisheth <853> away.
15 For that ye [ought] to say <3004>, If <1437> the Lord <2962>
will <2309>, we shall live <2198>, and do <4160> this <5124>, or
<2228> that.
16 But now <3568> ye rejoice <2744> in your <5216> boastings
<212>: all <3956> such <5108> rejoicing <2746> is evil <4190>.
17 Therefore <3767> to him that knoweth <1492> to do <4160>
good <2570>, and doeth <4160> [it] not, to him it is sin <266>.
James 5
1. Go <33> to now <3568>, [ye] rich <4145> men, weep <2799> and
howl <3649> for your <5216> miseries <5004> that shall come
<1904> upon [you].
2 Your <5216> riches <4149> are corrupted <4595>, and your
<5216> garments <2440> are motheaten <4598>.
3 Your <5216> gold <5557> and silver <696> is cankered <2728>;
and the rust <2447> of them shall be a witness <3142> against
<2596> you, and shall eat <5315> your <5216> flesh <4561> as it
were fire <4442>. Ye have heaped <2343> treasure <2343> together
for the last <2078> days <2250>.
4 Behold <2400>, the hire <3408> of the labourers <2040> who
<3588> have reaped <270> down your <5216> fields <5561>, which
<3588> is of you kept <650> back <650> by fraud <650>, crieth
<2896>: and the cries <995> of them which have reaped <2325> are
entered <1525> into <1519> the ears <3775> of the Lord <2962> of
sabaoth <4519>.
5 Ye have lived <5171> in pleasure <5171> on <1909> the earth
<1093>, and been wanton <4684>; ye have nourished <5142> your
<5216> hearts <2588>, as in a day <2250> of slaughter <4967>.
6 Ye have condemned <2613> [and] killed <5407> the just <1342>;
[and] he doth not resist <498> you.
7 Be patient <3114> therefore <3767>, brethren <80>, unto the
coming <3952> of the Lord <2962>. Behold <2400>, the husbandman
<1092> waiteth <1551> for the precious <5093> fruit <2590> of
the earth <1093>, and hath long <3114> patience <3114> for it,
until <2193> he receive <2983> the early <4406> and latter
<3797> rain <5205>.
8 Be ye also <2532> patient <3114>; stablish <4741> your <5216>
hearts <2588>: for the coming <3952> of the Lord <2962> draweth
nigh <1448>.
9 Grudge <4727> not one <240> against <2596> another <240>,
brethren <80>, lest <3361> ye be condemned <2632>: behold <2400>,
the judge <2923> standeth <2476> before <4253> the door <2374>.
10 Take <2983>, my brethren <80>, the prophets <4396>, who
<3739> have spoken <2980> in the name <3686> of the Lord <2962>,
for an example <5262> of suffering <2552> affliction <2552>, and
of patience <3115>.
11 Behold <2400>, we count <3106> them happy <3106> which
endure <5278>. Ye have heard <191> of the patience <5281> of Job
<2492>, and have seen <1492> the end <5056> of the Lord <2962>;
that the Lord <2962> is very <4184> pitiful <4184>, and of
tender <3629> mercy <3629>.
12. But above <4253> all <3956> things, my brethren <80>, swear
<3660> not, neither <3383> by heaven <3772>, neither <3383> by
the earth <1093>, neither <3383> by any <5100> other <243> oath
<3727>: but let your <5216> yea <3483> be yea <3483>; and [your
<3588>] nay <3756>, nay <3756>; lest <3361> ye fall <4098> into
<5259> condemnation <5272>.
13 Is any <5100> among <1722> you afflicted <2553>? let him
pray <4336>. Is any <5100> merry <2114>? let him sing <5567>
psalms <5567>.
14 Is any <5100> sick <770> among <1722> you? let him call
<4341> for the elders <4245> of the church <1577>; and let them
pray <4336> over <1909> him, anointing <218> him with oil <1637>
in the name <3686> of the Lord <2962>:
15 And the prayer <2171> of faith <4102> shall save <4982> the
sick <2577>, and the Lord <2962> shall raise <1453> him up; and
if he have committed <4160> sins <266>, they shall be forgiven
<863> him.
16 Confess <1843> [your <3588>] faults <3900> one <240> to
another <240>, and pray <2172> one <240> for another <240>, that
ye may be healed <2390>. The effectual <1754> fervent prayer
<1162> of a righteous <1342> man availeth <2480> much <4183>.
17 Elias <2243> was a man <444> subject <3663> to like <3663>
passions <3663> as we are, and he prayed <4336> earnestly <4335>
that it might not rain <1026>: and it rained <1026> not on
<1909> the earth <1093> by the space of three <5140> years
<1763> and six <1803> months <3376>.
18 And he prayed <4336> again <3825>, and the heaven <3772>
gave <1325> rain <5205>, and the earth <1093> brought <985>
forth <985> her fruit <2590>.
19 Brethren <80>, if <1437> any <1536> of you do err <4105>
from the truth <225>, and one <5100> convert <1994> him;
20 Let him know <1097>, that he which converteth <1994> the
sinner <268> from the error <4106> of his way <3598> shall save
<4982> a soul <5590> from death <2288>, and shall hide <2572> a
multitude <4128> of sins <266>.
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