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James, Chapter 1

¹ ^a Or JacobJames, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are^b Lit in the Dispersiondispersed abroad: Greetings.	1 Act 12:17 Tit 1:1 Rom 1:1 Luk 22:30 Joh 7:35 Act 15:23
² Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various^c Or temptationstrials, ³ knowing that the testing of your faith produces^d Or steadfastnessendurance. ⁴ And let^e V 3, note 1endurance have its perfect^f Lit workresult, so that you may be^g Or matureperfect and complete, lacking in nothing.	2 Mat 5:12 Jam 1:12 Jam 5:11 Pe1 1:6 3 Pe1 1:7 Heb 6:12 Luk 21:19 4 Luk 21:19 Mat 5:48 Col 4:12
⁵ But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and^h Lit does not reproachwithout reproach, and it will be given to him. ⁶ But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. ⁷ For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, ⁸ being aⁱ Or doubting, hesitatingdouble-minded man, unstable in all his ways.	5 Ki1 3:9 Jam 3:17 Mat 7:7 6 Mat 21:21 Mar 11:23 Act 10:20 Mat 14:28-31 Eph 4:14 8 Jam 4:8 Pe2 2:14
⁹ But the^j I.e. church memberbrother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; ¹⁰ and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like^k Lit the flower of the grassflowering grass he will pass away. ¹¹ For the sun rises with^l Lit thea scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.	9 Luk 14:11 10 Co1 7:31 Pe1 1:24 11 Mat 20:12 Psa 102:4 Psa 102:11 Isa 40:7
¹² Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has^m Or passed the testbeen approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. ¹³ Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being temptedⁿ Lit fromby God”; for God cannot be tempted^o Lit of evil thingsby evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. ¹⁴ But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. ¹⁵ Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin^p Lit is brought to completionis accomplished, it brings forth death. ¹⁶ Do not be^q Or misleddeceived, my beloved brethren. ¹⁷ Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or^r Lit shadow of turningshifting shadow. ¹⁸ In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be^s Or a certain first fruitsa kind of first fruits^t Lit ofamong His creatures.	12 Luk 6:22 Jam 5:11 Pe1 3:14 Pe1 4:14 Co1 9:25 Exo 20:6 Jam 2:5 Co1 2:9 Co1 8:3 13 Gen 22:1 15 Job 15:35 Psa 7:14 Isa 59:4 Rom 5:12 Rom 6:23 16 Co1 6:9 Act 1:15 Jam 1:2 Jam 1:19 Jam 2:1 Jam 2:5 Jam 2:14 Jam 3:1 Jam 3:10 Jam 4:11 Jam 5:12 Jam 5:19 17 Joh 3:3 Jam 3:15 Jam 3:17 Psa 136:7 Jo1 1:5 Mal 3:6 18 Joh 1:13 Jam 1:15 Pe1 1:3 Pe1 1:23 Co2 6:7 Eph 1:13 Ti2 2:15 Jer 2:3 Rev 14:4
¹⁹ ^u Or Know thisThis you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; ²⁰ for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God. ²¹ Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all^v Lit abundance of malicethat remains of wickedness, in^w Or gentlenesshumility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. ²² But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. ²³ For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his^x Lit the face of his birth; or naturenatural face in a mirror; ²⁴ for once he has looked at himself and gone away,^y Lit and hehe has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. ²⁵ But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but^z Lit a doer of a workan effectual doer, this man will be blessed in^aa Lit his doingwhat he does.	19 Jo1 2:21 Act 1:15 Jam 1:2 Jam 1:16 Jam 2:1 Jam 2:5 Jam 2:14 Jam 3:1 Jam 3:10 Jam 4:11 Jam 5:12 Jam 5:19 Pro 10:19 Pro 17:27 Pro 16:32 Ecc 7:9 20 Mat 5:22 Eph 4:26 21 Eph 4:22 Pe1 2:1 Eph 1:13 Pe1 1:22 22 Mat 7:24-27 Luk 6:46-49 Rom 2:13 Jam 1:22-25 Jam 2:14-20 23 Co1 13:12 25 Joh 8:32 Rom 8:2 Gal 2:4 Gal 6:2 Jam 2:12 Pe1 2:16 Joh 13:17
²⁶ If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not^ab Or controlbridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless. ²⁷ Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained^ac Lit fromby the world.	26 Psa 39:1 Psa 141:3 Jam 3:2-12 27 Rom 2:13 Gal 3:11 Mat 25:36 Deu 14:29 Job 31:16 Job 31:17 Job 31:21 Psa 146:9 Isa 1:17 Isa 1:23 Mat 12:32 Eph 2:2 Tit 2:12 Jam 4:4 Pe2 1:4 Pe2 2:20 Jo1 2:15-17


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