James 1
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Salutation
1#Jn 7:35; Ac 12:17James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad:
Greetings.
Faith and Wisdom
2#Jas 1:12My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations, 3#Heb 10:36; 2Pe 1:6knowing that the trying of your faith develops patience. 4#Mt 5:48; Lk 21:19But let patience perfect its work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5#Pr 2:3–6; Jn 15:7If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally and without criticism, and it will be given to him. 6#Eph 4:14But let him ask in faith, without wavering. For he who wavers is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed with the wind. 7Let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord. 8#Jas 4:8; 2Pe 2:14A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Poverty and Riches
9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted, 10#1Co 7:31; 1Pe 1:24but the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away. 11#Isa 40:7–8For the sun rises with a burning heat and it withers the grass, and its flowers fall, and its beauty perishes. So will the rich man wither away in his ways.
Trial and Temptation
12#Jas 2:5; 1Co 9:25; 2Ti 4:8Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
13Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil; neither does He tempt anyone. 14But each man is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed. 15#Job 15:35; Ps 7:14Then, when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin; and when sin is finished, it brings forth death.
16#Jas 1:19; 2:5Do not err, my beloved brothers. 17#Mal 3:6; Nu 23:19; Jn 3:27Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no change or shadow of turning. 18#1Pe 1:23; Jn 1:13; Rev 14:4Of His own will He brought us forth with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of His creatures.
Hearing and Doing the Word
19#Pr 10:19; 14:29Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger, 20for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God. 21#Eph 1:13; 4:22Therefore lay aside all filthiness and remaining wickedness and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22#Ro 2:13; Lk 6:46–48Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man viewing his natural face in a mirror. 24He views himself, and goes his way, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25#Jas 2:12; Jn 13:17But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deeds.
26#Ps 34:13; 141:3If anyone among you seems to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. 27#Isa 1:23; Ro 12:2Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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James 1
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1From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
To all of God’s people who are scattered everywhere in the world:
Greetings.
Faith and Wisdom
2My brothers and sisters, when you have many kinds of troubles, you should be full of joy, 3because you know that these troubles test your faith, and this will give you patience. 4Let your patience show itself perfectly in what you do. Then you will be perfect and complete and will have everything you need. 5But if any of you needs wisdom, you should ask God for it. He is generous to everyone and will give you wisdom without criticizing you. 6But when you ask God, you must believe and not doubt. Anyone who doubts is like a wave in the sea, blown up and down by the wind. 7-8Such doubters are thinking two different things at the same time, and they cannot decide about anything they do. They should not think they will receive anything from the Lord.
True Riches
9Believers who are poor should take pride that God has made them spiritually rich. 10Those who are rich should take pride that God has shown them that they are spiritually poor. The rich will die like a wild flower in the grass. 11The sun rises with burning heat and dries up the plants. The flower falls off, and its beauty is gone. In the same way the rich will die while they are still taking care of business.
Temptation Is Not from God
12When people are tempted and still continue strong, they should be happy. After they have proved their faith, God will reward them with life forever. God promised this to all those who love him. 13When people are tempted, they should not say, “God is tempting me.” Evil cannot tempt God, and God himself does not tempt anyone. 14But people are tempted when their own evil desire leads them away and traps them. 15This desire leads to sin, and then the sin grows and brings death.
16My dear brothers and sisters, do not be fooled about this. 17Every good action and every perfect gift is from God. These good gifts come down from the Creator of the sun, moon, and stars, who does not change like their shifting shadows. 18God decided to give us life through the word of truth so we might be the most important of all the things he made.
Listening and Obeying
19My dear brothers and sisters, always be willing to listen and slow to speak. Do not become angry easily, 20because anger will not help you live the right kind of life God wants. 21So put out of your life every evil thing and every kind of wrong. Then in gentleness accept God’s teaching that is planted in your hearts, which can save you.
22Do what God’s teaching says; when you only listen and do nothing, you are fooling yourselves. 23Those who hear God’s teaching and do nothing are like people who look at themselves in a mirror. 24They see their faces and then go away and quickly forget what they looked like. 25But the truly happy people are those who carefully study God’s perfect law that makes people free, and they continue to study it. They do not forget what they heard, but they obey what God’s teaching says. Those who do this will be made happy.
The True Way to Worship God
26People who think they are religious but say things they should not say are just fooling themselves. Their “religion” is worth nothing. 27Religion that God accepts as pure and without fault is this: caring for orphans or widows who need help, and keeping yourself free from the world’s evil influence.
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