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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Ya'akov 1
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1Ya'akov,#1:1 See Mt 13:55 eved (servant) of Hashem and of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua; To the Shneym Asar HaShevatim (Twelve Tribes) in the Golus, Shalom!#1:1 Dt 32:26
2Consider it all simcha, my Achim b'Moshiach, whenever you fall into various nisayonos (tests, trials),
3Because you have da'as that the emunah you have, when it is tested, produces savlanut (patient endurance).
4And let savlanut be shleimah in its po'al (work) in order that you may be mevugarim (mature, grown up) and complete, lacking in nothing.
5But if any one of you is lacking chochmah (wisdom), let him direct tefillah (prayer) and techinot (petitions) to Hashem, the One whose matanot (gifts) are given generously and without grudging, and chochmah will be given to him.#1:5 1Kgs 3:9,10; Prov 2:3-6; Ps 51:6; Dan 1:17; 2:21
6But let the tefillah be offered with much bitachon in emunah (faith), in no way doubting. For the doubtful man, wavering in emunah, is like a wave of the yam (sea), being tossed by the wind.#1:6 1Kgs 18:21
7Let not such a one presume that he will receive anything from Adoneinu.
8He is an ish (man) of double mind, in all his drakhim (ways), mesupak (uncertain, having doubts) and unstable.#1:8 Ps 119:113
9But let the Ach b'Moshiach of shiflut (lowliness) glory in the da'as that Hashem will exalt him.
10And let the Ach b'Moshiach who has osher (riches) glory in his bizyoinos (humiliation), in the da'as that Hashem will bring him low, because KOL HABASAR KHATZIR#1:10 Isa 40:6,7 (All flesh is grass) and so he likewise will vanish.#1:10 Job 14:2; Ps 103:15,16
11For the shemesh (sun) rose with its burning heat and dried the grass and its TZITZ NAVEL#1:11 Isa 40:6-8 (flower blossom fell). And the beauty of its appearance perished, so also the “oisher” (rich man) in his goings will fade away.#1:11 Ps 102:4,11
12Ashrey is the one who stands up under nisayon (trial), because, having become approved, that one will be given the Ateret HaChayyim (Crown of Life), which Hashem gave as a havtachah (promise) to those having Ahavas Hashem.
13However, let no one say, when he is tempted, “From Hashem I am being tempted,” for Hashem cannot be tempted to crave ra'ah (evil), and He Himself trips up no one with nisayon (temptation).
14But each one is tempted by his own ta'avah (lust, yetzer hara), being dragged off by it and being allured.#1:14 Prov 19:3
15Then after her conception Ta'avah gives birth to Averah (Transgression) and Averah, once she has fully developed, gives birth to Mavet.#1:15 Gn 3:6; Job 15:35; Ps 7:14; Isa 59:4
16Do not fall under a delusion, my beloved Achim b'Moshiach.
17Every good endowment and every matanah shleimah (complete gift) is from above, coming down from Avi HaOhrot (the Father of Lights) with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.#1:17 Ps 85:12; Gn 1:16; Ps 136:7; Dan 2:22; Num 23:19; Ps 102:27; Mal 3:6
18Birtzon Hashem (by the will of G-d), he gave birth to us by the Dvar HaEmes, that we might be a kind of bikkurim (firstfruits) of all he created.#1:18 Jer 2:3
19Have da'as of this, my beloved Achim b'Moshiach. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to ka'as (anger).#1:19 Prov 10:19
20For the ka'as of Bnei Adam does not accomplish the Tzikat Hashem.
21Therefore, having put away all filthiness and what remains of resha (wickedness) in shiflut (lowliness) and meekness receive the implanted Dvar Hashem which is able to save your nefashot.#1:21 Rv 3:20
22Now be Shomrei HaDvar Hashem and not Shomei HaDvar only, thereby causing yourselves to fall under remiyah (deceit, deception).
23Because if anyone is Shomei HaDavar and not Shomrei HaDavar, this one is like a man looking at his ponum in a mirror,
24For he observed himself and has gone away and immediately forgot what he looked like.
25But the one having peered into the Torah HaShleimah (the Perfect Torah), the Torah HaCherut (the Torah of Freedom), and there remaining, not as a forgetful listener but one who is shomer mitzvot and goes into action, this one will have a bracha on his head in all his acts.#1:25 Ps 19:7
26If anyone considers himself to be one of the Charedim [Orthodox, G-d-fearing Jewish religious ones], yet has lashon hora and does not bridle his tongue but instead causes his lev to fall under remiyah (deceit), this oneʼs chasidus (piety) is worthless.#1:26 Ps 34:13; 39:1; 141:3
27Avodas Kodesh that is tehorah (pure) and tamimah (unblemished) before Elohim HaAv is this: to visit yetomim (orphans) and almanot (widows) in their tzoros and to be shomer against the defilement of the Olam Hazeh.#1:27 Dt 14:29; Job 31:16,17,21; Ps 146:9; Isa 1:17,23
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