1James[G2385], a servant[G1401] of God[G2316]and[G2532] of the Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547], to the twelve[G1427]tribes[G5443]which[G1722] are scattered abroad[G1290], greeting[G5463].
2My[G3450]brethren[G80], count it[G2233]all[G3956]joy[G5479]when[G3752] ye fall[G4045] into divers[G4164]temptations[G3986];
3Knowing[G1097] this, that[G3754] the trying[G1383] of your[G5216]faith[G4102]worketh[G2716]patience[G5281].
4But[G1161]let[G2192]patience[G5281]have[G2192] her perfect[G5046]work[G2041], that[G2443] ye may be[G5600]perfect[G5046]and[G2532]entire[G3648], wanting[G3007]nothing[G1722].
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If any[G1536]of[G3844]you[G5216]lack[G3007]wisdom[G4678], let him[G846]ask[G154]of[G3844]God[G2316], that giveth[G1325] to all[G3956] men liberally[G574], and[G2532]upbraideth[G3679]not[G3361]; and[G2532] it shall be given[G1325]him[G846].
6But[G1161] let him ask[G154]in[G1722]faith[G4102], nothing[G3367]wavering[G1252]. For[G1063] he that wavereth[G1252] is like[G1503] a wave[G2830] of the sea[G2281] driven with the wind[G416]and[G2532]tossed[G4494].
7For[G1063]let[G3633]not[G3361]that[G1565]man[G444]think[G3633]that[G3754] he shall receive[G2983] any thing[G5100]of[G3844] the Lord[G2962].
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A double minded[G1374]man[G435] is unstable[G182]in[G1722]all[G3956]his[G846]ways[G3598].
9Let[G2744] the brother[G80] of low degree[G5011]rejoice[G2744]in[G1722] that he[G846] is exalted[G5311]:
10But[G1161] the rich[G4145], in[G1722] that he[G846] is made low[G5014]: because[G3754]as[G5613] the flower[G438] of the grass[G5528]he[G846] shall pass away[G3928].
11For[G1063] the sun[G2246] is no sooner risen[G393]with[G4862] a burning heat[G2742], but[G2532]it[G846]withereth[G3583] the grass[G5528], and[G2532] the flower[G438]thereof[G846]falleth[G1601], and[G2532] the grace[G2143] of the fashion[G4383] of it[G846]perisheth[G622]: so[G3779]also[G2532]shall[G3133] the rich man[G4145] fade away[G3133]in[G1722]his[G846]ways[G4197].
12Blessed[G3107] is the man[G435]that[G3739]endureth[G5278]temptation[G3986]: for[G3754] when he is tried[G1384], he shall receive[G2983] the crown[G4735] of life[G2222], which[G3739] the Lord[G2962] hath promised[G1861] to them that[G3739]love[G25]him[G846].
13Let[G3004] no man[G3367]say[G3004] when he[G846] is tempted[G3985], I am tempted[G3754]of[G575]God[G2316]: for[G1063]God[G2316] cannot be tempted[G551] with evil[G2556], neither[G1161]tempteth[G3985]he[G3985] any man[G3762]:
14But[G1161] every man[G1538] is tempted[G3985], when he is drawn away[G1828]of[G5259] his own[G2398]lust[G1939], and[G2532]enticed[G1185].
15Then[G1534] when lust[G1939] hath conceived[G4815], it bringeth forth[G5088]sin[G266]: and[G1161]sin[G266], when it is finished[G658], bringeth forth[G616]death[G2288].
17Every[G3956]good[G18]gift[G1394]and[G2532]every[G3956]perfect[G5046]gift[G1434]is[G2076]from[G575]above[G509], and[G2532] cometh down[G2597]from[G575] the Father[G3962] of lights[G5457], with[G3844]whom[G3739]is[G1762]no[G3756]variableness[G3883], neither[G2228]shadow[G644] of turning[G5157].
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Of his[G846] own will[G1014] begat he[G616]us[G2248] with the word[G3056] of truth[G225], that[G1519]we[G2248] should be[G1511] a kind[G5100] of firstfruits[G536] of his[G846]creatures[G2938].
20For[G1063] the wrath[G3709] of man[G435]worketh[G2716]not[G3756] the righteousness[G1343] of God[G2316].
21Wherefore[G1352] lay apart[G659]all[G3956]filthiness[G4507]and[G2532]superfluity[G4050] of naughtiness[G2549], and[G2532]receive[G1209]with[G1722]meekness[G4240] the engrafted[G1721]word[G3056], which[G3588] is able[G1410] to save[G4982]your[G5216]souls[G5590].
22But[G1161] be ye[G1096]doers[G4163] of the word[G3056], and[G2532]not[G3361]hearers[G202]only[G3440], deceiving[G3884] your own selves[G1438].
23For[G3754] if any[G1536]be[G2076] a hearer[G202] of the word[G3056], and[G2532]not[G3756] a doer[G4163], he[G3778] is like[G1503] unto a man[G435]beholding[G2657]his[G846]natural[G1078]face[G4383]in[G1722] a glass[G2072]:
24For[G1063] he beholdeth[G2657]himself[G1438], and[G2532] goeth his way[G565], and[G2532]straightway[G2112]forgetteth[G1950] what manner of man[G3697] he was[G2258].
25But[G1161] whoso looketh[G3879]into[G1519] the perfect[G5046]law[G3551] of liberty[G1657], and[G2532]continueth[G3887] therein, he[G3778]being[G1096]not[G3756] a forgetful[G1953]hearer[G202], but[G235] a doer[G4163] of the work[G2041], this man[G3778] shall be[G2071]blessed[G3107]in[G1722]his[G846]deed[G4162].
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If any man[G1536]among[G1722]you[G5213]seem[G1380] to be[G1511]religious[G2357], and bridleth[G5468]not[G3361]his[G846]tongue[G1100], but[G235]deceiveth[G538]his[G846]own[G846]heart[G2588], this man[G1536]'s religion[G2356] is vain[G3152].
27Pure[G2513]religion[G2356]and[G2532]undefiled[G283]before[G3844]God[G2316]and[G2532] the Father[G3962]is[G2076]this[G3778], To visit[G1980] the fatherless[G3737]and[G2532]widows[G5503]in[G1722]their[G846]affliction[G2347], and[G2532] to keep[G5083]himself[G1438]unspotted[G784]from[G575] the world[G2889].