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1 : 1 James, a servantof God andof the Lord Jesus Christ,Tothe twelve tribes inthe Dispersion:Greetings.
1 : 2 Count it all joy, my brothers,when you meet trialsof various kinds,
1 : 3 for you know thatthe testing of your faithproduces steadfastness.
1 : 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may beperfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
1 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom,let him ask God,who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
1 : 6 Butlet him ask in faith,with no doubting, for the one who doubts is likea wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
1 : 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
1 : 8 he is a double-minded man,unstable in all his ways.
1 : 9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
1 : 10 andthe rich in his humiliation, becauselike a flower of the grasshe will pass away.
1 : 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat andwithers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
1 : 12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receivethe crown of life,which God has promised to those who love him.
1 : 13 Let no one say when he is tempted,I am being tempted by God,for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
1 : 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.
1 : 15 Then desirewhen it has conceived gives birth to sin, andsin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
1 : 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
1 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down fromthe Father of lightswith whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
1 : 18 Of his own will hebrought us forth by the word of truth,that we should be a kind offirstfruits of his creatures.
1 : 19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every personbe quick to hear,slow to speak,slow to anger;
1 : 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
1 : 21 Thereforeput away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive withmeekness the implanted word,which is able to save your souls.
1 : 22 But bedoers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
1 : 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.
1 : 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
1 : 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law,the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts,he will be blessed in his doing.
1 : 26 If anyone thinks he is religiousand does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person'sreligion is worthless.
1 : 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this:to visitorphans and widows in their affliction, andto keep oneselfunstained from the world.