‏ James 1

The Testing of Your Faith

1
Or Jacob
bJames, a cbond-servant of God and dof the Lord Jesus Christ,

To ethe twelve tribes who are
Lit in the Dispersion
gdispersed abroad: hGreetings.

2 iConsider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter jvarious
Or temptations
trials,
3knowing that lthe testing of your mfaith produces
Or steadfastness
oendurance.
4And let
Or steadfastness
qendurance have its perfect
Lit work
result, so that you may be
Or mature
tperfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

5 But if any of you ulacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and
Lit does not reproach
without reproach, and wit will be given to him.
6But he must xask in faith ywithout any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, zdriven and tossed by the wind. 7For that person ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8being a
I.e., a chronic doubter
abdouble-minded man, acunstable in all his ways.

9 adNow the brother or sister of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; 10but the rich person is to glory in his
Or downfall
humiliation, because aflike
Lit the flower of the grass
flowering grass he will pass away.
11For the sun rises with ahits scorching heat and aiwithers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so also the rich person, in the midst of his pursuits, will die out.

12 ajBlessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has
Or passed the test
been approved, he will receive althe crown of life which the Lord amhas promised to those who anlove Him.
13No one is to say when he is tempted, “ aoI am being tempted
Lit from
by God”; for God cannot be tempted
Lit of evil things
by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone.
14But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15Then arwhen lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and assin, when it has run its course, brings forth death. 16 atDo not be
Or misled
deceived, avmy beloved brothers and sisters.
17Every good thing given and every perfect gift is awfrom above, coming down from axthe Father of lights, aywith whom there is no variation or
Lit shadow of turning
shifting shadow.
18In the exercise of baHis will He bbgave us birth by bcthe word of truth, so that we would be
Or a certain first fruits
a kind of befirst fruits
Lit of
among His creatures.

19
Or Know this
bhYou know this, bimy beloved brothers and sisters. Now everyone must be quick to hear, bjslow to speak, and bkslow to anger;
20for a man’s blanger does not bring about the righteousness of God. 21Therefore, bmridding yourselves of all filthiness and all
Lit abundance of malice
that remains of wickedness, in
Or gentleness
humility receive bpthe word implanted, which is able to save your souls.
22 bqBut prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves. 23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his
Lit the face of his birth; or nature
natural face bsin a mirror;
24for once he has looked at himself and gone away,
Lit and he
he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.
25But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, buthe law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but
Lit a doer of a work
an active doer, this person will be bwblessed in
Lit his doing
what he does.

26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not
Or control
bzbridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
27Pure and undefiled religion cain the sight of our God and Father is this: to cbvisit ccorphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained
Lit from
by cethe world.
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