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James 1:1

James, bondman of God and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which [are] in the dispersion, greeting.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

James 1:2

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations.

James 1:3

knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

James 1:4

But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

James 1:5

But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.

James 1:6

but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about;

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

James 1:7

for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.

James 1:8

[he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

A man unsettled in his opinions is unstable in all his ways.

James 1:9

But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

James 1:10

and the rich in his humiliation, because as [the] grass's flower he will pass away.

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

James 1:11

For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings.

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

James 1:12

Blessed [is the] man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

James 1:13

Let no man, being tempted, say, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted by evil things, and himself tempts no one.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

James 1:14

But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

James 1:15

then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

James 1:16

Do not err, my beloved brethren.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

James 1:18

According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of *his* creatures.

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Of his own will he hath begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

James 1:19

So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

James 1:20

for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

James 1:21

Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

James 1:22

But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

James 1:23

For if any man be a hearer of [the] word and not a doer, *he* is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

James 1:24

for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.

For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

For he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and immediately forgetteth what manner of man he was.

James 1:25

But *he* that fixes his view on [the] perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in [it], being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of [the] work, *he* shall be blessed in his doing.

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

But he who looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth in it, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

James 1:26

If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

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