James 1

^aJames, ^ba servant of God and ^cof the Lord Jesus Christ, to ^dthe twelve tribes ^ewhich are scattered abroad, greeting.

²My brethren, ^fcount it all joy when ye fall into ^gdivers temptations; ³knowing this, that ^hthe trying of your faith ⁱworketh ^kpatience. ⁴But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be ^lperfect and entire, wanting nothing. ^5mIf any of you lack wisdom, ⁿlet him ask ^oof God, that giveth to all men ^pliberally, and ^qupbraideth not; and ⁿit shall be given him. ⁶But ^rlet him ask in faith, ^snothing wavering: for he that wavereth is like ^ta wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. ⁷For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. ^8uA double minded man is ^vunstable in all his ways. ⁹Let the brother of low degree rejoice ^win that he is exalted: ¹⁰but the rich, ^xin that he is made low: because ^yas the flower of the grass ^zhe shall pass away. ¹¹For the sun is no sooner risen with ^aa burning heat, but ^bit 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. ^12cBlessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is ^dtried, he shall receive ^ethe crown of life, ^fwhich the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

^13gLet no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: ¹⁴but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away ^hof his own lust, and ⁱenticed. ¹⁵Then ^kwhen lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, ^lbringeth forth death. ^16mDo not err, my beloved brethren. ¹⁷ⁿEvery good ^ogift and every ^pperfect gift is ^qfrom above, and cometh down from ^rthe Father of lights, ^swith whom is no variableness, neither shadow of ^tturning. ^18uOf his own will ^vbegat he us ^vwith the word of truth, ^xthat we should be a kind of ^yfirstfruits of his creatures.

¹⁹Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be ^zswift to hear, ^aslow to speak, ^bslow to wrath: ²⁰for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. ²¹Wherefore ^clay apart all filthiness and superfluity of ^cdnaughtiness, and receive ^ewith meekness the ^fengrafted word, ^gwhich is able to save your souls. ²²But ^hbe ye doers of the word, and ^hnot hearers only, ⁱdeceiving your own selves. ²³For ^kif any be ^ha hearer of the word, and ^hnot a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in ^la glass: ²⁴for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. ²⁵But whoso ^mlooketh into the perfect ⁿlaw of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful ^hhearer, but ^ha doer of the work, this man shall be ^oblessed in his deed. ²⁶If any man among you ^pseem to be religious, and ^qbridleth not ^rhis tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s ^sreligion is vain. ²⁷Pure ^sreligion and undefiled before ^tGod and the Father is this, To ^uvisit ^vthe ^wfatherless and ^vwidows in their affliction, and ^xto keep himself ^yunspotted from the world.

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