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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrews/13.htm" title="Hebrews 13">◄</a> James 1 <a href="../james/2.htm" title="James 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch66001" class="chapter"> <h1 class="bksect">I. <span class="ac">Address</span></h1> <h1 id="cn66001" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span id="v66001001" class="ver">1</span><a id="rfn66001001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001001-1">*</a> James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion, greetings.<a id="ren66001001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001001-a">a</a></p> <h1 class="bksect">II. <span class="ac">The Value of Trials and Temptation</span></h1> <p class="paft"><span class="hemb">Perseverance in Trial.</span> <span id="v66001002" class="ver">2</span><a id="ren66001002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001002-b">b</a> Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,<a id="rfn66001002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001002-1">*</a> <span id="v66001003" class="ver">3</span>for you know that the testing<a id="rfn66001003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001003-1">*</a> of your faith produces perseverance. <span id="v66001004" class="ver">4</span>And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. <span id="v66001005" class="ver">5</span>But if any of you lacks wisdom,<a id="rfn66001005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001005-1">*</a> he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and he will be given it.<a id="ren66001005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001005-c">c</a> <span id="v66001006" class="ver">6</span>But he should ask in faith, not doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed about by the wind.<a id="ren66001006-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001006-d">d</a> <span id="v66001007" class="ver">7</span>For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord, <span id="v66001008" class="ver">8</span>since he is a man of two minds, unstable in all his ways.</p> <p><span id="v66001009" class="ver">9</span>The brother in lowly circumstances<a id="rfn66001009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001009-1">*</a> should take pride in his high standing,<a id="ren66001009-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001009-e">e</a> <span id="v66001010" class="ver">10</span>and the rich one in his lowliness, for he will pass away “like the flower of the field.”<a id="ren66001010-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001010-f">f</a> <span id="v66001011" class="ver">11</span>For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass, its flower droops, and the beauty of its appearance vanishes. So will the rich person fade away in the midst of his pursuits.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Temptation.</span> <span id="v66001012" class="ver">12</span><a id="ren66001012-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001012-g">g</a> Blessed is the man who perseveres in temptation,<a id="rfn66001012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001012-1">*</a> for when he has been proved he will receive the crown of life that he promised to those who love him. <span id="v66001013" class="ver">13</span><a id="rfn66001013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001013-1">*</a> No one experiencing temptation should say, “I am being tempted by God”; for God is not subject to temptation to evil, and he himself tempts no one.<a id="ren66001013-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001013-h">h</a> <span id="v66001014" class="ver">14</span>Rather, each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. <span id="v66001015" class="ver">15</span>Then desire conceives and brings forth sin, and when sin reaches maturity it gives birth to death.</p> <p><span id="v66001016" class="ver">16</span><a id="rfn66001016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001016-1">*</a> Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers: <span id="v66001017" class="ver">17</span>all good giving and every perfect gift<a id="rfn66001017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001017-1">*</a> is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no alteration or shadow caused by change. <span id="v66001018" class="ver">18</span><a id="ren66001018-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001018-i">i</a> He willed to give us birth by the word of truth that we may be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.<a id="rfn66001018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001018-1">*</a></p> <h1 class="bksect">III. <span class="ac">Exhortations and Warnings</span></h1> <p class="paft"><span class="hemb">Doers of the Word.</span> <span id="v66001019" class="ver">19</span>Know this, my dear brothers: everyone should be quick to hear,<a id="rfn66001019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001019-1">*</a> slow to speak, slow to wrath,<a id="ren66001019-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001019-j">j</a> <span id="v66001020" class="ver">20</span>for the wrath of a man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.<a id="ren66001020-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001020-k">k</a> <span id="v66001021" class="ver">21</span>Therefore, put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls.<a id="ren66001021-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001021-l">l</a></p> <p><span id="v66001022" class="ver">22</span>Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.<a id="ren66001022-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001022-m">m</a> <span id="v66001023" class="ver">23</span>For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his own face in a mirror. <span id="v66001024" class="ver">24</span>He sees himself, then goes off and promptly forgets what he looked like. <span id="v66001025" class="ver">25</span>But the one who peers into the perfect law<a id="rfn66001025-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001025-1">*</a> of freedom and perseveres, and is not a hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, such a one shall be blessed in what he does.<a id="ren66001025-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001025-n">n</a></p> <p><span id="v66001026" class="ver">26</span><a id="rfn66001026-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001026-1">*</a> If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue<a id="rfn66001026-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001026-2">*</a> but deceives his heart, his religion is vain.<a id="ren66001026-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001026-o">o</a> <span id="v66001027" class="ver">27</span>Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows<a id="rfn66001027-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn66001027-1">*</a> in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.<a id="ren66001027-p" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en66001027-p">p</a></p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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